63 Tasting Notes

83

Woody and earthy aromas lead to an interesting mineral taste. This is quite nice for an inexpensive tea. Recommended

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec

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87

June 2021… the tea is developing well, having let go of some astringency and deepening in its flavor profile. The aromatics of hay and camphor are still present, and a pleasant bitterness is here, which turns into a sweetness in my salivary reaction. This tea has depth, and will continue to integrate and deepen in my view. In my storage conditions I will try it again in three years.

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 30 sec
Togo

Nice to see some notes of early YS productions, I’ve been meaning to try some samples of those for a while :)

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83

June 2021, 6 years after my last note on this tea. I find that I agree with the note from Jalam on this tea. It is non-astringent, with a coppery color and nutty aftertaste. Quite pleasant. Seems ready to be drinking it.

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85

This is rich and flavorful now in June 2021. It is tasty, soothing, bright. Quite nice.

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 30 sec

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85

This tea is integrating nicely. I’d give it two more years (from 02/21) to fully integrate. It definitely holds the typical olive flavors of Mt. Ailao and the forest floor. It generates strong salivary activity in me.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 45 sec 6 g 4 OZ / 125 ML

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88

7 years after my last note, this tea continues to be pleasant, mellow, and slowly evolving. For me its flavors are woodsy, with a cocoa edge, with pleasant deep flavors. It just seems quite calming. I don’t believe it is available on Bana Teas website any longer, but if you have some, and could use some pleasant calming, give this a try.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec

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85

I had a very nice cup of this tea this morning. Typical Qianjiazhai flavors for me – olives, forest floor, orange, touch of bitterness. Quite nice, mellowing out, early in the maturity phase. Wish I had more.

Flavors: Forest Floor, Olives, Orange, Orchid

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 30 sec 8 g
mrmopar

Hey there, good to see you on here.

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90

It has been 9 years since I first reviewed this tea. It has gotten even better, richer, more mellow, with integrated flavors , and it is delicious. Fruity and deep, this is a lovely cuppa.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 30 sec 8 g 7 OZ / 200 ML

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80

In May 2020, this tea has mellowed (2013 pick), and the smokiness, tobacco flavor, and pleasant bitterness are more integrated than previously. Aroma in first cup is of orange and tobacco, with a touch of green vegetable, and it tastes much more seamless than it did as reflected in my previous note 5 years ago. The smokiness is pleasant and I can sense it in my sinuses. Quite interesting and it tastes pretty good. It does have a long, smoky aftertaste which is pleasant.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 30 sec 8 g 8 OZ / 250 ML
Nattie

Glad to see you’re back (:

mrmopar

Yah it has been a while!

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