=====Embrace Simplicity 2015=====

   * It's a Anhua Dark Tea (安化黑茶) from a brick, from Gaoma'erxi in Hunan. They are smoked over pine, then pile-fermented. ([[https://freshteastories.com/product/2015-embrace-simplicity-dark-brick/|link]])

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===Western Tasting (29 VIII 18)===
   * Slightly smoky, acquatic-maritime quality to wet leaves. Woodfire smoke and maple sweetness in empty cup. Nose slightly stew-y and warm smoke, wine cellar; also some raisin sweetness. Cup is slightly smoky, quite thin and a little bit of acidity / plastic taste. (Most possibly from the packaging.) Unfortunately, this is quite a plain, slightly smoky tea.