Review topics: ["taste","aftertaste","aroma","tea","sweetness","fruit","mi lan","peach","session","cha qi"].
Reviews
Amazing tea well worth the high price!
"Tasting notes: first 5-10 brews were like a dry fruit tea, very strong sweet peach/flower + a lot of sweetness. After many brews the fruit goes away, and a strong taste of honey is left Brewing parameters: 5g/100ml, 99C, 15s->5s->5s"
— Nikolay F. (5/5)
Very good tea!
"Very good tea!"
— Seamus L. (5/5)
Great quality oolong tea
"The aroma is likely very mellow fruit, but also floral and herb. Taste is excellent. Especially,lingering remains large and aftertaste is huge strong.This is really "Lao Cong"qualities!!"
— Key (5/5)
like gushu pu'erh
"The cong wei on the 2021 harvest is insane. It's very direct, potent, and focused. This tea is like 75% old bush taste and 25% mi lan. Imagine putting your hand on a very high-end subwoofer and feeling the bass rattle in your teeth - that's exactly what this dancong does. It comes in through your sense of taste but pretty quickly starts to rattle your brain with how unbelievably powerful the flavor profile reflects - quite literally - the trees which produced these leaves. Yes, this is a mi lan, I get the honey and florals but leave that aside for a second - both of these characteristics are second to what is clearly the focal point of this tea ... the sappy, rich, thick and resinous notes of incense-like bark and moss which can never, ever be faked, and can only be produced by authentic old-bush material. It is vibrant, crisp, incredibly powerful and energizing, with so many layers to explore, none of which are perfume-y or cloyingly sweet... no, this is earthy and pungent, with a viscosity to it that is like motor oil. I can taste the old age and feel it in my bloodstream. This cong wei is the real deal. If you have never tried authentic lao cong mi lan, or are unfamiliar with cong wei, you simply must try this. It is priced like it's competition-grade, and it certainly drinks like it. 7 grams of leaf returns 12+ steeps and the washed leaves retain a spicy fragrance. They resist a long, slow session very well and hold their composure across many delicious steeps. More people need to buy this and support the diminishing practice of creating dancong like this. The quality is high, this processing style is rare, and it is only becoming more and more difficult to find in the market. Thank you to Scott and Xiao Yao for this."
— NN (5/5)
one of the very best
"As Lukas and Alexa wrote below, this tea never disappoints and is one of the very best Mi Lan out there. Initially, I was surprised by how subtle this tea is. The aroma on the dry leaf and upon the first few cups is way more nuanced than what you might expect for something at this price point, but don't be disappointed, because for what this tea lacks in the in-your-face qualities upfront, it definitely more than makes up in the cup with its vast and expansive flavor profiles. More specifically, the breadth and depth of the floral notes is unlike any other Mi Lan I've ever tried. There is a characteristic Mi Lan honey-like sweetness that follows you throughout the session, and along the way, it shows itself alongside the ever-changing notes of fresh cut florals. Roses, orchids, magnolias, whatever you might find in any other dan cong, you can probably find here - and this tea will do it better than any other... well, with the exception of the Gui Hua dan cong that Scott offers. That thick, resinous note of osmanthus flower is in a league of its own. Anyways, 5 grams of leaf in a 100mL Jian Shui teapot returns 12 to 15 cups. I found the best attributes of this tea really start to come out after the 6th cup - this is something I've noticed with all of the high-altitude, old-age dan cong I've tried so far. It is a common theme to push this tea hard with long steeps off a freshly rolling boil, especially once you get past cup 10. You need to be comfortable splish-splashing with this tea, pouring slowly and letting the force of the water bring oxygen into the extraction chamber AKA your teapot. This is the best way to achieve that sublime aftertaste which lingers on the palate for 30+ minutes after the session is complete. Cha qi is strong but balanced, for me it comes out in full force between cups 4 and 8, as the steep times get longer and the aftertaste starts to build."
— NN (5/5)
Never disappoints!
"Excellent tea, as always never disappoints!!"
— Alexa R. (5/5)
Best Mi Lan EVER!!!!
"This is hands down the best Mi Lan I ever had. I'm a big fan of Mi Lan and always have a couple of different once in my collection. So when this one came online, I just had to have it. And yes it is a pricy tea. But I have zero regrets about spending a bit more on this tea. From the moment I put this tea in my dedicated Mi Lan Yixing tea pot (yes, I am so in love with Mi Lan I dedicated a tea pot to it) the aroma exploded. It's like you're holding your nose in a jar of spring flower honey. The amount of aromas and layers is just insane. I only use 3g where normally I use around 6 to 7g and still I was able to set this tea over 8 times and probably if I really am carful I can probably go up to 10 infusions. Taste: Honey, rose, orchid, some tropic fruit, some classic Dan Cong nutty aftertaste, a lovely freshness like you would find in a mandarine. Really, there is so much going on that I'm finding it hard to describe all the tastes and aromas."
— LukasD. (5/5)
