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>>19624951
not a huge white tea drinker but i'll give this a shot

2022 jingmai moonlight white
the square is 9g and tightly compressed, bit of a pain to loosen it up
you can smell the age a little on the wet leaf
very mild, lightly sweet, some bitterness into the later steeps. nothing massively notable here though, the mouth feel is nice.
i will cold brew the other square i have, i think it'll be good for that.

and the 2023
the material is larger leaves than the 22, dunno if they use smaller leaf for the squares or that's just what the 22 is like.
more floral "white peony" notes on the wet leaf than the 22. less oxidation kind of smell
liquor brews up looking more amber like a black tea than the 22's golden piss colours.
fuller flavour, more robust, sweetness and some malt, but less floral? it almost makes me think it's half way from white to black, if you think about silver needles as reference.

23 is superior. both easy-drinking and pleasant, but it just has more going for it. worth the $60 admission? i think you could find something of similar quality on fullchea for half price.
very caffeinated now