dry leaf
The four samples range from silvery, down-covered buds (2025 <i>Yínzhēn</i>) to mottled olive-brown leaves with golden tips (2018 <i>Lǎo Bái Chá</i>).
wet leaf
After rinse, the young lots release fresh hay and cucumber, while the older ones unfold stewed fruit, dried jujube, and a leathery warmth.
liquor
Liquors progress from pale champagne yellow in the 2025s to deep amber in the 2018, all brilliant and clear.
aroma
The aroma starts with wildflower meadow and cucumber for the new whites, evolving into honey, dried apricot, and hints of camphor in the aged.
taste
Young <i>Yínzhēn</i> offers soft, creamy texture with sweet pea and almond; <i>Bái Mǔ Dān</i> adds a crisp pekoe edge; <i>Shòu Méi</i> brings oat-biscuit malt; <i>Lǎo Bái Chá</i> gives a thick, brown-sugar body with a numbing sweetness.
finish
The 2018 leaves a long, mineral-tinged finish with a returning coolness (huigan), while the young ones trail soft, fleeting floral freshness.