date created:: 2024-10-24 11:11
date modified:: 2024-11-26 13:10

Shou Mei Aged 3 Years

Vendor:: Tealyra
Type:: white
Source::
Rating:: 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑

Tasting notes

First Brew

Brewing method:: Gongfu
Brewing temperature:: 90° C
Weight:: 5 g
Volume:: 100 ml
Rinse:: 5 s
Steep time:: 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 s

Steep one

• could barely fit 5 g in my little teapot
• Wet leaves have a smokey, almost tobacco scent to them
• clear pale yellow liquor with delicate scent
• First taste is very woody - probably because of the high stem content
• smokey flavour, elicits almost a prickly sensation in the mouth
• allowed the leaves to steam between steep 1 & 2

Steep two

• Much darker, golden liquor with a more complex aroma
• smokiness has intensified but there's a sweetness developing on the back of the palate
• interesting sensation in the mouth afterwards - not quite cooling

Second brew

Brewing method:: Gongfu
Brewing temperature:: 80° C
Weight:: 5 g
Volume:: 100 ml
Rinse:: 5 s
Steep time:: 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 s

• Used my new gaiwan
• Softer, more delicate flavour this time around
• Still slight hints of woodiness

Third brew

Brewing method:: Westren
Brewing temperature:: 100° C
Weight:: 5 g
Volume:: 250 ml
Rinse::
Steep time:: 3 m

• Brewing this way results in a deep golden liquor with a sticky, jammy scent.
• Sweetness dominates with the woody flavours relegated to the background
• almost no trace of smokiness