Greetings -
Any opinions / thoughts as to the Peacock series overall quality?
I've got the Mengsong & the Menghai. I find the tea good, but not brilliant. Adequate price/performance that way.
But I find the compression great enough that it's very difficult to remove a good swath of leaf. (I have yet to succeed.)
And both bings seem to have a core of dust.
Your mileage?
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I knew there was something funny about that name, just couldn't quite put my finger on it.I do not think I would tolerate a beeng with fannings packed/hidden in the middle I believe I would vote with my feet .Salsero wrote:So far, I have had one session with each of my samples of the Bada, Mengsong, and Nannuo and found that they are very similar. I wasn't impressed, I am afraid. At their best they seemed light and creamy, with flavors ranging from sandalwood to bran; at their worst, harshly astringent and ordinary.
I think they were all fairly indicative, and accurate examples of the distinct differences in the main mountain plantation teas for pu'er. I found myself struggling to describe each one individually as anything other than "this is what I'd expect from ____-shan tea."
Personally my favorite was the Nannuo. The Mengsong I found to be fairly disappointing, and the Menghai was of less interest to me than Menghai's regular yearly blends. I found the Bulang fairly decent, but seemed slightly "tweaked." The Bada was the most boring of all. Are there any others I'm forgetting?
Personally my favorite was the Nannuo. The Mengsong I found to be fairly disappointing, and the Menghai was of less interest to me than Menghai's regular yearly blends. I found the Bulang fairly decent, but seemed slightly "tweaked." The Bada was the most boring of all. Are there any others I'm forgetting?