Kingpin 2022 Youle Raw Puer from Bitterleaf Teas

Kingpin 2022 Youle Raw Puer

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Pu'erh Tea
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Flavors
Bittersweet, Creamy, Green, Hay, Honeysuckle, Plum, Sour, Sweet Potatoes, Vanilla, Vegetal, Wheatgrass
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205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 30 sec 6 g 3 oz / 90 ml

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  • “Had the tea yesterday afternoon as I had just started the weekend. Normally I don’t drink tea in the afternoon as it usually affects my sleep at night. In Denmark, we have had a long period of heat...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Gongfu! This sheng has a pleasantly light astringency throughout the session with an overarching soft sweetness to the taste. Though it’s hard to pinpoint specific tasting notes with this almost...” Read full tasting note
  • “An okay-ish leaning to decent raw puerh. I got this tea from my recent BLT order, and while it isn’t mind-boggling by any means, it does an okay job for a tea session. Beautiful bud heavy leaves...” Read full tasting note
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A subtle finesse is necessary if you want to rise to the top, and this tea is a lesson in ascending to power. Do not confuse this tea’s gentle character in the early steeps for weakness. Its personality develops brew by brew, with the mouthfeel becoming more and more full and the huigan (returning sweetness) creeping in by way of the throat and spreading until it dominates the mouth. All of this is accompanied by a slight astringency and roughness that dissolves quickly.

Although Youle/Jinuo mountain bridges the gap between Yiwu and Menghai, this tea’s profile leans more towards Yiwu, with a pleasant, gentle fragrance and excellent aftertaste.

Historically, the mountain is quite interesting. One of the original 6 Famous Tea Mountains, and at one point the political center and representative for all 6, Youle/Jinuo mountain is home to “the last minority”, the Jinuo people, who were the last ethnic minority group to become recognized in modern China. To this day, they almost exclusively make this mountain their home. Their history of tea cultivation on the mountain goes back over 1000 years, with up to 4000 acres of tea trees planted during the Ming dynasty.

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Had the tea yesterday afternoon as I had just started the weekend. Normally I don’t drink tea in the afternoon as it usually affects my sleep at night.
In Denmark, we have had a long period of heat and no rain, so everything is very dry. But yesterday while I was drinking the rain was on its way.
I don’t know if it affected the tea, but it had a freshness I don’t think I’ve experienced in a Sheng before, with the perfect amount of bitterness.
What made this session special for me was that I have NEVER drank through it so quickly. 6 g/90ml and 15 infusions in 1 hour and 15 minutes. And the energy was never overwhelmed, just uplifted. The perfect tea to kick off the weekend.
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Gongfu!

This sheng has a pleasantly light astringency throughout the session with an overarching soft sweetness to the taste. Though it’s hard to pinpoint specific tasting notes with this almost ethereal seeming tea, I do taste elements of sugar cane, corn silk, and honeysuckles with a very mild but generic “green note” to ever so slightly anchor the session. Because the flavour is so approachable in its delicate deliciousness, it was easy to drink a lot of this sheng very quickly, and now I’m sort of basking in the warm glow of cha qi and caffeine that snuck up on me just as quickly!

Tea Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/CsjJOVLO08t/

Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRtVFIsYPLI
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An okay-ish leaning to decent raw puerh. I got this tea from my recent BLT order, and while it isn’t mind-boggling by any means, it does an okay job for a tea session. Beautiful bud heavy leaves with a decent wet leaf aroma and a decent liquor. This tea had a beautiful texture that was smooth yet bitey, and juicy all in one. Decent finish and relatively decent aftertaste as well. The flavour was nice and generally above average but I felt it lacked potency and nuance. This tea lacked a character and didn’t really have much going for it in terms of steep longevity and cha-qi. This tea is definitely not bad, and had definitive aspects that were quality, but just not good enough overall to be a 80+ tea for me.

Flavors: Bittersweet, Creamy, Green, Hay, Honeysuckle, Plum, Sour, Sweet Potatoes, Vanilla, Vegetal, Wheatgrass

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 30 sec 6 g 3 OZ / 90 ML
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