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“Thank you to Marshall for letting me try this one!! I might have to do two separate tasting notes. My husband is painting some minis, and the paint is horrendously stinky. >.< I’ve got my air...” Read full tasting note
“Got my first order from EOT today and gave this one a try. It’s not too bad! I can definitely tell this is quality leaf material, and I think it has great potential. It must have seen mostly dry...” Read full tasting note
“5.3g in a 90 mL hongni pot. wet leaf aroma of grape jam, smoke, toast, and wood. 1st: honeyed taste. edge with some astrignency and malty taste like oversteeped hongcha. 2nd: not strong taste, but...” Read full tasting note
Since pressing our 2021 Youle Gaogan cakes, we’ve had quite a few enquiries about other Youle material, and have been on the hunt for some nicely aged cakes.
These were pressed in 2004 by a tea merchant from Yiwu. He collected the raw material from Youle mountain and pressed the cakes in Chang Da Hao’s tea factory, using their wrappers to wrap the cakes. This was quite a common practice at the time for small productions. They were then… Read more
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Thank you to Marshall for letting me try this one!! I might have to do two separate tasting notes. My husband is painting some minis, and the paint is horrendously stinky. >.< I’ve got my air purifier and the stove fan running. I’ll just keep my nose in the pot and call it a new type of mask hehe
Dry appearance: Little bit of everything in this one! A nice sized twig, and a variety of different leaf pluckings. Nicely pressed.
Flavor: A lot going on in here. I ruined my first steeping. Went too long. Many different woody tones. Some palo santo, some old decaying tree stump, fresh twigs.
I do not mind drinking dark teas, but I definitely feel like my palate just isn’t as suited to finding the deeper nuances.
Got my first order from EOT today and gave this one a try. It’s not too bad! I can definitely tell this is quality leaf material, and I think it has great potential. It must have seen mostly dry storage as it is the youngest tasting 2004 tea I’ve had. None of the notes or flavors are off putting, and the mouthfeel is nice with a bit of cha qi. I just don’t think it’s overall my style, at least yet. Great price for the age and quality, but probably won’t be caking this one.
Flavors: Bitter, Fruity, Honey, Sweet
5.3g in a 90 mL hongni pot.
wet leaf aroma of grape jam, smoke, toast, and wood.
1st: honeyed taste. edge with some astrignency and malty taste like oversteeped hongcha. 2nd: not strong taste, but a floral aroma on breath.
3rd: grape jam and smoky.
moves to base steamed/oversteeped young ish sheng taste thereafter. Guess the additional heat retention of the pot did it no favors. Still young and heady in effect, so not too comfortable. Probably will pass on caking this one.
