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“stomach needed a break from puer… 5.8g, 90 mL ZZZ dry leaf: sharp in a cleaning solution way… wet: seaweed, light smoke, woody rinsed once. Tried to make it quick, but unfortunately only can do so...” Read full tasting note
We’ve been looking for some really good aged yancha for the past couple of years. In the market there’s really not a lot for sale. Blended big factory aged yancha is easy, and there’s a lot available, but it’s also getting expensive and not worth the price. Lesser quality aged tea is common, but we’ve been holding out until we could find something really nice to offer.
I think this is the tea we’ve been waiting for. We recently did a big favour for a good friend and to thank us, he offered to sell us a box of one of his favourite old yancha. Each box is 14kg and this had been kept sealed since 1997. As we opened it, such a lovely smell came from the box. The tea has been impeccably stored in Fujian and is full of complex ripe fruit, date and prune aromas.
In the cup, this tea is thick, smooth and has a long aftertaste and nice mineral finish that good zhenyan yancha is famed for.
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stomach needed a break from puer…
5.8g, 90 mL ZZZ
dry leaf: sharp in a cleaning solution way…
wet: seaweed, light smoke, woody
rinsed once. Tried to make it quick, but unfortunately only can do so much. I’m sure it would’ve been nice, but also did not feel comfortable drinking the rinse of something older than I am.
1st: thick, a bit smoky, vegetal. sour, bitter, some sweet finish reminding me of chinese bakery sweets. more vegetal than usual graham cracker tinged sweetness of roasted oolongs. Leaf still seemed a bit green in the pot, so wonder if it’s just bc wasn’t as heavily roasted.
2. straightforward woody medicinal
3 +4 : long steeps were pretty light, maybe some core plum
thermos’d the rest for two hours and that was an ok woody semi-plummy cup more in line with the usual aged oo profile. Is it good? I guess. I never feel like these are especially worth the money, since at $2.33/g this session was only a dollar cheaper than my favorite sandwich in Boston. I guess this is my version of starbucks and avocado toast to get flamed for
