Dry leaves are a deep perfume-sweet floral woody.
The first infusion has a clear watery pure taste to it. Fait aftertastes of melon, floral, and wood
in the breath. The tongue coating is
thin and sticky. There is a long breath
taste of sweet woody almost stone-mineral.
Very soft and clear profile.
The second infusion has a woody-bread pure onset. There is some super faint melon sweetness
that appears some faint sugar pure sweetness.
Long breath of faint ghostly melon and wildflowers follows a faint
cooling on the breath. The Qi is relaxing
and makes the limbs a bit heavy. This
still tastes quite green. Thin sticky
tonguecoating with faint open throat. Relaxing even a bit warming.
The third infusion has a bread and slight roasted Korean barely
tea taste maybe almost seaweed tasting in its green tea style. The tongue coating is sticky/grainy with a
bit of dry lips. There is a touch of
astringency here which stimulates the tongue and throat a bit. Faint cooling in the vacuous throat leaves a
subtle melon-woody-bread-stone taste in the mouth. Nice relaxing Qi felt a bit in the limbs- not
much- subtle.
The fourth infusion has a woody-bread-stone onset of really
clear taste that turns into an almost barley tea taste with subtle emerging
melon. The taste is really pure and
clear and simple. There is a sticky dry
puckering mouthfeeling, empty throatfeeling with very subtle coolness. Very green tea tasting. Nice relaxing Qi with subtle limb lightness.
The fifth infusion has a woody-barely tea onset with a faint
suggestions of melon after a very faint coolness. There is a mild tight dryness on the
tongue. Very pure, faint, simple, clear
profile. Dry wood is the main taste with
faint subtleties of melon and stones. Deep
relaxing Qi takes hold subtle light limbs.
Slight sedating here.
The sixth infusion has a woody faint stone juice melon faint
taste to it. It has a refreshing green
subtle taste to it that kind of fades into the aftertaste. There is very faint cooling and soft drying
tongue. Nice deeply relaxing Qi subtle
limbs. Almost spacy and slowing things
down.
7th has a fresh melon and subtle dry woody-stone
onset. Very simple, clean, pure tastes,
Some faint cooling with some fresh honeydew melon returning. Soft short fading aftertaste with very mild
melon and almost no cooling. Refreshing feeling
on this hot day!
8th has a woody faint fruity stone like
onset. It has a very subtle bitter
astringency and a slight sticky dryness in the mouth. Faint empty throat feeling with some barely
coolness and melon finish that fades away.
There is a faint stone like finish.
9th has a woody slight fruity stone like taste
initially with a subtle cooling and melon finish on the breath. Nice subtle sweetness. Nice relaxing Qi, subtle bodyfeeling.
10th has cooled down but gives off a melon woody
fruity refreshing simple taste. The
faint cooling sort of combines with the sweet melon in the aftertaste as is
fades quickly.
The 11th becomes woody with less sweetness. This is really not that sweet of tea but some
subtle melon tastes. Nice relaxing
feeling in the mind. A bit of stone
melon on the breath.
12th & 13th have a woody stone
almost melon sweetness quite mild and simple tastes with a deep relaxing in the
mind. Very easy to drink, uncomplicated,
simplified, enjoyably in its simplicity.
I mug steep out the rest… and it has a flat woody taste with
a bit of cooling and some green-tea-like vegetal bitterness not really sweet a
bit of stone taste, almost melon. The
mouthfeel is a lot stronger with a dry gripping mouthfeeling now. The cooling pungency is also stronger. Still very green.
I suppose this one is less astringent than the crushed
sample I received but it is very much the same tea and my opinion of it is very
much the same. Thanks David and Yingxi
for sending me another sample of this one.
I really enjoyed drinking it back-to-back and contrasting it with the
2021 Bai Hua Qing last post.
Shah8’s Tasting notes from a few weeks ago.
Peace
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