Dark Forest 2015 Spring from Tea Urchin

Dark Forest 2015 Spring

Tea type
Pu'erh Tea
Ingredients
Not available
Flavors
Apricot, Bark, Bitter, Brown Sugar, Caramel, Creamy, Drying, Floral, Fruity, Honey, Mineral, Moss, Peach, Spicy, Tannin, Vanilla, Violet, White Chocolate, Astringent, Autumn Leaf Pile, Chocolate, Dates, Eucalyptus, Fruit Punch, Medicinal, Oily, Orange, Passion Fruit, Raspberry, Tangy, Wet Wood, Thick, Candy, Honey Dew
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Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 7 g 3 oz / 100 ml

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  • “Wild Yiwu region sheng from the area between Wangong and Bohetang. Soft honeyed aroma. First steep has a sweetness that spans honey-caramel-brown sugar. Creamy with hints of white...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Fresh-spicy,velvet-moss and slight but long-lasting Bitterness. Images and more at https://puerh.blog/teanotes/2015-dark-forest-tu” Read full tasting note
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  • “The other reviewer summed this one up well. It’s delicious, but a little light for me. It’s super sweet, with clear notes of peaches and vanilla. There is a wonderful tingly cooling mouth feel...” Read full tasting note
    89
  • “This tea has a very thick and creamy mouthfeel. It somehow seals my throat… very very gluey (and i like that). This tea is very sweet, with honey aroma… i thought i even taste some vanilla. It...” Read full tasting note
    88

From Tea Urchin

Inbetween Wangong and Bohetang, is a small tea grove we’ve labelled “Dark Forest” because the tea trees are overshadowed by tall forest trees. A remote and secret place, only a tiny amount of tea is produced here. It took 3 trips into the forest to make this 16kg batch! An extremely limited and unique, wild-grown pu’er tea. Can you taste the free spirit of these dark forest trees?

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Wild Yiwu region sheng from the area between Wangong and Bohetang.

Soft honeyed aroma. First steep has a sweetness that spans honey-caramel-brown sugar. Creamy with hints of white chocolate-vanilla, fruity peach-apricot, spicy, bark tannins, mossy-mineral, all supported by a deep and balanced bitterness. Becomes beautifully floral and fruity later with the most vibrant and ringing apricot. Aftertaste presents late with what to me is now a characteristic Yiwu flavor: violet. Warming in the throat, quite drying and that feeling persists and eventually gives way to a dark returning sweetness. Some oily texture in final steeps. Clear mind and very comfortable.

This tea seems simple at first but has a nice depth and longevity to it. It’s very balanced for a young tea. At this time, I find the drying quality the most noticeable detractor but nothing some sips of water in between cups can’t remedy.

Swoon <3

Flavors: Apricot, Bark, Bitter, Brown Sugar, Caramel, Creamy, Drying, Floral, Fruity, Honey, Mineral, Moss, Peach, Spicy, Tannin, Vanilla, Violet, White Chocolate

Preparation
Boiling 6 g 3 OZ / 100 ML
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127 tasting notes

Fresh-spicy,velvet-moss and slight but long-lasting Bitterness.
Images and more at https://puerh.blog/teanotes/2015-dark-forest-tu

Flavors: Bitter, Moss, Spicy, Thick

Preparation
8 g 3 OZ / 80 ML
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The other reviewer summed this one up well. It’s delicious, but a little light for me. It’s super sweet, with clear notes of peaches and vanilla. There is a wonderful tingly cooling mouth feel after too.

There isn’t the normal bitterness most teas have or florals most yiwus have. I could see this being a great entry puerh for people coming from green and white teas.

People who like Xikong or Yiwu Beauty from last year would like this. It’s a sweeter cleaner, but less complex version of that. I think it would have a very broad appeal.

The cup smells like caramelized peaches after. Delicious!

Flavors: Honey, Peach, Vanilla

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TheOolongDrunk 9 years ago

Do you think this cake was worth the price tag?

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This tea has a very thick and creamy mouthfeel. It somehow seals my throat… very very gluey (and i like that). This tea is very sweet, with honey aroma… i thought i even taste some vanilla. It has a powerful elegant deepness in it`s rich sweet flavors.
But, for my taste i would wish for a little bit (more, there is just very little) bitterness….
Yes i love young sweet Sheng / Raw Puerh … but this is very sweet and could have some more bitterness to make it just perfect…
But, who wants a perfect world?! :-) The tea is already very good as it is.

Flavors: Apricot, Candy, Honey, Honey Dew, Vanilla

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 0 min, 15 sec 8 g 4 OZ / 120 ML
2 comments
TheOolongDrunk 9 years ago

Was it worth the price tag?

TaoTeaKing 9 years ago

@TheOolongDrunk good question… i think i would not buy it, because it was lacking a bit of bitterness… but that is a personal thing… if you like that, i think the price is ok.

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