2009 "Gan Ku" Farmer Style Aged Raw Liu Bao

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Flavors
Dried Fruit, Floral, Grain, Medicinal, Mushrooms
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200 °F / 93 °C 0 min, 15 sec 5 g 3 oz / 100 ml

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This is a farmer-style raw/sheng/green liu bao tea produced in 2009 by growers near Liu Bao township.

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“Gan ku” means “bitteersweet” in Chinese, and as a young “farmer style” raw liu bao, this tea has punchy flavors. It’s an educational example of what raw farmer style liu bao is like in its adolescence. Fans of sheng pu’er will recognize many this tea’s flavors: dried hay, wood chips, and the namesake bittersweetness. You can alsoRead more

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2009 “Gan Ku” Farmer Style Aged raw Liu Bao

5.1g, 100mL gaiwan, 200f

Of course I don’t especially like bitter flavors as much as the next person. And of course I believe that tea shouldn’t just be sugar water, etc. etc. At any rate the description was intriguing enough, and I’m not brave enough to try a ku Ding tea, so I thought this might be fun to try.

dry leaves don’t smell like much.

1x 3s rinse, which smells a bit grainy

wet leaves smell like young sheng, sharp and fruity

3s: tastes a bit smoky. A hint of medicine. something peppery on tongue.

5s: not too much flavor upfront, but leaves a slight sweetness on tongue afterwards.

10s: dried fruit like a sheng still

30s: stronger on medicinal note

1 min: still like before, but more fruity.

2 min: similar

1 min: not much to add. starting to fade.

2 min: slight mushroomy note

2 min again, but 212f on this and subsequent infusions since this doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. no notes added

5 min: a light sort of floral medicinal

10 min: lightened significantly

thermos overnight: standard thermos sheng profile.

Overall, this was unexpectedly soft overall and tasted similar to a dry stored aged sheng where I expected more harshness, especially as there was a note on my order to brew like a young sheng to avoid excessive bitterness. I suspect that my notes in large part have to do with the temperature I brewed at, which is 5 degrees under the arbitrary 205f suggested for young shengs, which maybe I’d adhere to when I have time to wait around for the temp to hit 205 since my kettle only does 10f increments. Unfortunately, this is start of finals time, and I am procrastinating my work everyday by brewing tea and making notes on steepster. (For the greater good, I assure myself!! I digress.) But even so, I thought the thermos brew might draw out bitterness, as it does for some shengs, but there was none here. Will add on notes in the future if I change brewing parameters to start with boiling.

Flavors: Dried Fruit, Floral, Grain, Medicinal, Mushrooms

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 0 min, 15 sec 5 g 3 OZ / 100 ML

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