2007 Yang Qing Hao Qi Zhong: Again!

I have posted on this 2007 Yang Qing Hao Qi Zhong ($280.00 for 400g cake or $0.70/g) lots of the years.  I had purchased a bunch of this- tong ++ in 2019 when it was cheaper than it is now and I’ve drank through all but a few cakes mainly because I like the energy boost and well I have a crap ton of young kids….

Dry leaves have a sweet bready sort of smoke sweet incense odour.

Rinsed leaf is bready sweet layered deeper denser sweet odour.

First infusion has a sweet slight smoke odour with a wet and chalky developing feel with a deep cooling throat sweetness.  Big chest beasts and energy boost upwards.

Second has a sweet full wet onset with full chalky finish coco chocolate emerges and melts over the mouth into a chalky slight tight feeling with deep thirst saliva producing.  Big energy release and chest beating.  Long full mouthfeel Qi and sweet taste.  Robust. Qi mind expanding energy burst.

Third infusion is a sweet smoke incense but mainly long sweet taste with a cool deep throat full chalky slight tight dry with long lingering dense taste.  Big qi energy with strong intense chest sensations and palpitations.  Cooled down is dense sweet fruity that transforms to coco.

Fourth infusion has a big sweet pop and salivating with dense bready sweet honey and coco layers in the GI ush the mouthfeel turns from wet to chalky slight tight dry-and full. Big chest sensations and energy exploding. Intense full body energy.

5th has a sweet pop of taste followed by mild bitter and faint coco wet splash then full undercoating of mouth sensation.  Bush chesty beats emery surge up with heart palpitations and intense energy surge.

6th has a sweet onset with faint incense smoke deep robust dense bready woody fruity almost coco finish . Full mouthfeeling. Long deep throatiness sweetness. Spacy energy burst with intense bodyfeeling in the chest.

7th has a watery sweet incense taste with long sweet finish in a deeper denser taste profile thicker mouthfeeling.

8th …The leaves are left in the pot for a few days then I give them a flash steeping…creamy talc chalky full feeling sweet finish.  Strong chest beats still.

9th has a bitter sweet fruity medicinal cooling taste with a deep full dense taste.  Full chalky slight sticky pulling feeling.  Big chest beats. Big upward pull and body energy.

10th is a bitter sweet taste full salivating from some throat pulling.  Beats the chest.  Full mouthfeel is chalky slight sticky tight with sweet finish.

11th sweet fruit chalky mouthfeel sweet taste with chalky almost dry gripping cool breath and sweet fruity finish.  The mouthfeel gets slightly dry candy chalky taste.  Big chest beats and body energy.

12th has a fruity sweet taste with fully chalky mouthfeel and lingering sweet fruity aftertaste.  Deeper cherry and Longan fruity taste.  

Days long steeping is sweet cherries and deeper dried cherries fruit sweet taste.  Oily mouthfeeling.  Oily deeper throat opening sweet taste and saliva producing gobs.

So strong so flavourful so powerful… so good!

Peace

2007 Yang Qing Hao Bitter Brick

 

I sampled this 2007 Yang Qing Hao Bitterness Brick ($90.00 for 250g cake or $0.36/g) back to back with the 2006 Brick but they are completely different concepts with the 2006 more of a solid blend of lower grade and leftovers at a lower price and 2007 a pure grade of bitter varietals… still low price!

Iron compression very tight brick has dry leaves which have a lemon lime melon sweet odour to them.

Rinsed has a sweet fresh odour.

First infusion has a bitter sweet soapy floral and creamy sweet taste.  Vibrant melon watermelon rinds with soapy floral but creamy and a full taste throughout.  Mouthwatering effect.  Chest opening feeling. Chest and shoulders Qi.  Chest rising into throat sensation with a happy upbeat feeling.

Second infusion has a bitter soapy creamy sweet with bitter long taste.  Big chest body feelings!   Rising into throat.  Cooled down it is bitter long bitter melon rinds with sweet creamy soapy taste.  Big chest beats.

Third infusion has a melon creamy sweet with balanced bitter long taste big chest qi!  Cooled down it has a sweet smooth moderate bitter taste creamy bitter long bitter.  No astringency just straight bitter sweet.

Fourth infusion is left to cool and has a bitter sweet almost coco fruity bready.  Sweet bitter balance with some salivating and bready melon taste.

Fifth infusion is smooth sweet bitter with melon balance full feeling big chest beats and opening. Fresh melon aftertaste. 

6th is a creamy full sweet taste with lesser bitter woody taste.  

7th is left to cool and is a bitter sweet long bitter woody taste.  Bitter woody with less sweetness now.

8th is sweet woody honey bitter long taste moderate bitter now. Mouthwatering melon rinds.

9th has a sweet bitter woody taste to it.  Brandy woody bitter not as sweet…

Overnight steeping is sweet melon fruity with a mild moderate bitterness that gives it a vibrant refreshing feeling.  

If this isn’t Lao Man E then what else could it be? It’s Lao Man E….

Pease

2006 Yang Qing Hao Blended Brick

This is the last (4/5g?) sample was from Liquid Proust ordered in 2021ish…

Dry leaves have a sweet dry woody odour.

Rinsed they are a faint sweet woody cardboard.

First infusion has a watery sweet taste as the compression is still quite tight.

Second again is a watery but also creamy sweet taste.   Light creamy sweet with slight dry mouthfeel.  Mild qi so far…

3rd is a creamy sweet pop of fruit taste.  Fruity light with mild dry mouthfeel and throat feel.

4th is a watery sweet taste.  Watery woody slight dry with faint spice and wood notes. Mild relaxing qi slight heavy head.

5th is left to cool and is a creamy watery sweet taste with drying mouthfeel and throat feeling.  Mild relaxing and slight heavy feeling in the body.

6th infusion has a dry woody not as sweet taste.  Mouthfeel and throat feel is the dry gripping type that no one likes. Cooled down is sweet woody watery.

7th cooled down is a woody sweet taste some spice and faint honey caramel dry mouthfeel and throat aren’t my favourite.

8th is left in the cup overnight and is a watery sweet woody not really caramel sugar.

9th is still at flash then left to completely cool down and is  a sweet sugar and almost caramel finishing sweet taste.

10th watery almost fruity sweet initial mild taste.  Sweet mild watery. 

Long mug steeping of not that spent leaves is… sweet woody taste.  Dry stored woody.

Overnight infusion is a woody sort of dry woody sweet taste.  Some faint chalky and grassy taste lingering sweet breath.

Peace