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“I have gone through multiple bricks of this one in the last 2 years. I opened one up today as it has been a long while since I had tried it. This is a very in expensive brick coming in at $30 at...” Read full tasting note
“6.5g:120-ish pot. boiling Brita tap. Rinse was a lot longer than I meant, since slow pour. woody taste and slight bitter initially, along with some florals. some warmth. aftertaste is a crisp...” Read full tasting note
This is a 250g CNNP (Zhongcha) raw puerh brick produced in 2004. It has been stored entirely in Taiwan and has a relatively dry natural Taiwan storage. The tea has a clear sweetness, a bit of old school smokiness, a decent thickness, and good punch and energy. No dankness or wet storage notes. The material is mostly full, robust leaves, not chopped, and interestingly the brick appears to have quite a few seed pods included. We have been looking for more good examples of affordable sheng puerh with some age — enjoy this brick at twelve cents a gram, that will be the price until it sells out! The red sticker was applied to hide a misprint on the wrapper.
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I have gone through multiple bricks of this one in the last 2 years. I opened one up today as it has been a long while since I had tried it. This is a very in expensive brick coming in at $30 at TWL. The red sticker was applied to hide a misprint on the wrapper. As stated on their webpage “It has been stored entirely in Taiwan and has a relatively dry natural Taiwan storage” and is a lightly compressed brick which easily breaks apart with some prodding of a tool. I always smell light pipe tobacco when smelling the brick dry. Material is a blend with large twisted leaves, stems and possible some huangpian. TWl is correct in pointing out you may run into seed pods in this brick.
Started out at 10 seconds after fast rinse. Easily 6-7 infusions at 180 degrees.
Nice throat/mouth feel and last mouth taste. This is a low priced moderately aged daily drinker with medium thickness and clear/clean liquor. Lasting after tastes of resin and pine.
Flavors: Honey, Pine, Resin, Smoke, Tobacco, Wood
6.5g:120-ish pot. boiling Brita tap. Rinse was a lot longer than I meant, since slow pour.
woody taste and slight bitter initially, along with some florals. some warmth. aftertaste is a crisp sugar, shifting to an almost acidic, dry fruitiness. Some mint. unfortunately, died very quickly after (like two, maybe three steeps in…), and so will definitely not rinse in this pot next time when I’ve already broken up the leaves.
On an unrelated note, I tried my first very dry red this past summer, and subsequently struggle now to apply the term astringency to any teas, but maybe dry reds are on an entirely different level. Then, I accidentally had a not fully ripened Hachiya persimmon the other day, and that really redefined astringency for me. Truly awful.
