Following an excellent suggestion by Shah, I celebrated a lazy Sunday morning by revisiting one of my first cakes - a Xizihao that is now half a decade old. What makes this one interesting is that its spent that half-decade in English storage.
I invite you to join me at the original article (scrolling down to the new bit, if you please) for further notes. The evidence in favour of English storage is looking good, dare I say it.
Hello Hobbes,
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that you published an article about revisiting one of your first cakes today. I just received a nice little package from The Essence of Tea containing my very first cake, a 2011 EoT Mansai.
Now I'm trying to decide what to taste first, the 1997 Henglichang Bulang sample you recommended or my Mansai cake. :)
Both are excellent! You should be pleased that your first cakes are so good - many of my first cakes were howlers... :)
ReplyDeleteToodlepip,
Hobbes
Today I decided to try the Mansai; a great cake indeed! I found the flavour to be somewhat similar to the 2007 Baichatang Gu Chayuan that I tried earlier, although not as sweet and with a bit of a smoky tobacco aftertaste.
ReplyDeleteI'm quite curious about the Bulang, but that one is going to have to wait until tomorrow morning.
Let's hope I manage to maintain this level of quality on my future tea purchases. :)
Very nice, Joao - what a good start. :)
ReplyDeleteToodlepip,
Hobbes
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDelete