Black Friday/Cyber Monday @ white2tea.com emptied my meager accrued tea budget fund...
I am very happy with Paul's new releases, I look forward to seeing how his "chocobrick" pressings pan out, If they are any good, I want to get some for my lighter tea drinking friends as gifts to see if it isn't a way to get more people going deeper without having to be afraid of committing right away to a whole gongfu setup.
I ended up going with ordering:
2016 Sister Brother set of 2 100g bricks
2016 ChocoBrick Ripe Puer 100g brick
2016 Brown Sugar 200g brick
2015 Channel Orange 100g brick
Well done Paul, you got me to order stuff I wouldn't usually order just because your stuff looks clever... Nice work on this round of advertising.
Haha I feel similarly and your order looks alot like what I would have...but I have done way too much recently so I withheld. The sister brother is definitely on a must buy list. And I would have never really wanted ripe with orange but now im really considering it. Hope those Chocobricks are good and are helping people get into tea.
I received the Heart of the City and is one of two cakes I bought from this years harvest (other is the more expensive wuliang from EoT). Its crazy how spot on Shah got this though so I will keep it brief as I will mostly concur with Shah.
I have not had much Lincang but really loved Pin. I am really really happy with my buy and this has instantly propelled itself up to being one of my favorites (I am excited to see it next summer). I think its similar to the pin, but maybe I am tasting a lot of Lincang trademarks. An astringent, floral aftertaste and a sugary finish. There is a lot of richness and the tea has no holes,a crew of flavors is built around a sweet core. Apricots and stone are the main flavors. The base is musky/intoxicating like an overwhelmingly sweet honey can be. Lots of lime in the background and the lime and stone combo reminds me of a rosé. It also lasts at least 15 steeps. The qi is noticeable with head buzzing and lots of caffeine. Maybe even a little more exciting than my beloved menghai. Does menghai and lincang blend well?