I really didn’t like this all that much. There were notes of leather and tobacco in the beginning with this tea. They did slowly evolve into something nicer, not sure how to describe them. More and more I am coming to the conclusion that I don’t like aged sheng. It’s not that this was terrible or anything but it had too much leather and tobacco for me. I can tolerate that in an aged sheng if it’s got strong qi. On this one I got no qi at all so it didn’t have that going for it.
I steeped this tea ten times in a 120ml gaiwan with 9.1g leaf and boiling water. I gave it a 10 second rinse. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec, and 1 miin.
Flavors: Leather, Tobacco
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I really should look into this tea. I’ve been wanting to smoke a cigar lately, but considering I diverted from the habit two years ago, I might have to look into this tea. Great review.
I appreciated this review since it differs from most others of this tea. I’m also not entirely in love with aged sheng. Is it those tobacco and leather notes that you find off putting in aged sheng? Most aged sheng I’ve had share a specific kind of medicinal and prune-like flavor that deter me from purchasing more. My hunch is that dry-stored teas can evade developing this flavor.
I keep buying aged sheng hoping it won’t have those flavors but they all seem to have them.
Maybe that’s something I need to really look into.
The tobacco an leather in this one was not too pronounced. The flavor was more pronounced in the Yangqinghao teas I’ve tried. But with those you also had generally massive qi so what the tea tastes like is less important.
Good to know. Thank you for the tip!
I really should look into this tea. I’ve been wanting to smoke a cigar lately, but considering I diverted from the habit two years ago, I might have to look into this tea. Great review.
I appreciated this review since it differs from most others of this tea. I’m also not entirely in love with aged sheng. Is it those tobacco and leather notes that you find off putting in aged sheng? Most aged sheng I’ve had share a specific kind of medicinal and prune-like flavor that deter me from purchasing more. My hunch is that dry-stored teas can evade developing this flavor.
I keep buying aged sheng hoping it won’t have those flavors but they all seem to have them.
Maybe that’s something I need to really look into.
The tobacco an leather in this one was not too pronounced. The flavor was more pronounced in the Yangqinghao teas I’ve tried. But with those you also had generally massive qi so what the tea tastes like is less important.
Good to know. Thank you for the tip!