We don't know when or if this item will be available.
“This shou is nicely fruity, without any bitter or dry notes. I did get the chocolately notes, along with some fruity dates. There is some sourness in the first 5 steeps, but once you get passed...” Read full tasting note
“This is a fairly tasty ripe puerh. It has a fair amount of fermentation flavor to it. According to Crimson Lotus this is a mix of new 2014 material and older presumably 2012 material. It definitely...” Read full tasting note
Company description not available.
2014 Gu Ming Xiang "Bu Lang Tribute Cake" Ripe Pu-erh Tea
Yunnan Sourcing2010 Gu Ming Xiang "Lao Ban Zhang Gu Shu" Raw
Yunnan Sourcing2015 GU MING XIANG "Yi Wu meets Bu Lang"
Yunnan Sourcing2017 Gu Ming Xiang "Gua Feng Zhai Village" Huang Pian Raw Pu-erh Tea Brick
Yunnan Sourcing2011 Gu Ming Xiang "Classic Jing Mai" Ripe Pu-erh
Yunnan Sourcing2010 Gu Ming Xiang "Ban Pen Gu Shu" Raw Pu-erh
Yunnan SourcingThis shou is nicely fruity, without any bitter or dry notes. I did get the chocolately notes, along with some fruity dates. There is some sourness in the first 5 steeps, but once you get passed that the shou is quite nice. I would buy this one to drink later, it needs some time to lose that ferment essence.
Full review on Oolong Owl http://oolongowl.com/2014-gu-ming-xiang-bulang-gushu-2-0-shou-puer-crimson-lotus-tea/
This is a fairly tasty ripe puerh. It has a fair amount of fermentation flavor to it. According to Crimson Lotus this is a mix of new 2014 material and older presumably 2012 material. It definitely needs to age a bit. It was sweet from the start with very little bitterness. Crimson Lotus says this is Gushu material. I have no way to confirm this and can only take them at their word. I’m not sure if I would say notes of chocolate or not, perhaps I was not paying attention. It did develop a bit of a fruity taste in later steeps. The fermentation taste was a factor for an average of four or so steeps. Overall I liked this tea.
I steeped this tea ten times in a 120ml gaiwan with 11g leaf and boiling water. I gave it a 10 second rinse and a 10 minute rest. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec, and 1 min. Judging by the color of the tea in the tenth steep I’d say this would go a few more steeps at least.
Flavors: Earth, Sweet
When there is sourness it needs to air out more. I recently had sour shou that completely went away after 2-3 wks
We even left this one to air out for half a year in our storage before posting it to the site. It’ll do well in the next couple of years.