This is a sample I got from Bret, Thanks again for everything!That is also a new cup I got from him a "Red Shino" by Petr Novak
The tea itself smells sort of clean. There really isn't much smell to this tea.
Even as the hot water goes into the pot with the leaves there still isn't much of a smell.
I am not really used to not being able to smell anything other then like a clean green smell.
The taste of the soup is very light and clean. With an undertone of bitter vegetal tastes. The bitterness went away after the first infusion though, maybe I just steeped it too long. Lighter then before. The Vegetal undertones came out more in the second infusion, tasting like a really light soup broth almost.
This was a very interesting(yet simple) tea, certainly not my favorite but worth a try and I look forward to trying the other Chang Tai sample I got. It was a good start to the morning!
Whats up Ian? I,m pretty sure that this is an Autumn harvest tea, the leaves are huge. Ive found with all the Chang Tai teas Ive tried they all require extra leaf, 10 gms is what I would recommend. The Douji also needs extra leaf but that is a Spring harvest tea, much sweeter and rounder flavors. I like the Gold Bamboo Mountain tea but I,m not planning on re-stocking. The Douji Dadou I really like a lot, Ive got a few of these cakes and am planning on buying more.
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