A sample supplied by Grill. Thanks! This tea is sold by Malaysia based, Teapals.
This is an interesting, premium tea from a region that I’m only starting to be come a little familiar with. Very educational and interesting tea.
2014 Chenyuan Hao Bingdao via Teapals — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #50
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6 responses to “2014 Chenyuan Hao Bingdao via Teapals — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #50”
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Same ambiguity with me. The overall quality of the tea impresses me greatly, but the flavor profile and aromatics are not my favorite. I got to compare it with the BHYJ 13 a couple of times. Very similar, but this one is way more concentrated.
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Hi puyuan,
Thanks for the notes and am happy to hear that our notes line up. Had a tricky time placing this, largely due to my unfamiliarity with similar teas.
Cheers,
-Jamesps. Also thanks for the Teapals rec.
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Thanks for another great episode. You do a great job of clearly communicating how and why to play with steep times and the effects of doing so.
At least from my perspective, there’s such a vacuum of truly informed and entertaining tea education, so I really appreciate that you and Denny take the time to create this content and to help minimize the myth and mystery surrounding pu er.
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Thanks Doug. Appreciate the kind words!
Cheers,
-James
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Thanks for reviewing this tea, as it prompted me to revisit the one example of Bingdao I have, a sample of 2010 vintage from Tea Urchin. My thoughts echo yours for the most part: a rather mellow, easy-going flavor profile with a hard-hitting Qi. The one deviation that my sample has is that it is not thin at all but has a rather decent viscosity.
I just with this varietal was more generally available to the West.
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Hi Richard,
Thanks for the comment. Yes indeed. It seems when it is available it’s really expensive and seems to sell out very quickly. Interesting tea.
Cheers,
-James
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