Douji Shengtai Dashu 2007

Douji was pretty trendy at the beginning of the 2010s, but I’m not sure if it was earned. In my memory, this one is better than the Red 05 and the Daye 06, so let’s see how it is now. I’m expecting a classic Yiwu taste, not much more.

The wet leaves indeed smell that typical Yiwu taste, like prunes and a sort of metallic milk, and a touch of incense, too.

The first cup is orange, and it is rather thick, having a bit of semolina and some classic Yiwu aromas.

The second cup is similar but with an orange-peel distant bitterness.

The third cup is woodier; the mouthfeel is quite poor and leaves the tongue raspy.

The next 2-3 cups are quite good cups, still some wood, prunes, and that metallic cream.

Around the seventh cup, some decent relaxing Qi is coming, just when the tea starts fading. I can feel it in the whole body, not only in the head; it might have built up a bit of muscle with the years.

When fading, it becomes mineral and camphorish.

It’s not bad and is very possibly better than the not-so-great Red 05 and ever-worst Daye 06, that I both need to revisit. Though I think the Red 05 is relatively similar.

Its main quality is the classic Yiwu taste, plus a rather rich taste. It’s clean and decently durable, but not super exciting to me. Also, the aftertaste and mouthfeel were rather poor today. The Qi is decent though; I was not expecting much, and I enjoyed feeling wasted.