Sunday, July 02, 2006

2003 King Biscuit / 12 zodiacs mini


Dadugang King Tea Biscuit
Leaf:
Medium leaves.
Heated Leaf aroma:
Sweet / hints of flora / straw.
Water temp: Crab/fish eye.
Infusion and ratio:
6g in 150ml gaiwan. brief rinse, 60s rests, 15s, 20s, 30s, 30s, 60s
Liquor color:
Good clarity, golden yellow.
Flavor Notes:
Medium pungent and astringency, bamboo, light sweetness, hint of camphor, dry aftertaste, mild body, medium complexity / bitterness.
Best Infusion: 2nd infus.
Cha Qi: Medium but active.
Overall:
This was totally a different image I had then: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4410717173
Good young leaves. Presentable. Question about storage? Too dry? For a 3 years old young leaves without mellowing down the astringency?
Age-ability: flair.
Would I buy this tea?: Maybe. If I have more background on tea area and factory.

Yunnan Fengqing Mini-Beeng 2003 "12 zodiacs"
Leaf:
Broken young medium, little meat, leaves.
Heated Leaf aroma:
Dairy / hints of flora / grassy.
Water temp: Crab/fish eye.
Infusion and ratio:
6g in 150ml gaiwan. brief rinse, 30s rests, 20s, 20s, 30s, 30s, 60s
Liquor color:
Cloudy golden pale yellow.
Flavor Notes:
Moderate astringency, creamy, hay, hint of camphor, minty, clean aftertaste, mellow round body.
Best Infusion: 5th infus.
Cha Qi: Mild.
Overall:
A Good and Mellow 3 years old. Like the creamy / dairy character a lot. Young tree, low land harvested?
Age-ability: flair.
Would I buy this tea?: No.

4 comments:

MarshalN said...

The 12 zodiacs is definitely from young tree, I think, and harvested from farms from what way it seems. It's fairly mild and can be drunk now, but not something terribly good. I bought it mostly because I knew nothing then and it was not expensive :)

toki said...

I never had a creamy texture before - Marshaln. Learn something every day : ) Thanks for the experience.

Leaving this Sunday to another tea adventure! Coming back on 1st week of August.

MarshalN said...

Ah, fun fun.

Will you go to China after this? Like I told you, I will be around from September onwards in Beijing.

toki said...

Not in Sept. urhh.... Getting marry in Dec. my friend!

 
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