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2013 nan Jian aromatic cake 702 raw puerh review

Gongfucha ru Yao dragon teapot.

Dry leaf: musty, green
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Wet leaf: green, fruit (unknown)
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Light steep: I taste/smell; slight cream. Light —→ honey, spices.
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Medium steep: I taste/smell; light
—→ cream, honey, spices, smokiness.

Heavy steep: I taste/smell; medium cream. Light to medium —→ honey, spices, smokiness.

maybe i should have used hotter water

All in all a nice tea. A little too plain so I rate it a 90.

http://yunnansourcing.com/en/nan-jian-tea-factory/2709-2013-nan-jian-aromatic-cake-702-raw-pu-erh-tea-cake-380-grams.html

i did not know this tea was wet stored either… i can’t pinpoint the wet stored tea taste in this one either..

i did not know this tea was wet stored… i can’t really pinpoint the wet stored tea taste

i taste a tad bit of smoke in this tea :D

2003 CNNP “Mengsong Qiao Mu Iron Cake” Raw Pu-erh tea review

ru yao drasgon teapot, gongfucha.

dry leaaf: musty, green, slight earth/fermentation
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wet leaves: fruit (peaches), green, honey, spices, slight earth/fermentation
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1x medium rinse

light steep: i taste smell; light —→ fruit (peaches), honey, spices. slight earth/fermentation.
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medium steep: i taste/smell; medium —→ fruit (peaches), honey, spices. slight earth/fermentation.

heavy steep: i taste/smell; strong —→fruit (peaches), honey, spices. light earth/fermentation. medium bitterness

all in all a wonderful tea! only down side is i wish there was a little more earth/fermentation taste. but hey, at least i know how it tastes in a sheng now :D

i rate a 99

http://yunnansourcing.com/en/china-native-products-imp-exp/2319-2003-cnnp-mengsong-qiao-mu-iron-cake-raw-pu-erh-tea-400-grams.html

so i used half portion of my 2013 Yunnan Sourcing “autumn ye sheng” raw puerh tea and quarter portion of my Kunlun mountain snow chrysanthemum tea.

two words:Just lovely.

i can taste the right balance of the smokiness of the sheng and the earthiness of the flowers

roughly 20g ttl

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so i used up the rest of this sample.:) its lovely however, i don’t like the mouth full of matcha in the last gulp one gets when one uses the recommended ammount

2004 King Mai Ye Yunnan Yunnan Puer Tea Brick 2kg Early Spring tea review

Gongfucha ru Yao dragon teapot.

Dry leaves: musty
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Wet leaves: earthy, light fermentation, fruity like berries.
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2x medium rinses

Light steep: I taste/smell; light —→ fruit like berries, cream, milk mushrooms, earth/fermentation, camphor.
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Medium steep: I taste/smell; light
—> cream, milk. Medium -→ fruit (unknown), earth/fermentation, camphor, mushrooms.

Heavy steep: I taste/smell; light —> milk, cream, fruit (unknown). Medium -→ camphor, earth/fermentation, mushrooms, mud. (I accidentally over steeped this steep this time around, but it turned out not as bad as I thought it would… Just thought id let you know)

All in all, this is is a nice tea. the aroma, the taste, the cha qi… Lovely. So I rate a 90.

Many thanks to AllanK for this sample.

2002 aged wild Liu bao 803 review

Dry leaf: green, veggies, cut grass. I never smelled a raw puerh like this before! ( this is a raw puerh right?) what is it that I’m smelling?
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Wet leaf: im so confused! Is this a raw or ripe? If this is a raw, it smells cool aged. light earth/fermentation. heavy autumn leaves
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Just found out it might not be a sheng or shou :( I was hoping this is what aged sheng would smell like.
My friend says it could be a black tea or an oolong and a small chance it could be a sheng

So now I hear it’s a hei cha.

Well sadness aside, on with the review

1x medium rinse

I let it sit for about a half hour to 45 mins.

Light steep: I taste/smell; light —→ earth/fermentation, autumn leaves. Slight camphor.
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Medium steep: I taste/smell; medium —→ earth/fermentation, autumn leaves. Light camphor

Heavy steep: I taste/smell; strong earth/fermentation, autumn leaves. Light to medium camphor. Light mud.

All in all this is an amazing tea! The taste, aroma and cha qi is amazing. I rate a 100!

Many thanks AllanK for this sample!

http://yunnansourcing.com/en/liu-an-liu-bao-tian-jian-and-other-hei-cha/3858-2002-aged-wild-liu-bao-tea-803-from-guangxi.html

Kunlun mountain snow chrysanthemum flower tea review

Dry leaf: floral, dill, red/green peppers, ground pepper.
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Wet leaves: floral, dill, red/green peppers, ground peppers.
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Light steep: I taste/smell; Light —→
Floral, red\green peppers.
Slight dill and almost no ground pepper.
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Medium steep: I taste/smell; strong dill. Medium —→ red/green peppers, ground pepper

Heavy steep: I taste/smell;
Medium dill and red/green peppers. Light ground pepper and floral.
Gives me a buzz right about now…. Somewhat pleasant, somewhat not.

All in all, an amazing tea! The flavours, aromas…. Just lovely. I rate a 100.