Wow this forum has been pretty slow lately.
Today I have been checking the status of a few of my big factory tongs. Which is a mild form of self punishment. But it's raining out and I'm stuck inside anyway.
Douji
2009 Hong Dadou I bought this tong in 2010 without sampling it first. It was my first tong purchase. I did not open It until last year. I was pretty surprised that it was not a tuition tong. This tea continues to come along nicely. Not bad for 90 dollars a tong.
2009 7542 meh aIm not very hopefull about this one. Very thin.
2008 8582 a little better but this could just be my. Natural preference for a larger leaf recipes.
2006 7582 this is the DayI that I have the most hope for. It has developed a decent mouthfeel. And has more depth to the flavor profile.
2006 8582 much better than the 2008. This is probably due in part to the more humid storage condition of this tong before I bought it.
I dug out a cake of my 05 7532. But I can only take so much punishment in one day. I do feel a little wierd not sure if it's from all the tea or the pesticides on the tea.
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You missed out on the '08 Red and Blue Douji blends. Those are supposed to be the best.
Sad about the '09 7542. The '02 I'm munching away at is definitely not thin tasting. The 2009 was always noted for being a bit...different tasting, if you look at the older part of the B&B thread.
2008 8582 tastes and smells good to me, but I cannot handle the fragments left in my tin, so I reserve it for days with heavy breakfasts first.
Your description of the 2006 8582 and 7582 sounds intriguing. Is the 8582 superior in mouthfeel to its younger counterpart as well? The humidity thing strikes a nerve to me since I think that factory cakes really does need more than my climate can quite give.
I had the '07 An Xiang. I had a pretty good time, relatively honey and forest with decent mouthfeel.
I am very tired of the very high pollen count in Atlanta making my throat irritable. It gives me panics that the tea is drying out to a horrible mess, oh what shall I do, every year until I figure what's going on.
Sad about the '09 7542. The '02 I'm munching away at is definitely not thin tasting. The 2009 was always noted for being a bit...different tasting, if you look at the older part of the B&B thread.
2008 8582 tastes and smells good to me, but I cannot handle the fragments left in my tin, so I reserve it for days with heavy breakfasts first.
Your description of the 2006 8582 and 7582 sounds intriguing. Is the 8582 superior in mouthfeel to its younger counterpart as well? The humidity thing strikes a nerve to me since I think that factory cakes really does need more than my climate can quite give.
I had the '07 An Xiang. I had a pretty good time, relatively honey and forest with decent mouthfeel.
I am very tired of the very high pollen count in Atlanta making my throat irritable. It gives me panics that the tea is drying out to a horrible mess, oh what shall I do, every year until I figure what's going on.
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2003 Tai Lian Zhengshan Da Ye brick. 12 year tasting. This is a tea I'm starting to enjoy a bit. There is still smokiness, but when it clears, it's a nice tasting, relaxing tea that would be a good daily drinker. A lot of its roughness is gone, but my wife says it still sticks in her throat. It has a thick mouthfeel and I can see this aging gracefully for many years to come. Leaves are of nice quality and not particularly chopped up.
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Enjoying very much my sample of 2015 Yunnan Sourcing "Man Zhuan" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh. Quite yummy although it is a very young tea.
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2007 Douji Yi Wu wild arbor 200g
Average in taste and aroma, decent mouthfeel and aftertaste - super energetic, almost to a fault.
I got this cake for 25 bucks in 2007 or 8. Showing some age and I'm happy with it. I have much better cakes, but this one will do on a Wednesday afternoon. Hope I can sleep tonight....
Average in taste and aroma, decent mouthfeel and aftertaste - super energetic, almost to a fault.
I got this cake for 25 bucks in 2007 or 8. Showing some age and I'm happy with it. I have much better cakes, but this one will do on a Wednesday afternoon. Hope I can sleep tonight....
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06 douji LBZ hmmmm it is a decent tea. It is still strong after 9 years. I would guess there may be some gushu LBZ giving back bone to a Taidi cha base.
But this tea has been poorly stored so who knows.
But this tea has been poorly stored so who knows.
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Strong taste.
There was a bit of. Cha qi but I would not call it strong.
The storage was overly dry then the past two years have been spent in a zip lock bag.
There was a bit of. Cha qi but I would not call it strong.
The storage was overly dry then the past two years have been spent in a zip lock bag.
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I drank Haiwan tea for the first time ever today, gifts from a tea buddy that he purchased in Malaysia, a 2010 sheng and a 2009 shou, both fangcha. Both were a pleasant surprise but the sheng was about five times better because sheng > shou. It has been raining all day so it was a good day for two full sessions.
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Hey this is kind of off topic, but what is that bowl called that you have the yixing in? I've been looking for one but can't figure ou what they're called. I've seen them used to season pots as well.the_economist wrote:Loose pu from the 80s. Nothing too exciting but nice and solid.
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I was treated to a couple of Kunming Factory fang chas yesterday, one from'09 and the other from'92. Both had good qi. The younger one doesn't taste very good yet, it's quite bitter. The older one is much better. It has developed a date taste but is still not sweet. 23 years old and still not'there'. The young one cost 16 baht, the second, 125 for the day's drinking. For my money I'd take the cheap one and enjoy the qi I can also imagine coming to terms with the taste if I had a more mindful than usual session. But I won't be buying any heavily compressed pu and wait for it to mature.
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I would not expect a fangcha to be date, I guess because I'm thinking of Menghai Factory fangcha, with its buddy blend. I do wonder if it's not essentially a 7581 sheng blend in fangcha shape. In any event...tea, such that it's any good, from '92 really should be sweet, hard compressed or not.
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I have a few pieces of this likely 80s - 90s fangcha. It's the 100g one with squares; the seller's date doesn't totally jibe with what I think it should be based on Cloud's book (supposed to be mid-80s). Either way, it was stored with the cellophane still in the window, and still tasted quite bitter the last time I drank it.Puerlife wrote:I was treated to a couple of Kunming Factory fang chas yesterday, one from'09 and the other from'92. Both had good qi. The younger one doesn't taste very good yet, it's quite bitter. The older one is much better. It has developed a date taste but is still not sweet. 23 years old and still not'there'. The young one cost 16 baht, the second, 125 for the day's drinking. For my money I'd take the cheap one and enjoy the qi I can also imagine coming to terms with the taste if I had a more mindful than usual session. But I won't be buying any heavily compressed pu and wait for it to mature.
Haven't had any in a while, should probably revisit it.