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1980 Tong Xing | ||
| Genre: Sheng/Green/Uncooked/Raw | ||
| Factory: Unknown | ||
| Vendor: Grandtea.com | ||
| Reviewed by Mike Petro on 07/16/2005 | ||
| Background | Early 80s | |
| Dry Leaf Appearence: | ||
| Water to Leaf Ratio: | 3.5 gr of Leaf in 75 ml of water | |
| Brewing Method: | Gungfu in 75ml Yixing pot Rinsed tea with boiling water for a 20 seconds. Used Boiling mountain spring water collected at the source. | |
| Wet Leaf Appearence: | Very dark brown, crumbly, no whole leaves. Leaves were resilient and lots of stems. | |
| 1st Steep | 30s - Deep must aroma, liquor is chestnut brown in color. Flavor of loam, mushroom, and lots of wood. Lingering | |
| 2nd Steep | 20s - Heavy wood with a distinct sweetness in the finish. | |
| 3rd Steep | 30s - Once again heavy wood with a distinct sweetness in the finish, but a little smother this time. | |
| 4th Steep | 45s - Much much smoother, has an almost buttery feeling and mild but pleasant sweetness. | |
| Subsequent Steeps | 90s - Milder but still quite a lot of wood and sweetness giving way to some plum. | |
| Conclusion | This is a very good example of an aged tea, I have no doubts as to the authenticity of the age claims. I eventually got 9 steeps and could have kept going but I ran out of time. | |
| Sorry, no Photos | ||