TTB. Super Sorry. This is not from this TTB. It’s from the last TTB. Yikes. Good thing it’s a dark tea.
Loose Leaf: Pretty typical dusty look, browns, with a mix of leaves and some buds. Not much aroma.
Wet Leaf: Dark greenish brownish. Chopped. Slight muscatel. Old wood.
Flavor: old decaying wood. 1800s house kinda. Kinda tannic, but that’s probably my fault. Overall probably a good one I just don’t do most dark teas very well…
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I’m a little bit lost. Is this a sheng pu-erh? Or just an aging “dark” tea? I can’t really tell from EoT’s description, either.
My guess is a sheng. It looked like a shou at first hut after steeping it tasted more of a sheng profile
Although the cake looks very dark for a sheng, you’re right that the steeped leaves appear more like a raw than a ripe. I wasn’t even sure of the cakes’ status as puer, since I did not recognize the large calligraphy on the center of the wrapper. Though I do now see the puer marking twice on the periphery. Nice that you’re enjoying it!
It’s a sheng! This was pressed in 2004, so as unbelievable as it sounds, this is a 20+ year old tea – very normal for the leaf to look so much darker and shou-like with some age on it. Afterall, shou is actually meant to replicate the look/taste of aged sheng ;)
I’m a little bit lost. Is this a sheng pu-erh? Or just an aging “dark” tea? I can’t really tell from EoT’s description, either.
My guess is a sheng. It looked like a shou at first hut after steeping it tasted more of a sheng profile
Although the cake looks very dark for a sheng, you’re right that the steeped leaves appear more like a raw than a ripe. I wasn’t even sure of the cakes’ status as puer, since I did not recognize the large calligraphy on the center of the wrapper. Though I do now see the puer marking twice on the periphery. Nice that you’re enjoying it!
It’s a sheng! This was pressed in 2004, so as unbelievable as it sounds, this is a 20+ year old tea – very normal for the leaf to look so much darker and shou-like with some age on it. Afterall, shou is actually meant to replicate the look/taste of aged sheng ;)