The ever kind and benevolent Glen sent me a sample of this with my Kunlu order to haunt my dreams!
It’s amazing. I raved to a tea friend about it after the first steep… then the second…
“omg… you NEED the 2008 jingmai. Am just super hyper and happy I can taste things again. And I brewed up the sample Glen sent with jar… and holy shit
its aged and floral and fruity and minty
and yes… its all fig and honey in a snow storm”
In later steeps I notice the apricot and some kind of stone fruit element more. It kind of reminds me of an oolong in some ways how it brews up, but still has the feel of sheng.
And then I went on chat and pretty much tried to convince everyone I knew to buy up what is on stock so I won’t be tempted to ask what a dragon’s egg tong looks like… I mean they are still in Yunnan… so the danger is real!
I followed up by telling another person on IG " omg yes. I think the biggest shocker though is the 2008 jingmai sample! It is just blowing me away with fig honey and apricot goodness. While still having some of the more abrasive qualities I love in sheng! Like the super cooling aftertaste. If this is how maocha ages… I need to get a hold of more of it o.o only ever had aged cakes before this."
At which point I think Glen saw how much I was raving about this and made a review thread for it.
This shit is good… don’t buy it before I get paid! I mean buy it all up! I’m so confused right now. But this tea is really really good. Like maybe rivaling my love for slumbering dragon good… it doesn’t have the stamina of dragon… but damn those first handful of steeps are magic.
Edit: Note to self, brew strong. When I did this tea again in a bigger vessel, I wasn’t able to cram in quite as much tea per ml… and it wasn’t the omg punch I absolutely loved the first time. It’s great strong… but… you just have to remember to handle it like a dancong rather than a normal sheng.
Flavors: Fig, Honey, Mint, Stonefruit
hahahaha awesome :)
What are you doing to me may i ask???
@boychik trying to make it disappear before I buy all of it of course! Isn’t that what this forum is for :P
I hope they sell the tea loose without the jar. I will definitely buy some (and I am glad the jars sold out and I was able to not give in to the temptation to buy one!)