2003 Macau Hua Lian Qing Zhuan Review

The fragrance is dark and semiaged with some soft earthy qualities, but all in all the scent is not too damp and aged, but retains a sweet character. The aroma is powdery and slightly perfumatic, but not as strong as I'd like.

The taste is sweet and velvety soft with notes of warm wood and nuts, maybe almonds. There is only a hint of bitterness left and very little earthy taste. The apparent lack of taste and aroma is proven wrong as a strong aftertaste slowly creeps in after the first couple of sips.

In the second infusion some weird off tastes appear, which might result from using too little leaves and not brewing enough. The taste was distracting enough to make me stop the session there.

All in all the tea was interesting and surprisingly aged (probably because it has been in Malaysia). Not the best I've had, but good nonetheless.

Link to the tea on Sampletea's website