Michael Plant > writes:

> [...]
>
> I'm drinking a Ye Lan Xiang this morning,this one a more stemmy than average
> Phoenix, with leaves less heavily veined than what I have grown used to,
> indicating to me that the trees whence they came are younger. The taste is
> mildly fruited, which I like better than the heavily fruited types; and the
> taste of this tea is not as soft as some others, which is an observation of
> a stylistic difference, not a criticism: It isn't harsh or rough.

I *think* the vendor goofed on transliterating the name, which
probably should be *Yu* Lan Xiang, i.e. Magnolia Fragrance. The
unforgettable scent of magnolia is one of the things that first
attracted me to (some) Phoenixes. Does this one do that?

/Lew
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