TN: Yun Shan Yin Zhen
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 11:44 am
I don't know how to describe teas with their proper jargon, but here's what this is like in wine jargon
This Yin Zhen from the Yun Shan mountain is an odd tea. The name translates as silver needle. The shop keeper said that this is classified as "yellow tea" - apparently a subgroup of Oolong or white tea? What's the difference between them, anyway? I brewed it, as told, at a low temperature (c.60-70 C) and for a long time (c.15 min). The result was very nice indeed! An antithesis to the in-your-face Parker teas (any much too influential tea critics out there whose name I could substitute?).
Faintly yellow colour. The nose is a bit faint but elegant with quite a bit of white flowers and even a hint of vanilla (no oak in this, LOL!) and some slight green tea -like bitter notes giving the nose a pleasant lift. The palate is also light and elegant but with enough tannins to keep it pleasantly structured. A light tea, and quite unlike any other I've tasted. Persistent aftertaste. Very good.
This Yin Zhen from the Yun Shan mountain is an odd tea. The name translates as silver needle. The shop keeper said that this is classified as "yellow tea" - apparently a subgroup of Oolong or white tea? What's the difference between them, anyway? I brewed it, as told, at a low temperature (c.60-70 C) and for a long time (c.15 min). The result was very nice indeed! An antithesis to the in-your-face Parker teas (any much too influential tea critics out there whose name I could substitute?).
Faintly yellow colour. The nose is a bit faint but elegant with quite a bit of white flowers and even a hint of vanilla (no oak in this, LOL!) and some slight green tea -like bitter notes giving the nose a pleasant lift. The palate is also light and elegant but with enough tannins to keep it pleasantly structured. A light tea, and quite unlike any other I've tasted. Persistent aftertaste. Very good.