Corax on Long Yuan Label Manzhuan Region [Sheng, 2002], Dadu Gang Tea Factory

DRY LEAF:
--- color: dark brown with notes of green, grey, brown
--- constituency: a good solid chunk, firmly compressed
--- aroma: nil

TEA-TO-WATER PROPORTIONS [grams to fl oz]:
--- 4 g to 6 oz

VESSEL: gaiwan

FIRST INF:
--- time: 90 sec
--- temp: 195-200F
--- color: pale gold
--- aroma: fishy
--- taste: most sheng puer that smells fishy does not actually taste like fish; this one actually did. there was a subtle vegetal note in the background of this. not much aftertaste to speak of. not astringent.

SECOND INF:
--- time: 60 and 90 sec
--- temp: 195-200F
--- color: [i] very pale gold; [ii] medium amber
--- aroma: [i] vegetal, faintly fishy; [ii] still fairly fishy
--- taste: [i] the taste of this is vegetal rather than fishy. no aftertaste or astringency. [ii] at 90 sec the vegetal note is more pronounced, along with the color of the liquor. something of a vegetal aftertaste now.

THIRD INF:
--- time: 90 sec
--- temp: 195-200F
--- color: medium amber
--- aroma: still faintly fishy
--- taste: as before, except that a faint metallic note begins to emerge now.

FOURTH INF: none

COMMENTS: this seems a fairly mild but not a delicate tea. overall, not a terribly distinguished tea.