I have never sampled this 2007 Yang Qing Hao JinCha (that goes for $120.00 for 300g mushroom or $0.40/g) before despite its popularity so I am really looking forward to this…
Dry leaves have a woody dusty leaf primarily very sweet odour.
Rinsed leaf is, again, very sweet.
First infusion has a very sweet creamy candy taste. Mouthwatering wet mouth. Very long almost candy finish. Different evolutions of sweetnesses here. Mildly Spacy mind and deep breaths.
Second infusion very sweet rich and slight resin. Woody sweet very unapologetically Yiwu sweet evolution. Long sweet finish. Mouthfeel is a bit grainy and sticky and coarser. Mild Spacy mind and chest beats with deep breaths. Almost a woody mild bitterness emerges.
Third infusion a very rich resin woody sweet dense taste. Strong chesty Qi with energy surge. Spacy happy and energetic brain. Very strong Qi push here and surge of energy! Cooled down it is a very sweet dense resin woody with long sweet finish slight coco tastes emerge as very mild bitterness comes out in the end. Big energy boost.
Fourth cooled down is a very sweet dense evolving sweet cooling breath long sweet finish…. sweeeeeeeet! Happy uplift and strong energetic boost! Bready and almost leaf but slight coco bitter sweet finish in aftertaste.
Fifth is a sweet leaf evolving sweet taste very dense with grainy mouthfeel slight mild bitterness. Almost coco sweet in finish that comes and goes with a longer flat sweet finish. Woody almost incense smoke faint lingering.
6th has a punchy woody slight bitter sweet incense woody bark bitter woodiness that is more than sweetnesss now. More of a granular drier feeling in the mouth. Not much throat feeling at all through the session with a present upper mouthfeeling.
7th The next day I continue the flash steeping with leaves left in the pot…. Bitter sweet woody creamy taste with a coarse chalky taste and mainly dry woody bark finish always with a bit of sweet underlying. Mild uplift and chest wi is strong.
8th is left to cool but comes off sweet woody mild bitter dry wood finish… mainly sweet with sweet finish disappearing. Mild energy burst and chest opening and sensations.
Although still something left in the tank with this one, I opt for a long mug steeping… hours later it is a sweet woody rich bitterness dark sweetnesses cooling breath long sweetnesss dark chestnuts and dark coco at its depth… yummmy …
Overnight steeping is a melon sweet sort of ashy taste but distinct melon sweet still.
Few days long steeping of spent leaf is still very sweet tasting! Melon sweet fresh taste still. Drinking this next to the 2007 Yang Qing Hao Huangshan Toucha - the Huangshan has more oily viscosity and vibrant sweet deeper tastes but it is not as sweet as this Jin Cha.
I can see the appeal of this tuo it has a consistent long sweetness and strong energy surge…. Very satisfying for what it is… it’s got some deeper darkness when pushed…
It is also the most “non-Gushu” (but probably old enough) of the Yang Qing Hao that I’ve tried thus far….but I really like it but am insure if I would go to purchase it…
Peace
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