Official Pu of the day

One of the intentionally aged teas, Pu-Erh has a loyal following.


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Re: Official Pu of the day

by apache » Sep 9th, '12, 11:52

2012 CuiLong XiangLong Round Tea
I'm having a break from big factory stuffs today.

Manufacture Date: 23 April 2012

I didn't get the colour balance right, look much more blue than it should be.
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This cake is produced by a tea shop in Fangcun (how many thousands tea shops in a few square miles? I can't remember.)
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It got double wrapping paper
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The inner big ticket say it use hundreds years old trees from high mountain sun dried material (with love and care ... , well they didn't say this :wink: ). Also,it's very nice to see they use proper Chinese characters on the ticket, I think MarshalN would agree with me on this! :mrgreen:
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It rather thick on the edge and medium level of compression
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Pale yellow colour soup, it doesn't have any older material, fairly much straight from the trees. Despite this it is still very drinkable and really a big contrast with 2012 Dayi Silver.
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Drinking very young cakes is not really my thing, so I can't say I "enjoy" it, but it has very nice texture, very good huigan, throat feel and tastes. So I like it in a sense.

Before I finish typing this, someone already asking me where to get this.
Here you are:
Price: ¥200
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z ... 5184802732

I wasn't looking for any exciting new discovery on TB, the shop sent me sample of this while I ordered other stuffs. Normally, samples from China are mainly dust in a grubby little plastic bag, but this actually come in a dinky 10g ball, almost like a mini tuo wrapped in it's own little wrapper and it looks rather attractive. This may be the reason I bother to try it.

Last thing I would like to say is that I tried both the sample and the actual cake simultaneously. They taste very much the same as I would expect, despite the sample give a slightly darker soup (no photo, all the photos are from the actual cake) than the cake.
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Re: Official Pu of the day

by guitar9876 » Sep 9th, '12, 12:00

That looks good! Where did you get that one?

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by gasninja » Sep 10th, '12, 13:51

Apache
Before I finish typing this, someone already asking me where to get this.
Here you are:
Price: ¥200
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z ... 5184802732

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by gasninja » Sep 10th, '12, 13:54

apache wrote: Before I finish typing this, someone already asking me where to get this.
Here you are:
Price: ¥200
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z ... 5184802732

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by debunix » Sep 14th, '12, 00:41

Finishing the Mansai 2010 puerh sample from EoT (OTTI #5). This sample sat in the back of a less-used collection of tea in one of my satellite offices, and it's been more than a year since I enjoyed this one. It's sweet, mild, mellow, enforces a bit of mindfulness by the ability to overwhelm with astringency/bitterness if left to infuse too long, but gives nothing but deliciousness if treated properly. Mmm. Loves me some fine young sheng!

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by jayinhk » Sep 14th, '12, 08:21

A small sample of carefully aged shu I received tonight:

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by apache » Sep 15th, '12, 14:52

2005 Dayi Qing Tuo 502

Back to big factory stuff today.

This beast is much bigger than my claws
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Soup colour indicates it been dry stored
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Although a master piece is not, but it has very good quality:price ratio.
At the very least it tastes like puerh as I know.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by teaisme » Sep 21st, '12, 17:58

Just had 3 steeps in a bowl of some YS purp 2011 at work.

Nice, comfortable, energizing.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by TIM » Sep 24th, '12, 11:09

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南糯白毫 Nannuo White Tips 2002. Private Commission, BTH.
Granny Face Powder, full power! Lovin it :lol:

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by ethan » Sep 25th, '12, 06:20

Tim, "Granny Face Powder"! What an intriguing description. Cheers!

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by debunix » Sep 25th, '12, 21:10

Enjoying another session with a sample from my first Yunnan Sourcing order: 2006 A Gu Zhai Wild Arbor Bulang Sheng. It's a typical young sheng that actually benefited from a little in-thermos settling time as I bulk brewed it for afternoon clinic. Typical earthy/herby/sweet sheng.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by Cole » Sep 26th, '12, 13:22

Some truly beautiful snapshots in this thread -- love the detail on the Tim's White Tips cake and Apache's CuiLong. Wow! Making me thirsty just thinking about it :)

Just tried steaming my very first brick last night -- a cheapie 2010 Haiwan 100g brick from PS. Have to say, it came out rather marvelously. Not too much dust, tons of whole leaves. Didn't think I would ever be able to break into that thing! :lol:

Tastes really smoky, but I like the umami notes and mouthfeel it gave me in later infusions. Excited to see how/if it changes now that it's broken up.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by debunix » Sep 26th, '12, 22:59

2008 Yi Wu Bamboo aged puerh from Norbu. Nice stuff to come back to after an absence. Positively stuffed the 'raptor' houhin with it. A very nice day.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by fdrx » Sep 30th, '12, 09:07

today it started early with a really good tea in all aspects: fall 2010 WanGongZhai from Yunnan Sourcing.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by gasninja » Sep 30th, '12, 12:21

Today Im enjoying EOTs gu shu shu pu. I have both a cake and the loose leaf. The difference between the two is easily apparent. One would think that the loose tea would loose its wu doi (fermentation funk) yet the cake tastes cleaner. I wish I had grabbed a couple of these it is definitely improving. There is a cooling powdery slightly astringent aftertaste on the tip of tongue, that sticks around for quite a while.

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