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“Gongfu! Oops, all shou!! I noticed this morning that I’ve had three ripe pu’erh sessions in a row, so I decided to make a challenge out of it and go for a whole week of shou. So, with that in mind,...” Read full tasting note
2009 Loose Small Batch (Rain Butter) 雨油– this tea is a 2009 vintage xiao dui zui shu pu-er from Nannuo mountain, it is so named because its particular year has a smooth, buttery mouthfeel and an aroma evocative of petrichor. This teas 7 years of age have given it a potent, grounding and mature qi and smooth robust macadamia and hazelnut notes atop leathery peat and earth flavors. This tea may be brewed espresso thick without becoming bitter.
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Gongfu!
Oops, all shou!! I noticed this morning that I’ve had three ripe pu’erh sessions in a row, so I decided to make a challenge out of it and go for a whole week of shou. So, with that in mind, I pulled out my sample of Rain Butter to start the day with! The name was definitely extra fitting since it rained quite heavily all throughout the day.
This was my first time making this tea, and I think I went into the tea session expecting the tasting notes to be quite literally inspired by the name. Though there was a buttery quality to the slick mouthfeel, I didn’t quite get any flavours that made me think of rain. That’s not to say it wasn’t a very delicious tea, though!! It was very savory. I felt with some steeps in particular that I was drinking a rather hearty broth. I’m allergic to mushrooms so that’s not a tasting note I have a solid reference point for within my “flavour library” but I’ve been told that some of my favourite ripe pu’erhs have strong notes of mushrooms and what I was picking up here was in line with the notes I get in those same teas. I loved the complexity of all the umami and maillard tastes all mingled together.
I guess I went in expecting literal rain, and what I got was a tea that matched the sort of cozy, warming foods that I drink DURING those big downpours – which was, ultimately, even better.
Tea Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxJOB-eOxzo/?img_index=1
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwXIpjQjEy8
