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KennethT

KennethT

Started tasting this yesterday, then continued today:

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6g in my 150ml yixin tea pot.  I did quite  a lot of watching of mei leaf videos (wow he is wordy!) but I thought I got a good hang of what aged white tea is all about and how to brew it.  Following his instructions, I used about 200-205F water, the first 3 infusions steeped for about 20 seconds, and then increasing the steep time by 5 seconds for each additional steeping.

 

So far, I'm up to 8 steepings.

 

The first few steepings were creamy with lemon zest, and quite tingly on the sides of my tongue.  As the steepings progressed for 3-6 I got a lot more forest floor - dried leaves, chanterelle mushrooms and dried twigs.  Steeping #7 turned a corner and as it cooled became intensely dried apricot.  Like I stuffed 5 soft dried apricots in my mouths and just chewed for a while. #8 still has the over-riding flavor of apricots but not as soft dried as #7 - more like a heavier dried apricot.

KennethT

KennethT

Started tasting this yesterday, then continued today:

20200216_171251.thumb.jpg.31c6de2180da185bec8d90d776c44cb7.jpg

20200216_171428(1).thumb.jpg.3a8398f8128182919361b3dd26b8cefd.jpg

6g in my yixin tea pot.  I did quite  a lot of watching of mei leaf videos (wow he is wordy!) but I thought I got a good hang of what aged white tea is all about and how to brew it.  Following his instructions, I used about 200-205F water, the first 3 infusions steeped for about 20 seconds, and then increasing the steep time by 5 seconds for each additional steeping.

 

So far, I'm up to 8 steepings.

 

The first few steepings were creamy with lemon zest, and quite tingly on the sides of my tongue.  As the steepings progressed for 3-6 I got a lot more forest floor - dried leaves, chanterelle mushrooms and dried twigs.  Steeping #7 turned a corner and as it cooled became intensely dried apricot.  Like I stuffed 5 soft dried apricots in my mouths and just chewed for a while. #8 still has the over-riding flavor of apricots but not as soft dried as #7 - more like a heavier dried apricot.

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