Just looked through my HY Chen bin, and I unfortunately don’t have this special gift. It sounds very rich and curious. Sorry I couldn’t toast with youchofmann wrote: ↑Sat Apr 21, 2018 9:34 pmDrinking a 'Yan Yun' oolong from HY Chen right now. Absolutely blowing my mind how good this is. Tastes like rocky marshmallows... kinda like Rocky Road ice cream, but without the chocolate. Apparently Chen only makes 7kg of this tea each year, entirely by hand. It is a 'yancha' style tea from his garden on Dong Ding in Taiwan.
I on the other hand steeped an Ali Shan Red oolong from Norbu; it had very pleasant and complex aromatics, and rich colorful maroon liquor, but this was sort of a tease, the liquor lacked body and depth. Enjoyable, but didn’t hold my attention long enough. Although, once cooled body was richer.