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“2007 Boyou “Man Lu Da Shan” Meng Song Mountain – Yunnan Sourcing Price: £33.64 ($48) 400g cake = £0.08 ($0.11) / g Take 2 – been airing out. The first time I tried it, straight out of the zip bag...” Read full tasting note
“This is a nice little gem from the Boyou factory. The cake has a nice feel to it – a pretty wrapper and all. It is very tightly compressed. First infusions are sweet and flowery, with notes of...” Read full tasting note
2007 Boyou ManLu Da Shan Mengsong Mountain Raw 357g
Boyou tea factory was started by yet another ex-Menghai tea blender. Boyou is well known for showcasing Menghai tea mountains and making Ripe Pu-erhs that rival DaYi ripe teas. This particular tea cake was the Silver Prize winner at the 2007 Tea Culture Exhibition in Chengdu. It is a tea produced entirely from MengSong mountain tea trees (specifically ManLu Shan on the border with Burma). MengSong tea trees are well known for being a slightly smaller leaf varietal that was the result of cross-breeding several hundred years ago. The tea cake itself has Xiaguan-like iron compression which is perfect for aging in wetter climates like Guangzhou or Malaysia. The tea itself is strongly aromatic with flower and mushroom tones. There is a sweet after-taste and feeling of comfortable thickness in the mouth and throat.
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Price: £33.64 ($48) 400g cake = £0.08 ($0.11) / g
Take 2 – been airing out. The first time I tried it, straight out of the zip bag it was really bad (50/100)
73/100
Summary: Although a 2007 year tea it is still very youthful. However, it provides a good mix of bitter lemon with a pleasant body of dull Menghai-style sweetness. Mouth feel is mouth puckering bitterness and astringent. A tea for refreshing the mind. When Scott describes it as “a tea for aging“ it means it is very bitter.
3g 75ml gaiwan
Wet: Concentrated herbal, hot strawberry jam, lemon, very sweet, berry fruits.
Rinse: Very, very light peach. Probably not opened due to the mega high compression.
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10s – It is impossible to drink this tea whilst it is compressed. Stab with fork (traditional Chinese method). Pale yellow. Thin and slightly astringent, but delivers a refreshing tang of lemony hay. 70/100
15s – More fork bashing (traditional Chinese method). Light/mes yellow. Starts thin with lemony hay, then thickens and has a deep light honey base. Dominant sweet notes take over the bright bitter and medium astringent beginning. 72/100
1. 20s – More fork bashing (traditional Chinese method). Med yellow. Strong bitterness around the back of the mouth and throat, astringent on the front of the tongue. A warming in the stomach. There is a Menghai-style dull sweetness, which provides much of the body. A honey sweet finish, similar to 2011 Menghai Mensong has appeared amidst astringency. 75/100
25s – Med yellow. Refreshingly bitter with honey-sweet finish. Astringency remains. 72/100
This is a nice little gem from the Boyou factory. The cake has a nice feel to it – a pretty wrapper and all. It is very tightly compressed. First infusions are sweet and flowery, with notes of Lucky Charms. Later infusions taste a bit deeper and darker, with some age showing through. But it still tastes young overall, probably because of the compression. A little huigan, sourness, and just a touch of astringency and smoke here and there. Overall a nice drink.
