2014 Laochatou Ripe Puerh Tea from white2tea

2014 Laochatou Ripe Puerh Tea

Tea type
Pu'erh Tea
Ingredients
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Flavors
Bread, Broth, Cacao, Chocolate, Cookie, Molasses, Sweet, Caramel, Cocoa, Mineral, Plum, Toffee
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205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 45 sec 8 g 4 oz / 119 ml

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  • “almost all the nuggets had fungus on them, no crystalization, not golden flowers, white spots…fungus. I am not sure I’ll be even venturing into this tea. This is how it arrived (not due to my...” Read full tasting note
  • “Nabbed this one from the first GCTTB when I had it a month or so ago… I brewed this one up Western style to enjoy whilst having a long soak in the tub. I haven’t yet found a practical way to enjoy...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Thought i’d start the day out with a puerh since otherwise i won’t make time for it. This gives me a chance to take a few moments to wake up, and settle my mind before another day of tearing apart...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Wow! I purchased this tea after reading a bunch of reviews here on Steepster and finding out that it was as cheap as it was. I hardly regret my purchase, and will likely add some more to my...” Read full tasting note
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Laochatou are the small nuggets that roll off of the fermenting pile of ripe tea. They have a strong sweet flavor, similar to caramel or molasses.

This tea is from a pure, Spring Bulang production.

They are very enduring and can be resteeped for a very long time. When you are done steeping them, you can also boil them for ten minutes or so and you’ll have a syrupy sweet drink awaiting you. Price is per 50 grams.

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A very good tea. I think you need to use more tea than normal given the nugget compression factor. That being said, the tea brews up nice and smooth, with chocolatey fruity notes. It is a high quality shu.
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Terri HarpLady
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I drank this yesterday, and I agree with everything you said. :)

Sil
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must resist purchasing tea

Rich
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Come on, Sil, everyone’s doing it! Buy more tea!

boychik
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I almost double the amount when brewing any Lao Cha Tuo

Sil
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Rich – i SO want to but i splurged on wine last weekend and we have to save for the wedding. The good news is..we’re down to the last 6wks!!!! then i can start again haha

Rich
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Can you put pu erh on your wedding registry?

Sil
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@rich – i seriously thought about it haha

Cwyn
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That is funny, I only use a couple of these nuggets at a time.

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Thank you Boychik for this sample. This was an excellent tea. I really was tired from work and not paying attention to the specifics but it was good. I didn’t notice much in the way of fermentation flavor although there was some. There was very little bitterness and a nice sweet flavor profile to this tea.

I brewed this eight times in a 120ml gaiwan with 10g leaf and boiling water. I gave it a 10 second rinse and a 10 minute rest. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, and 30 sec. I saved the leaves and may go back to this tomorrow. It was not at all weak in the eighth infusion and has a lot more to it.

Flavors: Sweet

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 10 g 4 OZ / 120 ML
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boychik
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Yay happy you like it ;)

looseTman
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Have you tried 10g / 3oz.? It’s Very rich and Full-bodied.

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WOW, cacao aroma… sweet, very sweet…

Flavors: Cacao

Preparation
9 g 3 OZ / 95 ML
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Stephanie
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I have another LCT that is even more chocolatey Pax!

paxl13
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@steph: in the end I’m not sure I liked it… But to be honest, I’m not a fan of chocolate milk to begin with so!

Stephanie
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You and Kiebs and your chocolate aversions!

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Backlogging this note from drinking it last night.

Not much of a tasting note per say, more a note to remind myself that these are GOOD tasty nuggets with a cocoa type taste. I’ll write a more detailed note next time I drink them!
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38 tasting notes

Excellent cost to benefit ratio here. Very mellow and enjoyable shou with no off flavors.

Flavors: Caramel, Cocoa

Preparation
8 tsp 5 OZ / 150 ML
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Stephanie
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Mmm love LCT

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90 tasting notes

Bravo on these nugs, got 300 g and dunno if I have enough. I reviewed these somewhat on my blog, but now today after steeping a small amount of this tea for 3 days, 20+ steeps, I’m gonna boil the leaves. Five minutes of a boil in an enamel pan. I got a thick coffee colored brew that tasted very minerally.

Gushing on these nuggets because they taste great, and are an incredible value at $5.50 for 50 grams, 3 days of steepings plus a boil or two after that!

I’ve been (tea) Pimped!

I took photos of the boiling, I don’t know how to post links, I’m new to tweeters and Grammies but I’m cwynsdeathbytea on Instagram.

Flavors: Chocolate, Mineral, Plum

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Cwyn
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No, I didn’t. When I encounter sour in puerh it is very often a situation where the puerh got dried out in the middle of a stage of fermentation. In that case I would add some humidity to the cake and store it a few months. That usually takes care of the sour.

looseTman
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" … today after steeping a small amount of this tea for 3 days, 20+ steeps, I’m gonna boil the leaves."
Cwyn,
We purchased a quantity of these nuggets during Paul’s moving sale.
1. We’ve been enjoying this excellent Lao Cha Tou. Using 10g in a 3 oz. Ru Kiln gaiwan, how many infusions are likely?

2. About how many of the initial infusions contain enough caffeine to be used as a invigorating breakfast tea?

3. After how many infusions, is this tea essentially caffeine-free, suitable as a relaxing evening tea?

4. After how many infusions do you recommend boiling the leaves? What are the instructions: How many grams or cups of used leaves boiled in what quantity of water for how long?
Thanks!

Cwyn
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I think I steeped a smaller amount, just a few nuggets. I also rested it over night for the duration. These are rather tight and they have more on the inside that takes awhile to break up. I boiled them for 5 minutes. They were yielding only very light reddish water before the boil. I have photos on Instagram of the boil, at the bottom/beginning of my photos.

As for caffeine, I’m not sensitive to the amount in shou. When I drink shou, I fall asleep. I would say just try 3 nuggets in 100 ml and go from there to adjust to your taste.

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Favorite shu ever

I purposely waited to review this until I ordered more selfishly that should hint at it’s quality. Paul has earned my respect (and much of my income as a result) for his no BS pricing, descriptions and curation. This description is spot on I almost feel silly adding anything because it is so accurate. It is a 2014 production so it’s pile smell is still apparent I suggest two super long rinses and/or breaking up the nuggets prior. Once you get past the funk it has the taste and consistency of hot cocoa literally. I was immediately taken back to childhood sipping on swiss miss hot cocoa. I wanted to throw some marshmallows in my gaiwan and pretend it was a snow day. Later steeps reveal a sweet molasses dark richness that was paired with a thick syrupy body.

This is my first tea head nugget shu so I am not sure if this sweetness/ flavor profile is common but it was a welcome change from watery woodsy generic shu I am used to. Added kicker is the energy this bulang gives off had me humming all night long.

Flavors: Caramel, Cocoa, Molasses

Preparation
5 g 3 OZ / 100 ML
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Stephanie
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OMG I need to try this! :D

I have a 2012 Menghai Dayi Laochatuo that I really love :) It reminds me of milk chocolate.

Jiāng Luo
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I am not a sweet/flavored tea kind of guy but this was a nice surprise, I think I will try different tea head shu nuggets soon. I saw yunnan sourcing has a bunch but just to be sure I bought a butt load of this stuff just in case.

Cwyn
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Paul tells me he just bought the entire production. Thank goodness cause I’m not sure my nearly half kilo is gonna be enough.

Jiāng Luo
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LOL I will surely buy some every order, before I tried this I nearly gave up on shu. Strange I brought this over to a fellow tea drinkers (non-puer) house and of course it behaved differently. It had more of the wu dei in the initial 2 or 3 steeps but under my home conditions it was barely detectable within the first. I am a big advocate of cheap spring water I really do feel like brings out the best qualities while leaving nastier ones out only on hunch one of these days I will do a controlled experiment.

Cwyn
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Soaking in cold water whilst the water boils is one way to remove a bit of the pile. Also you can just toss the first five steeps.

Jiāng Luo
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I think when I get my order i will let them air out in a jar as well, while we are on the subject this is my first tea head nugget shu, have you tried any others? I was eyeing the one from yunnan sourcing or even menghai

mrmopar
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The older Menghai’s are pretty good. Get one at least 3 years old though.

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