Review: Aged Premium Pu-erh Tea form Puerhshop.com
Posted: Aug 9th, '08, 12:00
I received an order from Puerhshop.com yesteday. With 15 tea samples. This is the first one that I tried.
Leaves (3/5): Small to medium sized. Few broken leaves: cake was properly separated.
Dry Aroma(3/5): My nose is not to sensitive because of allergies, but I didn't smell any thing other that Pu-erh. Pretty boring.
Wet aroma(3/5): Same as dry but more "subtle."
Taste(5/10): Some initial sweetness, mostly on the roof of the mouth. Then medium bitterness, very slight sourness.
Mouthfeel (4/10): Slightly dry.
Gan (10/10): Wow! Great very sweet, but took a few minutes to notice. Still here after 15 minutes!
Resteep (5/5) : Many. Never got weaker. Never increased steeps over 15 seconds.
Overall: (33/50): Gan is the best part. Will have again, maybe with some food.
Edit: I think I might have been a bit generous with this cake. Some cakes that I find much, much, much more pleasant are getting scores not much higher.
Leaves (3/5): Small to medium sized. Few broken leaves: cake was properly separated.
Dry Aroma(3/5): My nose is not to sensitive because of allergies, but I didn't smell any thing other that Pu-erh. Pretty boring.
Wet aroma(3/5): Same as dry but more "subtle."
Taste(5/10): Some initial sweetness, mostly on the roof of the mouth. Then medium bitterness, very slight sourness.
Mouthfeel (4/10): Slightly dry.
Gan (10/10): Wow! Great very sweet, but took a few minutes to notice. Still here after 15 minutes!
Resteep (5/5) : Many. Never got weaker. Never increased steeps over 15 seconds.
Overall: (33/50): Gan is the best part. Will have again, maybe with some food.
Edit: I think I might have been a bit generous with this cake. Some cakes that I find much, much, much more pleasant are getting scores not much higher.