A great opportunity to try single origin moacha from four famous regions. The moacha was carefully packaged inside vacuum sealed bags, inside of a beautiful wooden box, and thus got into my gaiwan without any breakage. The Lao Ban Zhang is stunning, I am floored by the chaqi, the wonderful floral minerality, the whole Menghai package, wow. A rare treat.
Fantastic tea, very good if you are in the mood for a pretty "standard" relaxed experience.
I miss some of the punch from a longjing or a biluochun flavourwise, but thats just a personal preference :P
3.5* The high quality of this tea is visible from the get go, the picking is and the state of the leaves is pristine. However it is in a very dry condition and that makes it harder to extract the flavour and when it does, well it's a bit lacking. Not in complexity but in intensity, everything just seems very far away. I believe this tea has potential though, I would place it in a more humid storage for further ageing. I'll probably do that with a humidity pack for a year and see how it evolves. 6g / 100ml gaiwan various temps and waters tested.
This collection has been a great introduction to Chinese green tea. The Biluochun is unique with a subtle froot loops aroma. Looking forward to trying the rest.