2007 Yang Qing Hao Huangshan Tuo

 

I purchased this 2007 Yang Qing Hao Huangshan Toucha (now at $175.00 for 300g nest or $0.58/g) a year ago it was a bit cheaper than it is selling for now when I got the samples, I believe and I quite like it and will probably order more.  I have written up two sets of tasting notes by accident so I’ll just post them both on here for those that like to read these things..,,

Dry leaves have a creamy sweet odour.

Rinsed rich creamy slight smoky sweet pungent odour.

First infusion is a medicinal sweet deep rich sweet taste.  Tingling mouthfeel.  Full sweet taste long in mouth with dense mouthfeel.  Big expanding chest and facing body feel.

Second infusion has a creamy sweet full menthol medicinal pungent cooling thick dense full taste.  Cooled down it is pungent deep creamy very sweet almost bitter long sweet finish mixed with cooling pungent medicinal.  Big chest and face feelings.

Third is a creamy very sweet dense taste.  Smooth creamy with hints of smoke background.  Bodyfeeling in chest and face is considerable with tingling face and opening chest feeling. Lots of long dense sweetness.  Delicious deeper tastes.

Fourth has a menthol sweet pungent cooling onset with full chalky almost mild bitterness.  Full mouthfeel long deep cooling throat.  Spacy heart beats and happy uplifting feelings.

Fifth has a sweet dense creamy sweet onset with a medicinal bitter cooling pungent dense mid and deep throat long breath cooling sweet finish.  Happy mind somewhat euphoric with face and body tingling.

6th has a creamy menthol medicinal slight mild bitterness. Big spacy out happy.  Cooled down is more sweet a melon bitter sweet long sweet melon taste with big Qi.

7th has a creamy sweet onset with less bitter and medicinal but still a long menthol cooling pungent.   Sweet melon aftertaste.  Long deep melon sweetness with a thicker mouthfeeling and space out happy Qi face and chest sensations.

8th has a sweet talc fruity finish with chalky thicker mouthfeel.  Thick sweet creamy mild bitterness slight background smoke.  Longer melon finish.  Starting to be gripping mouthfeel.  Long fruity finish in the mouth. Moderately strong chest feelings.

9th has a creamy woody drier slight gripping now with bitter pulling and long sweet taste.

10th is a long mug steeping of spent leaves and is dark bitter and sweet. Syrupy sweet but mainly woody bitter. Bigger qi still in here. In chest, face and uplifting relaxing

Overnight steeping of spent leaves is a very sweet syrupy oily cooling very layered and long sweet taste.  Thin oily feeling long throat opening and breath taste…. Very delicious.

Days long steeping next days with spent leaf is very sweet creamy coco with deeper sweet layers of coco and bread sweetness almost fruity melon. Chalky full tongue.

*****Another set of notes below!!

Dry leaves have a very sweet pungent almost floral sweet soapy fresh sweet odour.

Rinsed leaves have an almost coco sweet dark cherry sweet odour.

First infusion has a clear vibrant sweetness slight melon slight candy creamy.  Oily wet mouthfeeling.  Cooling breath. Slight happy spacy feel.

Second infusion is left to cool and is a wet creamy sweet vibrant cooling creamy wet sweet taste. Creamy sweet cooling deep breath.  Chest opening and face tingling. Happy feeling inside.

Third infusion has a juicy almost grape/melon sweet pop then chalky creamy throat and breath. Happy uplifting energy surging happy/ euphoria.  

Fourth left to cool has a vibrant clear sweetness wet mouthfeel deeper throaty breath sweetness almost cooling and saliva producing.  Happy floating Qi feeling takes me away a bit!

Fifth infusion is a wet with subtle smoke and very vibrant pure sweet burst.  Wet and salivating with sweet and chalky mouthfeel.  Face numb and tingling with some head floating happy feeling.

Sixth is left to cool and is a wet sweet clear vibrant pop with some woody finish cooling throw creamy candy.  Mouthfeel a bit more coarse now but Spacy high happy feeling with tingling numb face. Sweet pop then into a woody finish.  Chest beats and high feeling.

Seventh has a creamy candy melon pop of vibrant sweet taste then woody silty mouthfeeling. Cooled down is a wet melon sweet mild pop then silty almost woody with big chest beats.  

8th is a sweet pop of melon and sweeet candy then quick to silty long breath cooling sweet pure vibrancy with uplifting happy highly slight floating spacy.

9th infusion is left in the cup overnight… the next day it is viscus oily mildly sweet with a grainy silty mouthfeel and mild happy uplifting and bigger chest and face body feeling.

10th … back to flash steeps here… it is an oily wet feeling with a cooling almost woody camphor silty mouthfeeling with slight rich woody with mild sweetness underlying.

11th has an ooily silty mouthfeel with a woody almost but not really camphor.  

12th is much the same do I put it into a long mug steeping and it is rich oily silty slightly bitter coco with a strong happy high feeling and strong face tingling and chesty Qi.

Days long steeping of the spent leaf further reveals a sweet dark sweetness with a silty mouthfeel and happy high feeling still!

I like this one for the price and will probably buy more!

Peace