by bonescwa » Sep 1st, '14, 22:10
2014 New Amerykah2 (hope I'm spelling that correctly, too lazy to look it up) from White2tea. Nice leaves, strong dry aroma of minty hay, with only the slightest bitterness when pushed. Boiling water, 30 seconds to 1 minute, porcelain gaiwan. Its a new puerh but it has almost nothing in common with the new puerhs that people say are too astringent, bitter, gastrointestinally challenging, etc. Going strong, mild flavor, inoffensive with some character to it that I can't place. Very strong huigan that goes down the throat and lasts a while. No smoke. Little drying astringency. Chaqi is making me sweat profusely but calming. It's a mildly hot night, I drink tea most hot days/nights, but I don't sweat. Something about new puerh I guess, it doesn't happen with any other tea. This is a tea that is meant to be drunk new, imo, it's the current trend in processing?