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Pre-Chingming Yunnan Mao JianChina, Green Tea

Long and slender wiry leaf with silky tips. Uniform and lightly twisted. Beautiful celadon-green with silver streaks. Sweet scent of a warm spring meadow. The steam smells of grilled corn, burnt silk, complicated. Infusion aroma is surprising! Red wine, burnt sugar, cigar? Full-bodied and fairly astringent even in a brief cool first infusion.

Tea: Upton Tea, ZGP6 (discontinued)
Gaiwan: Red Blossom Tea, Jingdezhen Summer

Upton Tea description: "A 2014 Pre-Chingming Hair Point green tea from Yunnan province. The pale chartreuse tea liquor has a delicate vegetal aroma with a whisper of flower petals. A light tangerine evanescence at first sip gives way to a sweet, brothy flavor, with notes of mint and rosemary."

Tasting notes and photography by @gaiwanstyle.