Sanxia Premium Mi Xiang Qing Xin Black Tea, Lot 944, spring 2020 from taiwan tea crafts

From vendor:

STYLE OF TEA	Formosa Black Tea
PICKING DATE	April 2020
OXYDATION LEVEL	High
BAKING LEVEL	None
TERROIR	Sanxia
ADMINISTRATIVE REGION	New Taipei City
PICKING STYLE	Hand Picked
CULTIVAR(S) USED	Qing Xin Gan Zhi
GARDEN ELEVATION	500 m

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Steeped 5 grams in 125 ml pot using 90 to 95 C water.

20 sec / 20 sec / 25 sec / 40 sec / 1 min / 2 min /4 min

Wonderful honey and blueberry taste and aromas. Mild muscat notes reminiscent of second flush insect bitten darjeeling. Slight astringency at back of throat. As liquid cools, there is more acidity. Acidity is tempered using lower temp water.

Body is relatively light. May benefit from clay.

Leaves: more than 1/3 appear broken, possibly during rolling process. Very little evidence of insect bites, which are required for this genre of tea.

Had very good flavor for 5 steepings before tapering off.

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