A very easy sheng to drink. Not terribly complex but powerful, smooth, fruity (peach and pineapple) with a moderate sweetness. Beautiful whole leaves with very few bits and pieces mixed in. Fairly light colored tea liquor which is very clean. No smoky or fermentation undertones. The aroma is rather sweet and a bit like a field in the springtime. The aftertaste is long and very warm, with just a hint of astringency. Quiet, calming qi. Decent number of resteeps – I’ve done six so far. All in all, a solid sheng with decent age and IMHO worth owning. I picked this up at Yunnan Sourcing a few months ago but it is now out of stock. However, I have seen a few JinuoShan cakes at Cha Wang Shop but not this particular year. FollowUp note: good for 10 steeps.
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I am drinking this now as well. Second day and still good.
That’s an unusual coincidence for a tea about which no one has written recently:-)
Yeah it turned out to be a good one. I only had a sample but now wish I had a cake. It seemed to be pretty dry stored as I don’t think it showed its age in the color. I couldn’t believe how smooth it was. A lot of older stuff has a little “sharpness” to it. Not quite a bite but a little less. Kind of like metallic note to it. Now I am on the third day of it. Just about gone but I will steep this one to death.
I am drinking this now as well. Second day and still good.
That’s an unusual coincidence for a tea about which no one has written recently:-)
Yeah it turned out to be a good one. I only had a sample but now wish I had a cake. It seemed to be pretty dry stored as I don’t think it showed its age in the color. I couldn’t believe how smooth it was. A lot of older stuff has a little “sharpness” to it. Not quite a bite but a little less. Kind of like metallic note to it. Now I am on the third day of it. Just about gone but I will steep this one to death.