My Grand Plan for Leftover Samples

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My Grand Plan for Leftover Samples

by Rdeitz » Jun 1st, '14, 22:36

This may be a terrible idea, but hey, there's not much to lose. I'm going to empty all my leftover samples into a paper bag, as they come in for the year. By the end of the year, I'll have a mix of lots of different shengs. Sort of like a house blend. I will leave out any bad tasting ones. It will be an experiment. :lol:
Will they balance put into a decent blend? Will it just taste like a bad mix? Who knows...

Jun 1st, '14, 23:27
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Re: My Grand Plan for Leftover Samples

by shah82 » Jun 1st, '14, 23:27


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Re: My Grand Plan for Leftover Samples

by Rdeitz » Jun 1st, '14, 23:36

Very funny! Thanks, shah. Curious if anyone has results to share!

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Re: My Grand Plan for Leftover Samples

by Emmett » Jun 2nd, '14, 01:05

I also have four tins worth of mixed sheng. Filling one up each year for the past four years. I think there was a post about this before maybe a year or two ago on here.

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Re: My Grand Plan for Leftover Samples

by MarshalN » Jun 2nd, '14, 06:41

It sort of depends on your samples' quality, but usually the more things you dump in it the more the tea approaches generic factory tasting tea

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Re: My Grand Plan for Leftover Samples

by honza » Jun 2nd, '14, 08:36

Last year I took all powder and broken leaves from about 100 different open sheng cakes and bricks from 2000-2012, 3+kg , to Menghai and in the factory ask for some 1kg bricks pressed for me.
Now after one year when I read this topic, I try one the brick today first time. Is very nice. Strong (broken leaves), but very nice. I guess after 10 years can be this tea pretty nice.

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Re: My Grand Plan for Leftover Samples

by AllanK » Jun 2nd, '14, 22:38

Blending different puerhs is something I have been meaning to try but haven't gotten around to.

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