Got this out to celebrate with tonight. Been saving this.
I got the pack out the box even has a picture of the tea inside. Nice packaging points given.
The dry leaf has a bit of the old book aroma to it. The leaf is an almost pitch color.
I tossed it in the Gaiwan and did a quick rinse. The wash looked very dark so I will steep this quick 2 to 3 seconds. The color is a light gold and I had expected a darker brew from a tea of this age. I would think dry stored. The aroma is a bit musky with a bit of campfire in there as well. This may have been due to the makers still doing hand processing instead of machine. The taste is smoky a good sharp citrus flavor and a good hit of bitter, I have had 6 steeps and this one is still doing well holding up. The Cha Qui of this one is slowly creeping in and I am getting some of the cooling and camphor notes.
A great tea to celebrate with. The car re-build went well and the Dyno results are in.
410 horsepower at the wheel and 448 ft lbs. of torque. For the goal of 500 hp. on pump gas has been met! Come on Summer!

Flavors: Citrus, Smoke, Tannic

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 10 tsp 10 OZ / 295 ML
JC

Congrats on the re-build!

MzPriss

Congrats mr mo!

Sil

woohoo!

Kirkoneill1988

i take it it is ripe? i never heard of raw being camphor tasting

JC

Kirkoneill1988 there are plenty of Sheng that offer camphor, usually more a sign of age but there are young exceptions :D

tea123

A specially selected tea to celebrate with – nice!

Kirkoneill1988

JC, i did not know that.

mrmopar

Yeah I think the Camphor comes with the age as well.

Kirkoneill1988

oh, I see :)

Cwyn

Might improve with a few months airing out.

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JC

Congrats on the re-build!

MzPriss

Congrats mr mo!

Sil

woohoo!

Kirkoneill1988

i take it it is ripe? i never heard of raw being camphor tasting

JC

Kirkoneill1988 there are plenty of Sheng that offer camphor, usually more a sign of age but there are young exceptions :D

tea123

A specially selected tea to celebrate with – nice!

Kirkoneill1988

JC, i did not know that.

mrmopar

Yeah I think the Camphor comes with the age as well.

Kirkoneill1988

oh, I see :)

Cwyn

Might improve with a few months airing out.

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