3 years later.
Really mellow taste for sheng, opposite in energy. Smooth and light straw taste with gentle cactus bitter suspended in leafy-saponin alkaline depth. A touch of tart to make it interesting. Some raspberry is starting to come forward as it ages. No real astringency to speak of when hot but it does come through as tea cools to room temp. Huigan presents as an orange zest taste and tingle a few minutes after swallowing, letting quiet-cool date sweetness in throat poke through here and there.
The dry and warmed leaf smells more active than the taste and feeling. Right now there’s dates, cherry and and a hella whiff of kaffir lime. Smells like cherry limeade almost but the dates are the overriding aroma. There is some activity in the liquor — it’s a bit cloudy orange early on.
Overall pretty uninteresting at this stage, as it was when I first had it. By no means a bad tea, though.
Flavors: Alkaline, Bitter, Butter, Cactus, Dates, Medicinal, Raspberry, Smooth, Straw, Tart
