Pretty good ripe. The cake is on the loose side and it brews up fast and dark. Yup, that tangerine flavor sings right through it. Not sure how I ended up with three cakes of this, but it makes a good gift. Just a tad bit “humid” on the nose in the first brew (after a quick wash) but it doesn’t linger or return. Got 8+ steepings out of it before moving on, but I could have pushed another 4 brews from it. The leaves are a pretty big chop, too. Worth giving a try!
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Another session with this, a year or so later… and it’s still quite nice. The “humid” quality I previously reported for the early steepings has dissipated and is no more. Storage has been sealed at ambient 70°F and with a 62 %RH pack. I like that the tangerine peel seems to have been trimmed of the white pith under the skin. So it’s more like a zest quality, but in big shavings, like a square centimeter! Still seems potent enough for endless steepings. Okay, okay… I had enough after 6 steepings and moved on. I note that Yunnan Sourcing’s site now reports this as being sold out of all 500 cakes that were produced (200g each).
Another session with this, a year or so later… and it’s still quite nice. The “humid” quality I previously reported for the early steepings has dissipated and is no more. Storage has been sealed at ambient 70°F and with a 62 %RH pack. I like that the tangerine peel seems to have been trimmed of the white pith under the skin. So it’s more like a zest quality, but in big shavings, like a square centimeter! Still seems potent enough for endless steepings. Okay, okay… I had enough after 6 steepings and moved on. I note that Yunnan Sourcing’s site now reports this as being sold out of all 500 cakes that were produced (200g each).