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Brewing in my new hong ni shui ping from Chawangshop. Fairly bitter, maybe because this new pot has a slightly slower pour. Initially tastes of sugarcane, green wood, and wildflower honey with a considerable floral aroma. In later steeps I start to get a sort of cinnamon-like note and the tea becomes somewhat vegetal, maybe pumpkin or squash. I start to notice the cha qi pretty early on, this is a powerful tea, very focusing/sedating.

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Flavors: Cinnamon, Floral, Green Wood, Honey, Pumpkin, Sugarcane

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205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 6 g 3 OZ / 85 ML
tanluwils

Interesting notes on those later steeps. I had it last autumn and found the flavors too muddled for me to leave a review. Need to revisit this one.

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tanluwils

Interesting notes on those later steeps. I had it last autumn and found the flavors too muddled for me to leave a review. Need to revisit this one.

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Tea addict since around 2011.

My favorites are pu’erhs, blacks/reds, and roasted oolongs, but I have a growing interest in good whites, and sometimes enjoy greens.

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I started a tea blog in February 2018, though admittedly I haven’t updated it much lately.
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