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“2015/2018 3 Cranes “2506” Liu Bao 7.4g, 100mL gaiwan, 212f, Brita filtered water 5s rinse smells like shou puer: mushroom and dank in a slightly fishy sort of way dry leaves smell like the HK...” Read full tasting note
This is affordably priced “daily drinker” liu bao is made from grade 2 material produced in 2015 and matured until it was packed for retail in 2018. This is a shu/ripe liu bao tea from the most well-known brand, 3 Cranes, of the largest liu bao tea processor, Wuzhou Tea Factory. It’s a near even blend of two base teas, one with a heavier and one with a lighter level of fermentation.
Whole 1000g purchases come in the original packaging, tea leaves in a basket and a carrying bag.
Tasting notes
This tea has sweet aromas and flavors of wood and betelnut, a smooth mouthfeel and a long aftertaste. It brews best with slightly longer infusions or slightly more leaf than average, which makes it very forgiving, hard to oversteep.
Storage history
Storage is clean, with no moldy flavor or aroma. It was stored in Wuzhou until 2019, when it arrived in Seattle, Washington. Wuzhou has a humid subtropical climate with an average relative humidity of 60-80%.
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7.4g, 100mL gaiwan, 212f, Brita filtered water
5s rinse smells like shou puer: mushroom and dank in a slightly fishy sort of way
dry leaves smell like the HK custom aged sheng I’ve tried before. Bit dark and earthy
wet leaves smell woody and slightly sweet.
7s: mouthfeel slightly thick. tastes like shou. slight black pepper undertones.
10s: much darkened in color. darkened flavors. still like shou.
rest of steeps pretty consistent, not sure exactly how many I ended up doing. don’t really get sweetness during gongfu steeps, but I’ve never been too perceptive to vendor listed sweet notes of shous, so it could be a me thing.
thermos brew: standard grainy sweet notes, but retaining a woody character.
overall, a nice daily drinker if you’re into this sort of shou tea profile, and Yunnan Sourcing sells it for even cheaper last I checked (so fairly easy on the wallet in comparison).
Flavors: Black Pepper, Earth, Mushrooms, Sweet, Wood
