Alter Ego 2018 Mansa Huang Pian Raw Puer

Tea type
Pu'erh Tea
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Flavors
Apricot, Barnyard, Creamy, Earthy, Hay, Mineral, Musty, Smooth, Stonefruit, Straw, Thick, Apple, Astringent, Bell Pepper, Bread, Cream, Cut Grass, Floral, Marine, Metallic, Seaweed, Sour, Vanilla, Vegetables, Bitter, Honey, Lemongrass, Meat, Passion Fruit, Sweet, Tart, Vegetal, Wood, Fruity, Sugarcane
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Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 1 min, 15 sec 6 g 8 oz / 228 ml

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  • “Sipdown! (39 | 286) The last pouch remaining from a Bitterleaf sampler I ordered at some point. I don’t have much experience with sheng puerh, but this reminded me of a sort of combination of an...” Read full tasting note
  • “I brewed this tea in a more respectful fashion today than when I wrote my last note, and I ended up with 13 infusions and a bit more palatable profile. My overall impression hasn’t changed much...” Read full tasting note
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  • “From the weekend! I know this is a favourite of my manager – well, an earlier year’s version of this material anyway. I picked it up this Spring because I was curious to try it given that he likes...” Read full tasting note

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Our most popular huang pian brick is back, now with an extra year of wisdom under its belt.

Made from the huang pian (yellow leaf) material of our 2018 WMD Mansa raw puer, this tea makes for an excellent daily drinker that is all around smooth and sweet.

Although huang pian material isn’t as sought after, this tea lacks nothing in terms of flavour and body, with a healthy dose of chaqi/energy to boot.

$0.09/gram

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Sipdown! (39 | 286)

The last pouch remaining from a Bitterleaf sampler I ordered at some point.

I don’t have much experience with sheng puerh, but this reminded me of a sort of combination of an aged white tea and a shou puerh. It has the smooth and earthy, yet slightly creamy hay and straw notes of the white tea, but then there’s a somewhat funky barnyard note to it that makes me think of shou. A touch of fuzzy apricot skin at the end of the sip brings in thoughts of Chinese green teas as well.

Overall, it’s a nice tea and definitely a change of pace for me. I would like to explore sheng a bit, it definitely appeals to me more than shou does. Maybe next year I’ll look into ordering a few samples to try.

Flavors: Apricot, Barnyard, Creamy, Earthy, Hay, Mineral, Musty, Smooth, Stonefruit, Straw, Thick

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 0 sec 3 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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I brewed this tea in a more respectful fashion today than when I wrote my last note, and I ended up with 13 infusions and a bit more palatable profile. My overall impression hasn’t changed much though. It’s a nice one for a 0.1$/g Yiwu, but hardly suitable for anything other than casual drinking imo.

The taste profile is indeed pretty sweet and tart with a short-lived bitterness. Today, the flavours I wrote down in my notes include apple, meat, wood, passion fruit, straw, honey, and pattypan squash. Additionally, vanilla and lemongrass also appeared in the aftertaste which has a strong huigan for a huangpian.

Flavors: Apple, Bitter, Floral, Honey, Lemongrass, Meat, Passion Fruit, Straw, Sweet, Tart, Vanilla, Vegetal, Wood

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 6 g 4 OZ / 110 ML

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From the weekend!

I know this is a favourite of my manager – well, an earlier year’s version of this material anyway. I picked it up this Spring because I was curious to try it given that he likes it, and because it was really cheap.

I can see why he likes like – it’s got a nice coating sweetness and it pretty smooth and easy going. I imagine this would be _really_hard to over steep and brew poorly and he drinks most of his sheng Grandpa style so that’s a quality that would be very appealing for him. The session, for me, was pleasant but I found that I wanted a bit more depth or nuance to the flavour – however I do think this is a perfectly good tea for its price point. I imagine I’ll finish the rest of my sample Grandpa style…

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Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWN81V7ojOE

Flavors: Fruity, Smooth, Sugarcane, Sweet

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