1113 Tasting Notes
Can someone post on the thread I’m linking for any help? https://steepster.com/discuss/15051-searching-for-a-1989-raw-puerh-for-my-30th-birthday
I still cannot comment. Theres 59 days until my 30th birthday. Would appreciate any help! Contacting me through IG is the best option it seems. Cannot even view my messages here. Used my phone and PC at this point
I have a short time frame to order but I will be hosting a 1989 tea party August 10th :)
Hey LP, what exactly do you want posted? If you give me a little blurb/paragraph I can post it for you! :)
Just a bump because I’ve got 59 days until I turn 30 and the party I’m hosting the day after! Means I’ve got to get these teas here soon so I’m prepared :). Thanks a lot, hopefully one day I can start to comment and open threads…
Posted for you :)
I can’t help you with a 1989 but I hope your birthday is a great one!
Sorry, I can’t help you with your search either. The one from Tea Masters looks like it’s still in stock, although you can’t order more than a gram. :( Maybe talk to the owner?
Also, early best wishes for your thirtieth birthday!
Making me feel old young man!
I gave you a bump!
Thanks everyone! I’ve found 4 now but the lowest price is $17/g. Got a few more contacts so we shall see! I already have two 1989 sheng which I’m very appreciative of but this is a once and a lifetime opportunity :) talking to some collectors in Hong Kong and Taiwan right now. Might just post a blog about the event. Maybe by then I can use Steepster
Yikes! $17/g makes Taiwanese high mountain oolongs look cheap! This does sound like a once-in-a-lifetime event and I’d enjoy reading a blog post about your sourcing adventures.
Man this site is jacked, can someone drop a comment that Liquid Proust Teas will be at the first Chicago Tea Festival → https://steepster.com/discuss/31512-new-tea-festival-chicago-nov-1-3-2019
I cannot comment on a thing.
In case you missed it, looks like Mastress Alita posted on your behalf for you :)
Thanks. This site… seems like I cannot use it anymore:(
I thought it was only newer Steepsterers having problems but… it looks like that isn’t the case.
I have no like button but can use it otherwise. Sad that there’s so little traffic these days
While it has been all too long since I’ve reviewed a tea, there shouldn’t be any excuses but hey… why not use this tea to just write a short story right?
So, fiance and I split up a few months ago and I decided to continue on with my dreams so I bought my first house and at that point I was literally left with dollars to my name living paycheck to paycheck like I had in the past. A great experience to be honest. Then my best friend past away two months after. Now my parents are moving and I’m helping them with that transition in life. There’s a ton going on between all of that, but guess what? Since I have a house, I have a tearoom!
So two weekends ago I had a crazy puerh party and someone brought a sample of this over. I gave them a sample of Naka to take home for sharing this too :)
So to start with the aroma of the dry leaf is somewhat like bubblegum. Very sweet and perfume like. The steeps of this gradually build up in bitterness while keeping the very nice sweetness which to me is a clear indication that the material in this cake is solid to drink now and age further down the line. Personally I would dry store this to keep the floral aspects alive and the sharp sweetness, but personal preference is always there. Compared to the boutique offerings in Taiwan that I’ve been going through, this is right up there and I find it similar to a smaller known production of XZH that I have. Very enjoyable with a price that reflects it as well. Wish I could see a full cake to really evaluate it because this year I may be able to buy 2 or 3 cakes total due to investments but overall this is one that is worth sampling with friends, buying for special sessions, or splitting. Lots of opinions of course, but hey I really enjoyed this one!
Life gets busy! Good to see you.
I’m so sorry to hear about your breakup and the loss of your friend. Hopefully your new house is a positive! It’s always good to hear updates from Steepsterers who were around a while ago though.
He is a good mannered and kind hearted person for sure. This too will pass and the future is bright for him.
I don’t typically do this… but… after typing the aged HP from BLT and W2T it’s time to say what is on the tip of my tongue:
THIS STUFF IS THE REAL DEAL YO!
If I was to pick up a HP cake, this is it. Hands down.
HOLY SH!T.
I’m not one to cuss in a review or say anything after the first few steeps… but damn
THIS IS SPECTACULAR.
I now understand why this cost what it does. Super excited that I get to pass this experience on to others too.
It’s pretty awesome that i had the 2006 Spring of Menghai a few days before this too because it just proves what I’m starting to figure out: Dayi’s aged stuff gets $$$ for a reason.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcGaHCoAuMS/?taken-by=liquidproust
While I’m still not a fan of the 100g cakes… Verdant always get a BF-CM order from me. Great people : )
So I purchased a shou… I know right?
I drank this before bed last night around midnight to 2am… so I really don’t recall much other than I liked it enough that I set some aside to brew tonight because it wasn’t a typical cocoa shou that I like. I think the barley note Verdant put up might be rather accurate. I remember this being semi dry on the finish and also a faded fermentation. The age on this is probably right just now because I notice that when looses its punch I would much much much much rather have an aged sheng. So I think this 100g will be drank rather quickly which is nice because its got strength but I don’t that strength being there for the next 3 years; but this is my preference on shou of course…
As for 100g shou, Whispering Pines still has the most comforting taste still by itself but I realllllllly think this shou will pair well with woody aromas in the air so you better believe I’m doing sandalwood and shou tonight!!!!!!
Wonderful treat… very straight forward taste with a complex after feeling.
Notes of orchid (of course)… like a complex daffodil smothered in vanilla.
Leaves the mouth with a tingle that is very similar to menthol … but it’s more like the tickling of the tongue that happens when you eat a flower as a kid because someone dared you. The raw puerh taste is there as well but if someone didn’t know what that taste was they would probably thing it’s the stalk or vine from a flower plant.
The whole after taste/feel is what makes this one great. Easy to drink a steep and wait a good 5 to 10 minutes before having the next steep. The tingle also has a cooling effect, but it’s hard to describe… like the first touch of coolwhip in your mouth but just that initial feeling.
It’s kind of odd to review something you sell, but hey… people enjoy a few of my words every once and a while :p
Anyways, ripe tea and I have a hate&dislike relationship. Hoping to upgrade to a love/hate relationship at some point. This is somewhat helping; so is the Chen Yuan Hao ripe teas.
So these things are STRONG at first. Like I just got in the ring for the first time and someone hit me in the kidney. Wait, imagine my kidney is my taste buds as a collected group. This review is weird. I’m still stoned from the Xiaguan. Dangit, I should erase all of that. I mean delete. Next paragraph.
After a bit these ended up brewing this dark orange liquid that reminded me a musky aged raw puerh in a decent to good way. Still, not like other ripe puerhs that I have tried but I really enjoy it for what it is. Still warming up to ripe puerhs outside of the golden needle white lotus, Whispering Pines, Chen Yuan Hao, Black Gold, oh and Green Miracle.
So there’s a few I enjoy, but that’s out of probably 80 by now.
Cost a bit more than typical mini touchas, but as for now I find it to provide a solid session. Going to try porcelain next to see how it comes out.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BbmbThPgvBz/?taken-by=liquidproust
Right? I would love to participate in the discussions board or update my bio finally…
I have never been a ble to make a reply to a discussion. It is sad.
Yes, trying to open a message, reply to it or send one is a currently a Herculean task.
YES. Really, I just would prefer that Adagio make the site usable to everyone!
The discussions and comments usually work for me, but the messaging app is iffy. Let’s hope they fix these underlying problems without messing too much with the interface!