• Zipin Blind!

    Zipin Blind!

    Thanks to Listening to Leaves I recently got to try a few versions of the famous Wistaria Zipin cake. The Zipin is a 2003 Yiwu pressed by Wistaria via the Six Famous Tea Mountains company. In the west it is probably the most famous Wistaria pressing. I think because I contributed a portion of my…

  1. Very interesting comparison. I’ve drank through most of my cake and it’s a very enjoyable tea. However, my experience with…

  2. Should still be able to get some good sessions out of it, but from my experience here I suspect it’s…

  3. I got some Paris loose Zipin, conditioned it to 65-70% RH and it has a much stronger (barnyard) smell now…

  4. I agree it’s an imperfect comparison limited by sample size with all sorts of confounding factors that mostly can’t be…

  5. Let me frame my point as a question: is zipin a smoky tea? To me? Absolutely. The mid palate is…