Started with 209F water rinse expecting to get an astringency bomb like some of the other wild arbor YS raws but this rinse water is pleasant. I’ll keep the water at this temp for a couple steeps and see if it stays tolerable. 1st steep (flash) astringency is still low, good sign. Some of the wild arbor YS samples I just haven’t been able to taste anything past the astringency. Nice mineral and root vegetable flavor, more sweetness than I usually get this early on in a raw. If it keeps tasting like this I’m in for a treat! 2nd steep (flash) is getting brighter and astringency is rising a bit. It’s a bit grassier but still has that nice root veggie umami. 3rd steep (flash) is about the same. 4th as well. 5th steep I went up to like 10-15s and it’s getting a bit too astringent. Still tastes nice, decently complex and wide. 6th+ the flavor doesn’t change too much but it’s still good.
I’ll for sure be buying a cake of this!
I tried this sheng recently. I got a cake blind buy. Was pretty enjoyable. I might get another to age.