Dry – Sweet, Bitter floral, Fruits, some vegetal/faintly tobacco, fresh.
Wet – Very sweet scent, fruity, creamy and somewhat buttery in scent, vegetal, bitter-floral with some tobacco notes.
Liquor – Yellow, very faint green hue.
Initial steeps are very aromatic with matching taste. The liquor is immediately sweet with balancing ‘tart’ fruity notes and a very pleasant creamy/buttery character up front. The initial thickness/buttery body becomes smoothness as it goes down and develops bittersweet-floral notes and minor astringency. Some tobacco notes are present but only faintly, though it becomes slightly more apparent as you continue to steep.
Following steeps (4+) the body still has a good thickness, but feels rather smoother than thick (changed from creamy to buttery if that helps). The initial notes are very similar, with some savory notes appearing in the middle like steamed vegetables and tobacco/medicinal notes, but never overtaking the initial nots. The astringency is still present at the end, but still remains pleasant.
Later steeps tend to be a bit lighter, but not departed from the initial notes with only shifting of the notes, appearing floral-bitter, fruity with thickness upfront and becoming more mellow and sweet and smooth as it goes down. The astringency is more apparent, it doesn’t bother me yet, but it might be a bit too dry for some people past the 8-9? steep. Still very pleasant mouthfeel.
Final Notes
I really liked this Puerh, it offers a filling and satisfying thickness.The notes were always mellow and gentle, even though it is a young Sheng. I usually lean towards Aged Sheng and ripe during Winter season, but it delivered what I go for this time of the year. The Huigan is pleasant, sweet-fruity with floral notes and the thickness sensation seems to linger as well.
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Flavors: Butter, Floral, Fruity, Sweet
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This sounds completely different from the 2013 version which was rougher around the edges featuring mostly herbal tobacco and smoky pine notes, but in a charming rustic way. I ordered a sample of the 2014, so it will be very interesting to experience the difference.
I haven’t tried the 2013 version, but I would make sense that those older harvest are more potent. I liked that this one started mellow but it becomes stronger with each steep. I think I order a cake or two on my last order.
This sounds completely different from the 2013 version which was rougher around the edges featuring mostly herbal tobacco and smoky pine notes, but in a charming rustic way. I ordered a sample of the 2014, so it will be very interesting to experience the difference.
I haven’t tried the 2013 version, but I would make sense that those older harvest are more potent. I liked that this one started mellow but it becomes stronger with each steep. I think I order a cake or two on my last order.