Puerhshop description:
Early Spring silver buds from one special field (only) in Xishuangbanna are plucked, sun-dried and then compressed into this cake form. Most leaves harvested from this particular field are buds and so have a UNIQUE honey sweetish and very strong floral flavor with little bitterness. An excellent Pu-erh to drink now but can be drunk over the course of the next years with subtle changes in aroma and flavor.
A tea cake that most girls/women love to brew and drink. Most green Pu-erh requires at least 8 to 10 years of aging for its mellow and sweet taste to develop, this tea cake is prime for drinking now.
Update on May 13th. Above taste notes were written when the tea was just arrived. Apparently this tea is in its worst state into the aging. Guess we have to wait patiently for a while before this tea becomes good again, let Nature do its wonders.
- Vintage: 2007 unfermented or raw
- Premium class
- Loose tea leaves
- Caffeine: Moderate
- Special-Reserve
- Manufactured by: Rongzhen Tea Factory
- Concubine Aromatic - 5018
My thoughts:
Boiling Rinse 10sec X 2 then waited 60sec
1st Infusion - 10sec
2nd Infusion - 15sec
3rd Infusion - 10sec
4th Infusion - 30sec
This puerh reminded me of a TKY I had a little bit ago. It tasted a tad bitter , with a somewhat buttery aftertaste. This is a smooth sheng, and if you are a fan of TKY, then I would recommend this to you. The "qi" of this tea gave me a slight tingling sensation throughout my body for a few minutes.
Rating: 6.75/10
1 comment:
Nice, succinct review. If you don't mind, do a cross post to TeaChat's Pride of Menghai thread and reference your blog so people know where to find you.
I will definitely look for that TGY analogy next time I try it -- and the buttery aftertaste. I find that someone else's experience often helps me understand a tea better. You seem to have gotten a hook into this one!
Thanks for sharing.
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