1991 Muzha Wenshan Baozhong

An amazing tea.

A nice and fresh taste that is towards mint, eucalyptus and slate and a soup that is a bit oily and very lovely in the mouth with a bit of a sweetnes that rounds off the minty – eucalyptusy taste making the tea very smooth and pleasant. The later steepings of this tea is just amazing as it becomes increasingly smooth and the sweetnes comes forward a bit more and rounds of the taste very well with an excellent mouthfeel.

Reminds me of an sitting in a herb garden during a lovely sunny autumn late afternoon with the faint smell of leaves burning in the distance and the air is starting to get a bit chilly as the sun falls towards the horizon but still shines in my face.

This tea is amazeballs. It’s unusual and brilliant. Flavorwise, cowsdef’s review hits it spot on, so if you want to know more about specific flavors, read that review. If you love aged oolong and you haven’t tried this one yet, you really should.

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For my 50th review(yay! Halfway to my goal :D), we’ll be doing a 25 year old Wenshan Baozhong, this is my second time drinking this one, and it’s a very unexpected tea;

The dry leaf smells exactly like a rainforest! Which is really cool, I’ve never experienced this before in a tea

The tea begins very reminiscent of the rainforest, but earthier and with cocoa notes which get stronger during the first few steeps, minerals,

It’s very sweet and actually quite creamy, the rainforestyness fades quite a bit in the middle, and astringency comes in pretty strongly, there’s a hint of sourness, also some vanilla, still a bit of chocolate and a lot of earthy, woody, rainforest.

As the session goes on, it actually seems to be getting darker and earthier, it’s very rich and decadent, a bit of grape comes in after a while. The flavour lasts for very long time, strong and dark for well, I’ve done over 1.5L and it’s still going great, but I’m about to run out the door so there’s no time for more just yet, I’ll continue the session tonight :) lovely tea

I definitely now need to try a fresh Wenshan Baozhong, I’ve never had one, at least just to compare