Review topics: ["taste","quality","aroma","notes","fragrance","sweetness","smell","tea","steeps","mouthfeel","bouquet","dan cong","temperatures"].
Reviews
… eh …
"This Ba Xian opens with a very attractive aroma. Orchid and soft magnolia come through clearly on the lid and in the steam, with a gentle buttery floral note that initially promises depth. Unfortunately, the cup does not live up to the nose. Across a full Gong Fu session, the liquor is dominated by mineral and grapefruit-pith bitterness, with limited sweetness and very little transformation. Early steeps show apricot skin and floral hints, but these fade quickly into a drying, mineral-led profile. While the aromatics remain pleasant throughout, they stay largely disconnected from the taste. Well processed and clean, but lacking inner substance and balance. More enjoyable as a casual or dilute brew than as a focused Gong Fu tea. (6g of leaf. Short steeps - 5 seconds first increasing by 2 - 3 per steep) I’ll revisit it brewing at a lower temperature in the future."
— Michael (3/5)
Favorite Ba Xian I've had so far!
"Lovely perfume and floral notes with the typical mountain rockness in the after taste and mouth feel. Really complex. Not a tea I would have been able to enjoy years ago. Finicky to brew. Lower temps have given me the best results."
— Aaron W. (5/5)
Amazing tea well worth the money!
"This tea tastes better when aged at least 1 year! (same year tea is a 4*) Smell: almost non-existent dry smell, brewed smell of fragrant flowers (magnolia?) Tasting notes: flowery/fruity, sweet finish. After many brews the somewhat bitter notes disappear and an immediate and longing floral sweetness is revealed 1st brew: savory tree bark, pleasantly pulling mouthfeel 1.6g, 95+C, 30s->+15s"
— Nikolay F. (5/5)
yummy
"This is good Ba Xian, I find it performs well when I use 8 grams in a 140mL teapot, otherwise the flavor profile is a bit thin for my preferences. It has good character all-around, with some nice floral and fruity aromatics that are persistent all the way through the session, coupled with a strong mouthfeel that isn't overly-drying and lingers for a long time into the aftertaste. The flavor profile is balanced, with some creamy sweet qualities in the first half of the session, which eventually get washed out and reveal a nice floral bouquet in the second half. The white magnolia note is prominent and enduring, even as the cup cools it retains a smooth and distinct floral quality."
— NN (5/5)
a bit tout astringent
"A nice tea. The wet leaves smell wonderful, and give off a pleaseant deep tropical fruity notes. The liqueur is more floral than fruity, and woody (whereas a MiLanXiang is more fruity than floral, not that woody), but it's a bit too astringent. I am wondering whether the astringency is a characteristic of Ba Xian variety."
— Yusheng W. (3/5)
nice flavor
"I like this Oolong's flavor. It also lasts many steepings."
— Doug S. (4/5)
Wonderful dan cong!
"Floral, even zingy, but in a very round and balanced way, not too sharp on the palate. A mouthful of flowery aftertaste lingers on. I found another favourite dan cong. Thank you!"
— Maya K. (5/5)
Fruity, and long aftertaste
"This tea is a very well processed, roasted Dancong, and the leaves give a clean tea, with a caracteristic Dancong bitterness and high toned strong fragrance, the tea lasts many steepings, and it leaves a strange floral aroma in the mouth, I haven`t tasted the fruit but I assume it is the Yang Me Shu fruit aroma, and the fragrance lingers on even to the last infusion, I had around 10 infusions."
— Szilard N. (5/5)
Fantastic Dan Cong tea
"This tea is a Dan Cong oolong gem. Fruity, floral, creamy, very aromatic. Fantastic tea."
— Christopher N. (5/5)
Very good
"Tea very good!"
— Igor S. (5/5)
