For those of you wondering whether this is a Yin Zhen, yes it is. However Yin Zhen, meaning Silver Needle, simply describes the kind of pick: all needle-like buds featuring trichomes, i.e. those tiny hair covering them. There are many Yin Zhen teas and additional words in the name distinguish them from each other. For example: Bai hao yin Zhen (white tea from fuding), Jun Shan Yin Zhen (yellow tea from Hunan). Not all Silver Needle, however, has Yin Zhen in their name. Moonlight White Tea, maybe because the name is already quite long, is simply called Yue Guang Bai no matter the pick.
The first nose of the cup: Camembert! Second steeping: Mushroom, cough-syrup. Third: Dust, mushroomy-umami. Honey. Hay. Fourth: kind of bittery, like licorice. More umami, even tomato and olives. Fifth: Hay and cucumber Over all: Pretty good body, harmonic, with tendency for sourness. A very good tea.
I used 5g left it for a minute first time just tasted bitter and no flavour then tried 5mins and still bitter and just tastes like hay and water not sure what I'm doing wrong
Late response but it could be a multitude of things. It could be that you're brewing at too high or low of a temperature, or aren't doing a pre-steep to remove the initial bitterness and pouring out the potential bitter tannins
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Great video! Thank you for such a descriptive definition of the moonlight white!
For those of you wondering whether this is a Yin Zhen, yes it is. However Yin Zhen, meaning Silver Needle, simply describes the kind of pick: all needle-like buds featuring trichomes, i.e. those tiny hair covering them.
There are many Yin Zhen teas and additional words in the name distinguish them from each other. For example: Bai hao yin Zhen (white tea from fuding), Jun Shan Yin Zhen (yellow tea from Hunan). Not all Silver Needle, however, has Yin Zhen in their name. Moonlight White Tea, maybe because the name is already quite long, is simply called Yue Guang Bai no matter the pick.
The first nose of the cup: Camembert!
Second steeping: Mushroom, cough-syrup.
Third: Dust, mushroomy-umami. Honey. Hay.
Fourth: kind of bittery, like licorice. More umami, even tomato and olives.
Fifth: Hay and cucumber
Over all: Pretty good body, harmonic, with tendency for sourness.
A very good tea.
Saludos desde Tea Institute Latinoamérica!!🍵😊🍵
I used 5g left it for a minute first time just tasted bitter and no flavour then tried 5mins and still bitter and just tastes like hay and water not sure what I'm doing wrong
Late response but it could be a multitude of things. It could be that you're brewing at too high or low of a temperature, or aren't doing a pre-steep to remove the initial bitterness and pouring out the potential bitter tannins