2019 Heng Tong Hao "Gong Ting Tribute Cake" Ripe Pu-erh Tea from Yunnan Sourcing

2019 Heng Tong Hao "Gong Ting Tribute Cake" Ripe Pu-erh Tea

Tea type
Pu'erh Pu'erh (shou) Blend
Ingredients
Pu Erh Tea Leaves
Flavors
Chestnut, Creamy, Mushrooms, Petrichor, Sweet, Thick
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Compressed, Loose Leaf
Caffeine
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Average preparation
Boiling 0 min, 30 sec 5 g 8 oz / 236 ml

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This is a gong ting grade tea cake made by Menghai area producer Heng Tong Hao (恒桐号)! Pressed from semi-aged gong ting grade ripe tea leaves this tea cake offers up a thick and sweet dried fruit taste with a smooth mouth-feel. At the time of offering this (August 2019) tea cake is aged enough that there is no real noticeable wet pile taste at all!

An incredible bargain ripe pu-erh tea for smooth drinking now!

357 grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo leaf tong in box)

2019 Pressing from 2016 material

Some wrappers may be bug-bitten with little holes in the paper. There may also be some dust between the wrapper and the cake. Rinse tea once or twice briefly before drinking! If you are squeamish please don’t order this tea!

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85
Recommended
141 tasting notes

I acquired this shou 3 years ago, and have had it in 63% RH storage since then. This now 9 yr old ripe Pu-erh (2019 pressing of 2016 material) brewed up to make a very nice, thick & sweet broth that was deep brown and opaque in appearance. I steeped (western style) 5g leaf in 8oz boiling water (after a 10s discarded rinse) for 30 sec the first time, then re-steeped the leaves three more times for 15s each. I’m sure the leaf would have continued for another 4+ steepings, but a quart of tea was my limit. Each infusion tasted the same, with a strong mushroomy flavor and petrichor aroma, with accents of chestnut and tobacco. Without sourness, fishiness, or bitterness, it was very pleasant and a great value. Creamier than, and almost as flavorful as, the tangerine gong ting I previously reviewed at http://steepster.com/teas/yunnan-sourcing/93201. Still available, I’ll rate this as an 85.

Flavors: Chestnut, Creamy, Mushrooms, Petrichor, Sweet, Thick

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 30 sec 5 g 8 OZ / 236 ML
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