Menghai's golden buds are already largely ripe. The brown tea cake hides many clues. Warming with your breath, you can smell a chocolate-vanilla aroma with a slight musty note. Boiling water reveals an almost opaque, brown-ruby brew. Dense, velvety flavor with the sweetness of walnuts, Chinese dates and buckwheat honey. A bitter profile with woody-mineral tones is noticeable in the background. The tea energizes, gently tones, organizes the head, calms and concentrates.