Tea: Old Style Tie Guan Yin Anxi Wulong 2010

A Tie Guan Yin from Seven Cups

This tea has been retired/discontinued.

Picture of Old Style Tie Guan Yin Anxi Wulong 2010
Brand:Seven Cups
Style:Tie Guan Yin
Region:Anxi, Fujian, China
Caffeine:Caffeinated
Loose?Loose
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Review of Old Style Tie Guan Yin Anxi Wulong 2010

AromaFlavorValueTotal
4 of 103 of 52 of 543 of 100
MediocreFairOverpriced

I sampled this in a blind tea tasting, alongside with the 2011 batch of this same tea. The two teas, while recognizably similar in style, were radically different in overall character.

This tea had a sour flavor and overall subdued quality. There was less bitterness and less astringency than the 2012 batch, but less flavor overall. All infusions, but especially the later ones, had a cooling quality that I find quite unusual for this type of tea.

The first cup had a mild aroma, moastly suggestive of roast. The second one brought out skunky tones.

Other people in the group seemed to react negatively to this tea. I wasn't a huge fan of it but I think I liked it better than the other people present. But as much as I liked it a little more than the other people did, I still thought it was a bit flat, and I disliked the sourness to it.

It also seems astronomically priced, however, for a tea that seems to be of mediocre quality (according to the consensus of our group).

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