“(Spring 2023 harvest) Interesting, prominent roast character, almost a quality of tar or petrol. And more of a roast vegetal, radish than fruit or floral character. Body is smooth but misses some...” Read full tasting note
“Sweet and warming, nice combination of sweet and flowery aspects with a strong charcoal roast. Nice really long aftertaste that adds a lot of substance to this tea. Most oolongs feel too watery and...” Read full tasting note
“Am running a little tea demo course and ordered teas from YS due to a very limited budget and bc I didn’t want to gamble with Verdant again lol. Anyway, have 6 teas, which I ran through today with...” Read full tasting note
“I’m not sure if I got an unusual batch, or if this tea always tastes this way… I tried the Autumn 2020 harvest. The leaves smell straight-up burnt. Some of that charring comes through in the taste;...” Read full tasting note
Tie Guan Yin from Gan De village in Anxi county was carefully picked and then roasted by hand over pine wood charcoal. The process is repeated many times until the tea has been heavily roasted and becomes almost black in color. The result is a highly aromatic tea that can be infused more than 10 times without losing much flavor.
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