2005 Yunnan Haiwan Fragrance of Cassia Twigs Loose Ripe Puer Tea

From puerh plus TTB:

3g in a small gaiwan multiple steeps at boiling water. Finally getting back to these Puerh samples. This was pleasant with only a mild briney fermentation flavor and sweet fruity later steeps. No cassia though, which is a shame since that’s what made me pick this up in the first place. I think I might try adding some cassia cinnamon to my next batch of everyday shou to see what it would be like.

This tea made me a bit uncomfortably warm even with only drinking a 3g sample and not being able to steep it out completely before bed.

Decided to take this one into work today after AllanK called me out on not reviewing it yet :P
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Anyways, this tea is very smooth and quite consistent with its steeps. I ended up with a good 17ish steeps while at work with this tea and each time the taste was enjoyable. The interesting parts about this tea fall into three different comments that I would like to make:
This tea does not have any fermentation notes. This tea does not leave a dryness after drinking it for awhile. This tea has a slight sweetness to it which is quite nice for a ripe tea. I really enjoy that it is loose too because it makes it a quick fix at work (multiple times)

With all that being said, I’m unsure what cassia is suppose to taste like… but whatever, a good tea is a good tea right?

I’ll dedicate 100g to swapping so if anyone would like some just let me know :)

This is a tasty ripe from Berylleb King Tea. There is pretty much no fermentation flavor to it. At least I didn’t find any. Today I brewed this more or less Asian style but few steepings in a big 250g glass teapot. The write up on this tea says it has Longan fruit taste. There was a distinct fruity tasty to this tea. As to whether that is Longan fruit I don’t know because I have never had Longan fruit. I didn’t notice the notes of chocolate that people are forever looking for in ripe tea but it was good. An added note is that I didn’t taste any bitterness in this tea.

I brewed this three times in a 250ml glass teapot with 14g leaf and boiling water. I gave it a 10 second rinse and brewed it for 5 sec, 5 sec, and 7 sec. The tea was nowhere near finished and I will probably save the leaves for later on today. This tea is unfortunately now out of stock. I was surprised to have to put it in the catalog as I know Liquid Pruast has already drank it.