Aside from drinking that Wangzhi maocha, blogged below, I also went to the tea market and divided up the teas into little bags:
One of them I called sample A, the other sample 1. Sorry for the silly naming scheme, but I don’t want my numbering/naming scheme to affect your drinking order in any way. It’s a choice that is entirely up to you. There should be enough tea in there for a comfortable two serving, I hope.
I will go and send them out tomorrow. They inspect everything here at China Post… so I hope they won’t give me to much trouble.
1 response so far ↓
ck2998 // May 15, 2007 at 7:38 am |
Hi MarshalN,
Thanks for the generaosity. The samples arrived as I was about to leave for an overseas trip.
Great timing as I managed to taste just on time.
My amateur opinion:
Sample 1: Lighter yellow brew, some astringency, has a beany taste which tends to coat the tongue.
Sample A : Yellow-orange brew, less astringency, refreshing woody taste, minty after-effect at the back of the throat.
Personally I like sample A, which I suspect may be 2 to 3 years older than sample 1.