/ck/ - Food & Cooking

trying fu brick for the first time today. a sample of this 2017 XiangYi brick from KTM
it brews up much lighter than ripe or liu bao and the aroma and flavor are completely different as well
it reminds me of some semi-aged shou mei I've had. it has a similar combination of "dried apples / pears + autumn leaves on the ground" type notes to those two. also a bit of clean earthiness on the finish and a hint of grain... and a nice bit of huigan / returninig sweetness afterwards

didn't expect it to be so much more like shou mei than ripe or liu bao. it's pretty subtle. I'll have to drink some more before I decide if I want more of something like this in my life. maybe I'll try to push it more next time

does this sound like what a fu brick should typically taste like? I hear some of them can be more smoky