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Mengding Ganlu 2018 from freshteastories

Bai Mao Hou 2018 from Shui Tang

Anjibaicha from yxhxtea (28 IV 19): smells like anji bai cha; sweetish, fruity, honeyed; ostensible greenery. Cup full bodies, greenery also, but very little bitterness. Linear development from the nose, very pleasant.

Song White Dragon Well (4 IX 19): fresh, vanillated smell as hot water is poured. Nose green, but also roasted and chestnutty aromas; marroni and grass and a bit of candied orange. Cup very full, a lot of honey, very nice roasted chestnut flavor in finish, lasting quite long! Some orange peel and slight flower stalk water bitterness; chamomile! Bitterness more pronounced as it chills (but this is a 5m steeping!); but as it chills more, the nuttiness takes over. So much nuttiness! It's from Zhejiang, 白龍井 or white dragon well (not an actual Long Jing, but quite similar), pan roasted.

Western (6 X 20): very pleasant, tropical fruit nose. I think I get guavas and sweet yellow grass. Cup fair, ever so slightly bitter to be very pleasant. Pineapple leaf. As it chills, it becomes thicker, so dense and pleasant!

Western (7 X 20): such a beautiful color. Such a full nose. Cup umami hit, full body. Such sweetness!

Western (6 X 20): fishy and off. Cup similarly fishy and grassy. Better than the nose, but ultimately unpleasant. As it chills, it develops body that carries the fishy-ness a bit.

Western (7 X 20): Nose tamer, a bit pissy, but also very nice. Cup slightly bitter, slightly flavourless. Some pleasant bamboo acidity and umami bomb fullness. It remains somewhat unsatisfying though.