We don't know when or if this item will be available.
“I received a sample of this tea with my order for the early release Zealong Black. So thank you to Jo for sending it along! The dry leaf is large and full. It has a sweet malty flavor that I find...” Read full tasting note
“This is my first pu-erh tea. Can really judge. Some rubbery taste , not unpleasant. Taste becomes better with each steeping.” Read full tasting note
When I tried this tea on my last trip to China at a tea tasting, I was blown away by the intense cha qi that the infusion held. To me, this tea is extremely “physical” in its experience already and will improve along these lines with age quite nicely. The leaves are all large, young spring harvest leaves. The flavour is rather gentle and lacks almost all of the bitterness that many young sheng pu-erhs display.
Composed of large, young leaves and buds from the spring harvest, this raw pu-erh has a strong cha qi and a mellow, very pleasant flavour. Great now, but with aging potential.
Leaves: 5 tsp
Steep: 20-40 sec.
Water: 0.2l
Temp: 95 C
Company description not available.
2007 loose Licang Wild Arbor Raw Pu-erh
Ya-Ya House of Excellent TeasCNNP Wild Arbor Leaves Pu-erh Tea Cake 1998
Dragon Tea HouseSecond Millennium Broad Loose Leaves Raw Pu-erh Tea
Yee On Tea Co.80's Wild/Arbor Tree Loose Pu erh
Origin Tea2009 Hand-Braided Wild Arbor Raw Pu-erh
Yunnan Sourcing2006 Mengku Wild Arbor King Raw Pu-erh Brick
Shuangjiang Mengku Tea Co., Ltd.I received a sample of this tea with my order for the early release Zealong Black. So thank you to Jo for sending it along!
The dry leaf is large and full. It has a sweet malty flavor that I find very pleasant. The wet leaf is smoky and reminds me slightly of a Lapsang Souchong. So at this point, I’m perhaps a bit concerned. I detect a semblance of the same aroma with the liquor.
The liquor is a very light amber. It is much lighter than likely any other pu-erh I’ve indulged in. The first infusion definitely carries the smoky flavor I was smelling earlier. It is woody and reminds me most of a hardwood, I would say.
I can’t say I’m overfond of this first infusion. It leaves too much of a malty, smoky aftertaste for me. With more than a moment, there is something mellower that comes out, but I can’t quite identify it.
The second infusion smells more strongly of smoke, but the flavor in the tea is certainly more mild. The maltiness comes to the forefront and this has become a much smoother tea already. I would almost say mildly chocolatey undertones are present as well.
The third infusion has lost the maltiness, but not the smoke. It is sweeter and of a more crisp flavor now.
Overall, I suppose this isn’t my favorite tea with too persistent a smoky flavor. Yet I did enjoy trying it out and can think of a few friends who will enjoy trying this with me sometime as well.
