Iron goddess from Te Company

From vendor:

Harvest and processing dates unknown.

Origin: Shimen District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Cultivar: Ying Zhi Hong Xin & Jinxuan
Elevation: ~300 meters
Oxidation: 30~40%
Roast Level: Dark

Review:

Dry leaf Packed in paper bag like coffee beans. Was worried that would make it stale. Very loosely rolled leaves. Dark brown with brown sugar and light coffee scent

Brewed 9g /150 mL boiling in Peter kuo wood fired pot

Rinse/25s/25s/35s/50 sec/1min 15s/ 2min/4min/8min / steep it out grandpa style

Early steeps: The scent is smoky, like a mix of very light cigar and expensive incense. The taste begins with the cigar and incense smoke that immediately opens up to sweet, creamy toffee and wood barrel flavors, that build up layer after layer far into the after taste

Later steeps: the scent and the sweet toffee notes coalesce more and more. Some dried fruit and chinese sweet red bean paste flavors that are reminiscent of clean shu pu erh emerge.

Grandpa steeps seem almost indistinguishable from clean shu pu erh, except a bit sweeter with a caramel sugariness. Shu pu erh element could be a sign of aging.

An amazing tea. No unpleasant flavors. No medicinal notes, that i was expecting.

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