This is overall a very nice tea. There was only a little bitterness to this tea and it was very smooth. There was something of a sweet note from the start although I would not characterize it as apricots of young sheng. Not entirely sure how to describe it. This is the first of my Farmerleaf samples I am trying and I do like it. Not getting much qi off this one despite that it is said to be gushu, maybe a little. Overall a good tea and I don’t think the price was that unreasonable.
I steeped this twelve times in a 150ml gaiwan with 8.1g 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, 1 min, 1.5 min, and 2 min. The color of this tea was the yellow of a young sheng. It had not aged much in the five years since it was produced. I suspect it was dry stored.
