Big Snow Mountain of Mengku Black Tea * Spring 2018

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Black Tea Leaves
Flavors
Almond, Black Pepper, Bread, Butter, Caramel, Cedar, Cinnamon, Cocoa, Cream, Earth, Eucalyptus, Leather, Lemon Zest, Malt, Mineral, Orange Zest, Peanut, Pear, Pine, Plum, Raisins, Raspberry, Red Apple, Sweet Potatoes, Walnut, Apricot, Fruity, Herbaceous, Sweet, Dark Chocolate, Dried Fruit
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Caffeine
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Average preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 0 min, 30 sec 6 g 5 oz / 156 ml

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Big Snow Mountain area of Mengku in Lincang is a high alttude area that’s home to many tea gardens. This lovely black tea was processed with care from first flush of Spring 2017 assamica tea leaves picked from 30 to 40 year old plantation bushes growing naturally at an altitude of 1800 meters.

The tea brews up a deep red tea soup, with a lovely floral front-end, and smooth thick sweet after-taste. Thick and viscous tea, complex and interesting, while lasting many infusions makes this a worthwhile newcomer to our offering here at Yunnan Sourcing!

April 2018 harvest

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Okay, I’m finally getting back on here after more than a week away from writing. The new schedule is still killing me, but I suppose I am slowly adapting to it. Aside from still being in the process of adjusting to my new work schedule, I am also still plowing my way through a number of spring 2018 black teas. This was one of my sipdowns from the second half of last month. I found it to be a very good offering overall. It actually struck me as being a little bit better than the rock solid spring 2017 Big Snow Mountain of Mengku Black Tea that I tried last year.

I prepared this tea gongfu style. After a quick rinse, I steeped 6 grams of loose tea leaves in 4 ounces of 194 F water for 5 seconds. This infusion was followed by 16 additional infusions. Steep times for these infusions were as follows: 7 seconds, 9 seconds, 12 seconds, 16 seconds, 20 seconds, 25 seconds, 30 seconds, 40 seconds, 50 seconds, 1 minute, 1 minute 15 seconds, 1 minute 30 seconds, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, and 7 minutes.

Prior to the rinse, the dry tea leaves emitted aromas of cinnamon, raisin, plum, honey, and black raspberry. After the rinse, I detected new aromas of roasted almond, roasted peanut, malt, black pepper, banana, and pine. The first infusion introduced a subtle eucalyptus scent. In the mouth, the tea liquor presented notes of cream, baked bread, malt, roasted almond, cocoa, roasted peanut, cinnamon, and pine that were balanced by hints of raisin, plum, pear, cedar, honey, black raspberry, and banana. The bulk of the subsequent infusions coaxed out aromas of cocoa, cedar, cream, butter, pear, red apple, orange zest, and sweet potato. Stronger and more immediately detectable impressions of cedar, raisin, banana, pear, and plum appeared in the mouth alongside mineral, eucalyptus, black pepper, red apple, sweet potato, earth, butter, orange zest, and caramel notes. I also picked up on hints of leather, lemon zest, and roasted walnut. As the tea faded, the liquor emphasized notes of minerals, malt, cream, baked bread, butter, roasted almond, and roasted peanut that were chased by fleeting hints of pine, honey, caramel, sweet potato, raisin, orange zest, and cocoa.

As mentioned in the introductory paragraph, this was a rock solid Mengku black tea. I particularly appreciated its fruity characteristics, and compared to the previous version of this tea, this offering produced a liquor that displayed better and more consistent body and texture in the mouth. Even though this tea fell just shy of excellence for me, it was still very good. It was definitely one of the better Mengku black teas I have tried.

Flavors: Almond, Black Pepper, Bread, Butter, Caramel, Cedar, Cinnamon, Cocoa, Cream, Earth, Eucalyptus, Leather, Lemon Zest, Malt, Mineral, Orange Zest, Peanut, Pear, Pine, Plum, Raisins, Raspberry, Red Apple, Sweet Potatoes, Walnut

Preparation
6 g 4 OZ / 118 ML
Courtney

It’s always nice to get back into a routine. This tea sounds tasty! I’ve not prepared anything gonfu style before, but the flavours that you taste sound amazing!

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This tea is perfect everyday drinker. Price/quality is great for this tea! Steeps for 5-6 times.

Flavors: Dark Chocolate, Dried Fruit, Malt

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 0 min, 30 sec 6 g 7 OZ / 220 ML

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