2025 Yunnan Sourcing “Jinggu Ye Sheng Cha” Wild Tree Purple Tea.

12g/200ml. 5sec or so first steep, fleeting melon and floral notes. Steep 2, 10 sec. Floral notes mix with a light fresh cut grass, it more rich in taste, still mild, a barley-vegetal taste in the middle which rises as it cools, some very mild astringency, no actual bitterness. Full soft mouthfeel. 3th steep 10sec again out of concern. More mild astringency, more vegetal. A mild menthol cooling that started toward the end of steep 2 is very apparent now. 4th steep same as before but up a notch, this increases a dryness on the tongue, though full astringency or bitterness hasn’t become problematic. The mild menthol/cooling, the tongue dryness, and vegetal notes all seem a bit discordant now. 5th steep is vegetal, less depth, still coolness, its all highs, slightly raw, astringency to the sides of the tongue, there’s a very light almost sourness. 6th was similar, a bit lighter again. This was a softly packed cake that fell apart perfectly.