08 Dayi Jia Ji Tuo

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08 Dayi Jia Ji Tuo

by Fatman2 » Mar 26th, '09, 11:19

Has anyone tasted this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/2008-Menghai-Da-Yi- ... .m14.l1262

Seems like it is a promising raw tuo. Cheap and good potential it seems. Looking for reviews.

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by Fatman2 » Mar 26th, '09, 11:27

Oops. just found this. Sorry. Ignore last request.

2008 (801) Menghai "Da Yi Jia Ji Tuo" 100g
As reviewed by thanks This tea is super weird. After sampling this I'm not entirely sure if I love it, or if it's just "meh." Liquor on this is a healthy solid yellow, a shade lighter than the 08 Qing tuo. The leaf on this is complete mulch. I have tasted a lot of Menghai recipe blends, and believe me when I tell you that this is one of the most chopped up teas I've seen from them. Maybe it was my particular tuo, but it was pretty interesting. The huigan on this is massive! What's the deal here? The tea tastes like it consists of an even combination of Mengsong and Bada, with a dash of Nannuo. It's a very active tea. Not as thick or soupy as the Qing tuo, but still pleasant. Slight sour taste upon swallowing- this might turn some people off as it's quite pronounced. One thing that is interesting about this tea is that there is no unpleasant bitterness to be found whatsoever. There's some good decent ku if oversteeped, but nothing unpleasant when brewed normal. There's just a slight good bitterness compliment that's hard to detect. Very interesting tea.

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by shogun89 » Mar 26th, '09, 14:56

I would advise the '08 Qing instead, seems of better quality for about the same $.

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by thanks » Mar 26th, '09, 16:48

shogun89 wrote:I would advise the '08 Qing instead, seems of better quality for about the same $.
+1

The 08 Qing tuo was one of my favorite releases out of last year for the money, and in general.

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by sp1key » Mar 26th, '09, 21:48

I'll skip on these at the present moment, the price for 100g is already a put off anyhow I felt an aweful taste in the mouth that kept staying without moving on.
perhaps still too young for a tuo but I havent been really impressed by any of those qing tuo these few years or maybe I'm not a tuo person

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