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“5.6g, 90 ml ZZZ wet leaf: sweet, toasty, smoke, vegetal, sour 1st: ginger aroma? straw taste, soft bitter. Candy sweet fills the mouth after and sits in throat. Stilling, downing 2nd: ginger, sour,...” Read full tasting note
Luo Shui Dong, which translates to “Falling Water Sinkhole,” is one of the most renowned tea-producing areas near Yi Wu, known for its high-quality mao cha from old tea trees. This specific tea cake was a vintage 2001 offering from Chen Guan He Tang (CGHT). I believe the tea was initially without its wrapper.
A superbly aged tea that follows the traits of those 99 celebrity cakes – deep, round, complex, and mellow. It has an unmistakenly Yi Wu honey-like aroma with organic herbal, dried fruit zest and a subtle tang. Very long-lasting.
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5.6g, 90 ml ZZZ
wet leaf: sweet, toasty, smoke, vegetal, sour
1st: ginger aroma? straw taste, soft bitter. Candy sweet fills the mouth after and sits in throat. Stilling, downing
2nd: ginger, sour, straw again. some warmth
3rd: more bland. mushroom finish.
4th: nice texture still. medicinal, mushroom-y, and floral finish
5: mushroom, some bitter in finish
6. medicinal
7. sweet water
mugged it after and it was still nice tea water.
I think some of the nice texture has to do with water as my Brita filter really needs changing but I’ve been lazy. For whatever reason, teas have a better texture now. Credit where it’s due however— this tea is very engaging, and I don’t say that lightly. Unfortunately, the price point about matches. Hou De posted this as a 400g cake, but I think it’s a 357g, since mine came in at 330g. At any rate, at around the same price/g (~$1.30) as the BYH 04 Yiwu, I much prefer this. Need to try the DTH 04 Yiwu again and see how it stacks up, since none of these are particularly cheap.
