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“Gongfu! Brewed a small amount of this in a tiny gaiwan so that I had an excuse to break in a new BLT teacup that I finally got in the mail – I ordered it in April and due to Covid it was pretty...” Read full tasting note
A 2016 white tea from Guizhou province, which was aged in Guizhou and pressed into cakes spring 2019.*
This tea exhibits aged qualities; dark smoothness and a sweet base with medicinal aromas. The 2016 Censers has a complex fragrance that endures throughout a long session, lingering in the mouth and the cups long after the tea has gone. The fragrances and flavors shift between dark stone fruits and herbal medicines from steep to steep. This tea has a remarkably different character depending on brewing parameters. Lighter weight and fast steep times emphasize the sweetness, whereas a heavy hand brings out the thick bodied dark flavors.
Each cake is 200g.
Gongfu!
Brewed a small amount of this in a tiny gaiwan so that I had an excuse to break in a new BLT teacup that I finally got in the mail – I ordered it in April and due to Covid it was pretty backed up in getting to me…
This was a nice session with lots of sloppy/splashy poors. One of my favourite kinds of way to brew tea because it relies on gut instinct when brewing and just feels more casual and approachable. I enjoyed the mix of autumnal leaf notes, molasses, and brighter, slightly acidic peach jam notes in this compressed white tea & it was also a good reminder that I wanted to do a side by side of the different years’ productions…
Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDo5LsqgUWH/
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRD0-GxqHVo
The new Glass Animals album is so good and I’ve basically just been listening to it on repeat all week now…
