'09 XZH Jingmai. Pretty close to awesome. Starts out unassuming, with a nice honey fruit aroma, and a rather narrow banzhang/mannuo sort of sensibility--menghai mushroom, honey, etc. Thick soup and good qi... It quickly develops into this olive oil thick 'n smooth texture, which coats the mouth in this beautiful and lasting sweet floral taste and a hint of bitterness generating more florals in the throat. Feeling goes down a little in the throat, and there was strong, nice qi. It peaks at around the six or seventh brew, like the JingGu Nuercha, and fades gently and pretty much as long as you want to drink it. Never stops being thick and oil smooth. Never stops having some real flavor and activity. Weaknesses are that it could have a stronger base flavor (which is harder to do in thick teas), and have a stronger aftertaste in the throat. These aren't exactly weaknesses, though.
This tea used to have a soup with a really impressive dry floral aroma. When new, it was also really rather fruity, sort of like peaches. Nutty, too. Now, one could compare with older Yiwu or Banzhang teas that have honey as the base flavor. Would probably beat almost all of the Yiwus like that...
This tea used to have a soup with a really impressive dry floral aroma. When new, it was also really rather fruity, sort of like peaches. Nutty, too. Now, one could compare with older Yiwu or Banzhang teas that have honey as the base flavor. Would probably beat almost all of the Yiwus like that...