This is a pre QingMing white tea although only identified as pre
QingMing Fujian. The leaf look and feel reminds me of BaiMuDan (which
is post QingMing with the rains) but with more immature smaller Yinzhen
bud and less green leaf. It feels lighter than even the anemic
BaiMuDan. It soaks from the surface. I say 'parched' in the sense
there is no sense of any moisture content and in the taste because of
lack of soil nutrients ie it is more aroma than finish. In my
ignorance I was expecting green spring sprout from any pre QingMing
tea. I was lucky the clerk stuffed a bag because none on the shelf and
she wasn't sure of the amount. So I forgive her for asking me to wait
two or three minutes.

Jim

Michael Plant wrote:
> [Jim]
>
> snip
>
> > Parched pre QingMing is more hype than taste.
> > Wait for the rains.
>
> Jim at the risk once again of parading my ignorance
> before this disassembled body, what is "parched
> pre QingMing" in your sentence above? I take it
> you are referring to Long Jing (Dragon Well) tea
> picked before the rains...but "parched"?
> Michael