Spring 2015 Mountain Wind Sheng Puerh

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This tea takes me places.
There is no bitterness in this sheng at all which is amazing for something so new. The wild taste is in there too, just tasting it feels like I am near where it was picked out in the middle of nowhere. Very inviting taste as it seems to speak to the drinker ; I will admit, I found it weird for the last few months reading Global Tea Hut talk about that connection with tea and the drinker, but I finally get it with this tea. I just wish the others communicated like this one does.

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This tea is absolutely fabulous! Allan raved about it on Instagram, and it turned out I was planning to try it today also. I agree with him that I would buy more if I could. Too bad they don’t sell it!

I infused the crap out of the leaves. ;) They were beautiful, big leaves too! They just kept going and getting sweeter and sweeter, but the most dominant character of this tea is how crisp it is! I mean, CRISP! Like crisp lettuce in taste and mouthfeel. Crisp, and sweet, and slightly vegetal. No bitterness, just loveliness! The crisp vegetal note seemed more like spinach in the beginning and then moved more towards endive or fennel, I think, but very very slight. The crispness and sweetness were the dominant notes. So good! I’m really glad I have enough leaf for one more session.

This month’s offering from Global Tea Hut is a sheng puerh maocha. It is Spring 2015 leaves. It is incredible. There was basically a total lack of bitterness to this tea. Within twelve steeps I found the traditional notes of apricots and stonefruits. But it is even sweeter than this. I would venture to say there are notes of honey and nectarines. I only wish it was possible to buy a pound of this tea. They only send about 10 or 12g of this tea. I used 6.1g of tea for this session and am guessing I have enough left for another session. Why Global Tea Hut doesn’t sell more teas I don’t know. I would buy this in a heartbeat. This is perhaps the best young sheng I have ever had.

I steeped this 12 times in a 120ml gaiwan with 6.1g leaf and 200 degree water. I gave it a 10 second rinse and a 10 minute rest. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec, 1 min, 1.5 min and 2 min. The leaves are not finished at twelve steeps. I will probably save the leaves for tomorrow afternoon.