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“Usually my shou consumption tapers off a little in the Spring and Summer as the weather gets nicer, but this week I was hit with such a strong craving for shou seemingly out of nowhere. This is...” Read full tasting note
Earthy, muddy, and downright dirty, this 2004 shou pu-erh was barely out of the factory when it was carried to the West and put in dry storage. 15 years of fresh air turned the swampy post-fermentation smell into something cleaner, livelier. Something that resembles a handful of worms freshly dug from the garden.
The material here is Gong Ting grade (or very high grade) from Langhe Tea Factory. This means the tea was made from fine harvests with… Read more
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Usually my shou consumption tapers off a little in the Spring and Summer as the weather gets nicer, but this week I was hit with such a strong craving for shou seemingly out of nowhere. This is such a smooth and naturally fruity tasting tea with lots of earthier notes of potting soil and petrichor to go alongside dense, gentle flavours like date cookies, figs, and carob. Though it’s surprisingly quite clean tasting for a tea with a moniker like Worm Hands, there is something nostalgic to the muddy leaning earth notes that makes me think of making dirt pies or “potions” while playing outside as a kid growing up – particularly after a heavy Summer rainfall.
Tea Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/C69f_9GO2mM/
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_k48nwUNTM
