Just finishing up the last of a ten gram sample I bought over six years ago from Hidden Peak, the 2008 Lincang Shu. Every session I liked it more, did it age over this brief year and a half lingering in its little sample bag, stuck in the dark all alone in tiny ceramic cupboard drawer? I don't know but I know my palate has evolved a TON over this time, and I know further that I LOVE this tea.
Will it still be available? That's the cool thing with aged teas, it just might! If it still exists no way can it still be a very affordable four bucks for ten grams as seen in the above photo.
It is a great introductory shu I think, and I furthermore think, I am off to buy some more! This shu is deeply earthy, dark from first flash-rinse, almost meaty in color and texture and has all that forest undergrowth mossiness I have come to love. Clean earth, great energy and of this writing, the last three grams of this teacher of a tea are still telling me tales that change with each steep, going on the 9th as soon as I finish this brief missive to you, my readers.Visit Hidden Peak Teahouse and check it out for yourselves.
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| (Photo from HPTH website with my thanks. Gonna go buy me a brick o'this right now!) |