2018 Flapjacks Raw Puer

Tea type
Pu'erh Tea
Ingredients
Pu Erh Tea
Flavors
Hazelnut, Honey, Marzipan, Orchid, Astringent, Bitter, Butter, Citrus, Flowers, Grass, Green Beans, Metallic, Nutty, Osmanthus, Pancake Syrup, Peach, Sweet, Dirt, Stonefruit
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Average preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 0 min, 15 sec 7 g 28 oz / 824 ml

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  • “The flavor here is quite mild, so I may have underleafed or understeeped it. The website didn’t have steeping instructions. At first, I got a light metallic flavor along with something else...” Read full tasting note
  • “This is a solid Raw. It hits all the right notes. You best start off at the lower end of the temperature scale and work your way up. If you this right you can go for 10+ steepings. It’s a handy tea...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Teafriend tea! From the lovely Kawaii433. The most striking aspect of this sheng is the liquor color. I love when the tea soup has a tinge of pink that reminds me of champagne. It’s Initially...” Read full tasting note
  • “Ohhhh I really like these small fellows Great warm bread taste (yeast) and a bit of a punch without bitterness” Read full tasting note
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From white2tea

Flap Jacks raw was pressed in 2018. Each flap jack is roughly 7 grams, with 7 flapjacks in each short stack.

Conveniently pressed into an easy single steep shape, the tea is still young and astringent as one would expect from a fresh raw Puer tea. The tea has a punchy fresh fragrance and sweetness. Don’t let the cute shape fool you, this tea is just as engaging as its larger counterparts.

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2284 tasting notes

The flavor here is quite mild, so I may have underleafed or understeeped it. The website didn’t have steeping instructions. At first, I got a light metallic flavor along with something else difficult to identify. Once I added milk, the flavor sort of reminded me of string cheese, but in a good way. There’s also a sort of almost spiced depth here. I enjoyed this one, it was just very mild due to my inexperience. I resteeped it for longer, and the flavor was pure metal, which wasn’t great. Another fun find from a recent tea box!

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This is a solid Raw. It hits all the right notes. You best start off at the lower end of the temperature scale and work your way up. If you this right you can go for 10+ steepings.

It’s a handy tea that is packed in 7g mini bings. I would love to see a 357g or 200g variant of this tea, cuzz I’m extremely interested how this one is going to change over time.

This price is very sharp on this tea and is therefor an excellent starter tea for someone how wants to dip their toe in the tea soup that is raw pu-erh. You messed up? don’t worry next time better it’s not like you had to pay mountains of cash for this one.

Flavors: Hazelnut, Honey, Marzipan, Orchid

Preparation
170 °F / 76 °C 0 min, 15 sec 7 g 100 OZ / 2957 ML

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Teafriend tea! From the lovely Kawaii433.

The most striking aspect of this sheng is the liquor color. I love when the tea soup has a tinge of pink that reminds me of champagne. It’s Initially oily and sweet with honey butter and syrup, nuttiness, some nondescript florality, green bean-grass undertones and a metallic quality. Citrus surprise in third steep like white pomelo. Rough tongue astringency is there along with bitterness which presents by the second steep and later lingers superficially on the back of the tongue, tonsils and throat. Peach-osmanthus aftertaste presents early and is very short-lived.

Overall, this tea has a standard young sheng profile. Probably good for people new to puerh but even then I’m apprehensive about recommending it in its current state. Maybe give this one some age and approach it as a daily drinker in the future.

Flavors: Astringent, Bitter, Butter, Citrus, Flowers, Grass, Green Beans, Honey, Metallic, Nutty, Osmanthus, Pancake Syrup, Peach, Sweet

Preparation
Boiling 6 g 4 OZ / 110 ML

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Ohhhh I really like these small fellows
Great warm bread taste (yeast) and a bit of a punch without bitterness

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 7 g 4 OZ / 120 ML

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A cute little stack of 7 flapjacks, each flap jack is roughly 7 grams.

This is an intense, very young raw pu erh. The first two quick infusions, it was pleasant with light floral with some fruit, maybe of stonefruits along with some dirt taste. On the 3rd infusion, the tight flapjack was completely opened and bitterness crept in, as well as some floral sweetness. On the 5th, it was a very strong bitter and the bitterness peaked out on the 6th steep. The sweetness became more intense, but so did the bitterness. Throughout the rest of the 10 steeps, the strong bitterness was always present with some grass, stonefruit, and floral notes. At the point that the leaves opened up fully, it became astringent as well which also seemed to increase on each steep.

If you like bitterness with a slight offset of floral sweetness, you’ll enjoy this tea. If you don’t like strong bitterness, this one is not for you. I’ll be setting this aside to try much further down the road. It’s not bad at all, it has some lovely notes… It’s just bitter and astringent. That’s how I would classify it anyway.

Flavors: Astringent, Bitter, Dirt, Grass, Honey, Peach, Stonefruit

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 0 min, 15 sec 7 g 4 OZ / 110 ML
tea-sipper

I think raw is usually steeped with much cooler water? I do anyway? But I’m usually steeping in a full mug for 30 seconds for raw puerh.

Kawaii433

Yeah, you’re right and it was too late for me when I thought of it. Other than TeaVivre’s Moonlight raw pu erh 194F (that’s my favorite raw pu erh), I think all the others are usually at 170ish or something. I will try again at 160 or so. Thanks for the reminder :D.

tea-sipper

Yeah, I made the mistake of steeping raw pu-erh too hot in the early days, so I know all about bitter raw pu-erh. haha

Togo

It depends. These mini cakes often have small leaf particle size, which means the extraction is super fast once they unpack. There’s various ways to counter it. If you want to retain thickness, the best is to keep the infusion times as short as possible, but still use high temperature. Another option is to lower the temperature, which will generally enhance floral elements and mute the bitterness. Another option is to use more water per infusion, which is generally not the best idea as far as I can tell.

I often like to cold brew these mini cakes. Maybe have a rinse or two and steep overnight at room temperature (or below). You get the thickness and the florals, but not that much bitterness that way.

And finally, you can learn to embrace the bitterness :D
It’s probably not for everyone, but there is something exciting about that too.

The above is with respect to teas with fast extraction. For raw pu-erh with full leaves, I would recommend sticking to high temperatures, 200F and above. Coupled with high tea to water ratios and short steeping times, that seems to yield the best results. Also, combining several infusions together can be a way to avoid the overly bitter outliers.

Kawaii433

@Togo I’ll try all those suggestions with it. I did 10s, 15s, 20s infusions but I’ll try like 5s. I’ll also try the lower temperature and cold brew. I’m so trying to embrace the bitterness! Little by little, teas that were too bitter before don’t bother me so much anymore so maybe I’m getting used to it. I can only hope. haha Thank you so much for your input!

mrmopar

Starting at 3 seconds on the younger stuff seems to help. I normally do just off boil and quick steeps till I see where the tea is going. Another trick is to allow the tea to rest after the rinse. It will almost take on its on weight in water. Letting it soak in a bit seems to help my brews.

Kawaii433

@mrmopar kk I think because of the high bitterness, I’m going to go for that 3 secs or less too. Pour in, pour out. I have never let the tea rest after the rinse (well, at least not on purpose hehe). Lots of good hints on dealing with this little raw beauty. Thank you!

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