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This is a nice tea with an aged taste. The first thing I noticed was the color of the tea, a dark amber color. Not quite brown but not the yellow of a young sheng. It started out with what I can only call an aged taste. It did not have any wet storage taste. I presume this was dry stored. This was strong flavored in the beginning. I gave this tea ten steeps. It did develop a sweet flavor in later steeps but not an apricoty sweetness. I don’t know exactly how to describe it. Judging by the color of the tea in steep ten I think this would have gone fifteen steeps had I the desire to continue. This is an excellent priced tea for a semi aged sheng. If you can handle the strong aged taste it is an excellent tea.

I steeped this tea ten times in a 120ml gaiwan with 8.3g leaf and 200 degree water. I gave it a 10 second rinse and a 10 minute rest. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec, and 1 min.

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200 °F / 93 °C 8 g 4 OZ / 120 ML
tea123

I’m guessing you got the 001 version e.g. http://steepster.com/teas/shuanjiang-mengku/17971-2007-mengku-mu-ye-chun-001

I found this strong and intense, but very enjoyable.

AllanK

I don’t know if it is the 001 version or not, but probably.

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tea123

I’m guessing you got the 001 version e.g. http://steepster.com/teas/shuanjiang-mengku/17971-2007-mengku-mu-ye-chun-001

I found this strong and intense, but very enjoyable.

AllanK

I don’t know if it is the 001 version or not, but probably.

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I am Allan. I live and work in Long Island, New York. I have been amassing a tea collection for nearly two years and have spent way too much money. I now try to buy mostly Puerh as I like it most and it lasts nearly forever. Black tea has a habit of going bad. If anyone is interested in tea swaps I am open to ideas and have quite a cupboard.

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