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Get’s the job done. Definitely possible to oversteep.

Prefered this tea to a couple of other genmai cha’s I’ve had.

Wet and dry leaf smell like the wuyi shui xian I am used, but less floral. I brewed this sample heavy. There is not much astringency, a little more in later steeps but mostly just a cooling sensation throughout the mouth when you breath in. I noticed an apricot taste in the first steep. Gorgeous thin strips that brew out a dark olive green. I would say that over all the tastes are dominated by honey with a floral after taste.

2017 Sample. I was impressed with the quality, it held up to the other far more expensive “legit” bi lou chun I’ve had. Will be ordering a big ol’ bag this year. Sharp, refreshing, tasted more like the traditional slightly floral flavor as opposed to the extra extra nutty flavor.

Vegetal, menthol, bitter. Basically, tastes exactly like water in the bottom of a bowl of defrosted frozen broccoli after a few steeps of forward menthol and bitterness.

I really enjoy thia tea. It’s a bit of a one trick pony, hardly any complexity. The taste is coccoa, pure and simple. This tea tastes like hot chocolate and it’s awesome. Really fun to share with non tea drinkers. Steeps out at 3 or 4 steeps. It’s really only good for a steep or two imo but it is lots of fun. I do enjoy it.

Sampled Spring 2017. The tea was pretty green, it was not especially fragrant. My issue with this tea was a very thin body that steeped out exceptionally quickly. There was very little depth in flavor. It did posses that souring tounge feel I’ve had with
Other tgy but really, it was a one trick pony. And that trick lasted about a steep or two. The tea was flavorless in four or five steeps.

I was drinking the 2016 or 2017. Tasted of hay. Warm and full. Low caffiene.

This is currently my favorite tea of all time, of any type. You’re only going to get A few infusions out of this but oh buddy, you’re not gonna care. This tea is sweet, and slightly bitter but not astringen. It has a surprising amount of caffeine. This is on of those teas that you can share with ANYONE. I will say that it is easy to miss the sweet spot, so leaf ratio and intact full leaves are to be notes. But as far as blowing any average person’s mind about what tea actually is, this is a go to. I reccomend 2g in 100ml for 2 min. Or, 5gs gong fu.

My first aged sheng and first yi wu. Definite camphor aroma and taste in early steepings. This tea’s storage offers a dramatic change from brew to brew. Very slight asitringency and biterness, definitely vegetal and turns sweet in later steeps. Brews a deep gold/orange to start. Really gave me a deep appreciation for the journey a wet stored tea can offer. Definable cha qi, mellow and stoned.