EoT Pesticide tea. Worst thing about it, is that like my first session, the first brew is clearly the best, because it will give a fruity yun. But that's the brew you really sorta have to dump. I make do with overpouring the pot, but it would be nice if the yun comes back in subsequent brews. This is an alright tea, but it really sorta has to be thought of as a meaty and durable green tea.
I think in general, the glory sunshiney days of puerh is over--there's no price disparity against quality oolongs, greens, etc anymore, and the tea most new drinkers will get a shot at will be like the constraint limited darjeelings that you'd find even at expensive places, and the hobby will swerve more to serve the every day needs of eye-opening, pleasantly.
I smell....I smell....SPAM!!Had a strong Bulang and then the store benchmark from Tea Heavenly. Strange thing happened that the Bulang couldn't cover up the benchmark, which tasted mellow on its own as a true tea made from premium arbor tea leaves. It showed how much strength/energy in the latter. From what they say, Tea Heavenly intend to keep this tea available for the next 10-20 years for the customers so they could follow the development over the years.They also mentioned that one of the Yiwus in the comparison set was made in the modern tea-making style: drink-it-now. They didn't point out which one so I have to look more carefully and see if I could nail it down. Good challenge! Apparently their goal is for customers to learn appreciation of fine puerh teas from their tasting notes and samples. An online self-learning course?
There are so many so-called LBZ nowadays, which only a few know what a true LBZ is like. On another note, not sure why TH has tasting notes on their web pages for some of their teas but not others like the comparison of 3 Yiwus which came with the order.