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| - | ===Song Tea Formosa Yancha=== | + | ====Song Tea Formosa Yancha==== |
| * Not clear what cultivar, they only say it's a Wuyi cultivar; and this one is grown in Taiwan (Shan Lin Xi) | * Not clear what cultivar, they only say it's a Wuyi cultivar; and this one is grown in Taiwan (Shan Lin Xi) | ||
| * **Western** (1 I 2020): Something popcorn-y, cardboard-y. Pronounced taste, pineapple cuttings, paper and pape marche, paper-vanilla. It remains unsatisfying, | * **Western** (1 I 2020): Something popcorn-y, cardboard-y. Pronounced taste, pineapple cuttings, paper and pape marche, paper-vanilla. It remains unsatisfying, | ||
| - | ===Song Tea Formosa Yancha 1994=== | + | ====Song Tea Formosa Yancha 1994==== |
| * **Western** (1 I 2020): Similar to unaged, same cardboard-iness, | * **Western** (1 I 2020): Similar to unaged, same cardboard-iness, | ||
| - | ===Song Tea Meizhan Yancha=== | + | ====Song Tea Meizhan Yancha==== |
| * Meizhan ( 梅占) is the name of the cultivar, 2h away from Wuyi; it was imported to there around 300 years ago. | * Meizhan ( 梅占) is the name of the cultivar, 2h away from Wuyi; it was imported to there around 300 years ago. | ||
| * **Western ** (1 I 2020): Nose tame, but likeable. A faint orange peel infusion. Cup extremely thick, dashi, almost gelatinous. Not so much taste, but pleasant thickness. As it chills it remains, not terribly aromatic, but decent texture and length. Umami? | * **Western ** (1 I 2020): Nose tame, but likeable. A faint orange peel infusion. Cup extremely thick, dashi, almost gelatinous. Not so much taste, but pleasant thickness. As it chills it remains, not terribly aromatic, but decent texture and length. Umami? | ||
| + | * **Blind Western** (3 II 20): big malty fella. Same in the cup. Thought it would be DD GF, but this one definitely had to wake up, it seems. (Or Song has two different Meizhans.) Very nice, in any case. | ||
| + | * **Western** (3 II 20): Very malty, palo santo? Cup similarly aromatic wood. | ||
| - | ===Verdant Bai Rui Xiang from Wuyi=== | + | ====Verdant Bai Rui Xiang from Wuyi==== |
| * Means Winter Daphne taste (similar to Milan Xian etc). | * Means Winter Daphne taste (similar to Milan Xian etc). | ||
| * **Western** (1 I 2020): Tame nose, a bit sweet, a little bit baked. Quite pleasant. Cup very bitter, very zack. Metallic-woody bitterness at the tip of the tongue and sanguinity. As it chills, just more metal. | * **Western** (1 I 2020): Tame nose, a bit sweet, a little bit baked. Quite pleasant. Cup very bitter, very zack. Metallic-woody bitterness at the tip of the tongue and sanguinity. As it chills, just more metal. | ||
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| + | ====Verdant King of Thieves / Huang Rui Guang==== | ||
| + | * **Western** (3 II 20): Very Lipton tea-bag like, or lime blossom? And rose syrup! Cup similarly perfumed, extremely so actually. Jepp, roses, and some bitterness. | ||
| + | * **Blind Western** (3 II 20): First I thought this would be duck shit, it has a white meat quality, but little body. How come it has none of the florality it had before? Does it vanish overnight? | ||
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