2022 Yunnan Sourcing "Shadow Play" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake from Yunnan Sourcing

2022 Yunnan Sourcing "Shadow Play" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

Tea type
Pu'erh Tea
Ingredients
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Flavors
Black Currant, Broth, Cherry, Chicken Soup, Milky, Seafood, Smooth, Sweet, Umami, Vegetal
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Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 7 g 5 oz / 150 ml

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  • “This tea has a mild but satisfying flavour. Nevertheless, I find it a bit boring overall. The aroma is sweet and vegetal and reminds me of milk tea, black currants, and cherry. The liquor is silky...” Read full tasting note
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This is premium Mengku ripe tea made from entirely spring harvested tea! Wet-piled in a Mengku area tea factory and then aged for about 2 years before pressing makes this a very satisfying experience!

Blend includes a generous amount of small cha tou nuggets!

357 Grams per cake (7 Cakes per bamboo leaf tong)

Wrapper Illustration by Cath Van

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This tea has a mild but satisfying flavour. Nevertheless, I find it a bit boring overall.

The aroma is sweet and vegetal and reminds me of milk tea, black currants, and cherry. The liquor is silky and ligth to medium bodied with a smooth milky taste and hints of umami.

Flavors: Black Currant, Broth, Cherry, Chicken Soup, Milky, Seafood, Smooth, Sweet, Umami, Vegetal

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 7 g 5 OZ / 150 ML
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looseTman
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Do you have a current favorite shou?

Togo
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I don’t drink much shou in the summer, so not really :D
The most amazing one I have come across is still the Hai Lang Hao “Lao Man E” from 2016, but I don’t own any of it. The one I find myself drawn to more often that I would have expected is the 2016 YS Wild Purple Green Mark :)

looseTman
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Togo, thanks for suggestions!
2016 Hai Lang Hao “Lao Man E”: at $280/500g = $0.56/g that’s pretty pricey.
Unfortunately, full cakes of 2016 YS Wild Purple Green Mark are currently out of stock. We enjoyed their 2015 Green Miracle. Is the 2020 as good & worth the cost?
Any other thoughts?
Thanks again!

Togo
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I haven’t tried the 2020 version, but I imagine they are quite similar :)

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