Dry leaves smell still of fermentation storage like smells
like pretty drier stored shu.
First infusion smells of dank mushroomy old factory shu to
me…. And tastes milky, watery mushroom, woody taste, with some faint coolness
and empty mouth sweet taste left behind.
Second infusion has a deep chocolate onset that has rich
milky layers, a hazelnut taste along with chocolate gives a Nutella like taste
over an oily mouthfeeling. Rich and
chocolate nutty tastes.
Third infusion has thick rich oily chocolate nutty hazelnut
taste it has some woody mushroom taste underneath but mainly this thick oily
chocolate hazelnutty taste. Nice mild
calming mind and relaxing sighs. Nice
deeply spacy relaxing feeling.
The 4th has an oily milky sweet taste upfront
then turns into a nutty mushroom taste, oily thick. With a woody-mushroom
chocolate finish. Nice oily full mouth
and full throat oily feeling. Nice
deeply spacy and relaxing feeling.
5th has an oily rich coco chocolate taste with a
subtle mushroom woody taste under the thick oily coco taste.
6th is left to cool and has a creamy milky taste
with a flat oily mouthfeeling and faint distant cooling and a woody straw like
coco finish. Nice oily throat and
saliva. Very relaxing vibe.
7th has a milky flat woody taste. Very consistent from infusion to infusion but
really delicious and great Qi. There is
definitely a straw grains finish in the last few infusions now with lessening
amounts of chocolate and sweetness.
Still very nice relaxing qi sensations.
8th is a more woody coco creamy sweetness with
the woody and coco and milky sort of presenting together. The result is nice with a touch of cooling
that brings out some creamy taste. The mouthfeel is now moving towards becoming
slightly dry. I feel energized with the
energy- it bumps me up but then again is a bit relaxing. The cumulative effect is energizing though.
9th has a dryer woodiness to it and less of a
smooth oily milky or coco taste. The
energy is strongly alerting now as the liquor accumulates in the body. Strong alerting now.
10th was left in the pot for a good minute and
has a woody coco less milky sweetness.
The alerting energy in here reminds us that this is a strong
Xiaguan! Heart beats now..
I flash steep out of the pot the next day with woody hay
coco oily tastes. Still very tasty and
mild alerting energy.
I push the spent leaves in the mug for a few days and am
satisfied with the result of coco taste.
Super enjoyable shu,classic, no nonsense.
Peace
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