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Delicious. Buttery, rich. Very good quality. Soothing nighttime tea.

Really great. Pineapple, cupcake, hefty cinnamon. An all time favorite herbal tea.

Great balance, with a real sweetness from the fennel/licorice root.

(Spring 2023) Faintly grapey, green plummy notes to the leaves, but doesn’t quite come through as much on the steep. In fact aroma is pretty mute, surprisingly. Palate is creamy, lactic, round & pleasing, with some floral echoes. Tried at 180 but resteeped at 195 for 2.5 mins and much better.

Ok. This is the first puerh that I can really get into… Dumping rinse of first steep was critical, and this is not too fishy. The tangerine definitely tempers the earth/dirt notes with some fruit. There is a fascination to the aromas. Like a real mycelial, loamy smell of freshly turned, decomposing wood chips. And it has decent smooth texture and body. Maybe my gateway puerh?

(Spring 2023 harvest) Interesting, prominent roast character, almost a quality of tar or petrol. And more of a roast vegetal, radish than fruit or floral character. Body is smooth but misses some briskness and energy for me.

(Spring 2023 harvest) Very light green almost clear color. Very nutty, deep green aroma, like roast kale chips. Buttered asparagus palate. Fresh grass. Body is so smooth, not overly grassy, bitter or too vegetal. So good.

(Spring 2023 harvest) WOW. This has an insanely fragrant, floral wafting nose. Palate is fruity, and not bitter at all. Not the same textural intrigue as oolong, but this black tea totally blew me away.

Fish and hay and dirt is what I get. I am an oolong fanatic, just dipping my toe into puerh. But this is not my gateway.