2014 CYH Yiwu 6FTM

Name: 2014 CYH Yiwu 6FTM
Item: 2014 CYH Yiwu 6FTM
Rating: 4.5
Author: Tea Log

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Wet Leaf Aroma

Clean, slight barnyard, rose hip, bread-like note.

Tasting Notes

First steep: Liquor light in taste, herbal bitter notes upfront (much less when using cooler water) Dark dried fruit, classic Yiwu character. A good Yiwu example. Aroma and flavor stay noticeably light, but with a felt depth elsewhere. Throughout the first steeps more of a herbal character - later a nice soft sweetness is coming through. Overall close to ethereal rather than thick. A slight spiciness appear in the later steeps, with a little liveliness. Later in the session the liquor thins out relatively quickly, needing a handful of pushed infusions, though the underlying quality holds through this.

In a Sentence

Soft, light, deep.

What it feels like

Soft in character, spreads deep through the body with a relaxing feel. Hard to rate exactly given its elusive depth, somewhere between 3 and 4, but gentle on the body.

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Details

Entry Date

04.08.2026

Country

China

Region

Xishuangbanna, Mengla, Yiwu

Tea Master

Chen Yuan Hao

Price EUR/50g

Link

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Rating (1-5)

4.4

Properties

Kōu Gǎn i Mouthfeel: texture, density, softness, or dryness.

Overall soft. Elegant balance between silky and lightness.

Huí Gān i Returning sweetness after bitterness, perceived after swallowing.

Nicely lingering Aftertaste. Sweetness becomes more pronounced and nicely integrated as the session goes on.

Qi (1-5) i The tea’s felt effect on body and mind.

3 quiet, centering, elusive

Journal

2026-08-04

First session with the 2014 Chen Yuan Hao Yiwu from the Six Famous Tea Mountains series. Brewed it in the gaiwan today instead of the usual pot, just to see how it comes across.

Taste is nicely round, with a good amount of sweetness and dimension to it. Energetically I noticed it from the first cup, which is usually a good sign. Its character feels calming -energy draws inward, a soft centering feeling, never a hammer, but with depth.

Boiling or close to boiling water brings out some bitterness especially in the first few steeps, later one its more soft and round.

The overall impression is that it remains rather light throughout, but still the mouthfeel carries some weight. The whole 6FTM series has this kind of elegance, lightness with substance behind it. Probably needed more leaf than I used today, my ratio was on the low side.

Also feels like it thins out rather fast - complexity wise while energy still keeps accumulating for a while.

Good example of Yiwu to me: Soft, sweet, good aftertaste, nice rhyme, relaxing - not pushy.

2026-09-24

This tea curbs my metabolism. Every time I had it I tend to get hungry real fast. (most of my tea sessions happen before lunch anyways).

Today in the Hongni I felt it was much more ‘reserved’ than in the last sessions. Wet leaf scent and overall aroma was leaned one-dimensional, herbal-forward, while the energy still delivers.

Still, beautiful Yiwu profile, good aftertaste, - as expected;).