Official Pu of the day

[mr mopu]

2011 YS Wuliang
It is not a bad tea, especially considering its original price but I can not see it turn into a typical aged sheng pu.

May I ask what you mean by this?

Too much greenness and vegetal character, I miss the punch. On the other hand I am quite new in the ageing so I might be wrong. Actually I would be happy if this cake would turn into something good after a decade or so.

For myself, I am not happy if a tea turns into a typical aged sheng. Most aged shengs are just ordinary teas. I want something that pulls me into it, that makes me go wow, or ahh. If a young tea doesn't have that wow or ahh, I'm not buying it. Price is not the factor for me, not that I'll spend any amount on a tea. I won't buy a tea because it's a bargain. I am way past that point on this journey.

Have you tried any of the mid 90's Cnnp 7542's? I brewed 15 grams over 5 days and probably 15 10 oz. cups. Very nice tea.

[Tead Off]

2011 YS Wuliang
It is not a bad tea, especially considering its original price but I can not see it turn into a typical aged sheng pu.

May I ask what you mean by this?

Too much greenness and vegetal character, I miss the punch. On the other hand I am quite new in the ageing so I might be wrong. Actually I would be happy if this cake would turn into something good after a decade or so.

For myself, I am not happy if a tea turns into a typical aged sheng. Most aged shengs are just ordinary teas. I want something that pulls me into it, that makes me go wow, or ahh. If a young tea doesn't have that wow or ahh, I'm not buying it. Price is not the factor for me, not that I'll spend any amount on a tea. I won't buy a tea because it's a bargain. I am way past that point on this journey.

[gasninja]

2010 Mansai in my $2.75 thrift store 200 ml fangu zisha. This pot is great. I can't believe I found a yixing of this high quality at a thrift shop. I wish I could Upload pics. Anyway the tea is nice. Excellent aftertaste. The tea has some flaws it is fairly drying and astringent . This could be from sun drying but the broken leaf of the mansai doesn't help either. But this is balanced out by the strong aftertaste. I'm happy with how this is coming along. Allot of these 2010 eot teas seemed to be going down hill for a while. This had me worried as they where heavily represented in my tea cabinet. But lately I they Have been performing well.

I placed an extra 2 grams if 2005 tongqing hao in the pot. This is a tea that is all mouthfeel qi and throatiness. It really smoothed things out. I need to blend more. I have several teas that I have bought specifically for blending 2003 7582(Sunsing) this 05 tong Qing (puer shop)hao even the 05 yan Qing hao falls into this category. Teas that have some excellent aspects but are severely lacking in others. These examples have excellent mouthfeel aftertaste and qi but very
Ittle flavor or ku wei. These teas can usually be found for pretty cheap. Then when combined with a brash slightly rough flavorful tea it can yield surprisingly good results. Plus it's fun to experiment.

[solitude]

2011 YS Wuliang
It is not a bad tea, especially considering its original price but I can not see it turn into a typical aged sheng pu.

May I ask what you mean by this?

Too much greenness and vegetal character, I miss the punch. On the other hand I am quite new in the ageing so I might be wrong. Actually I would be happy if this cake would turn into something good after a decade or so.

I just read the notes from the YS blind tasting events which was done last year and the participants mentioned a green tea property for the 2013 wuliang. I know, it is not the exact same tea but the overall character should be similar. It was the kappa sample.

http://jakubtomek.blogspot.sk/2013/07/y ... to-nu.html

http://www.twodogteablog.com/?s=kappa&submit=Search

http://half-dipper.blogspot.sk/2013/07/ ... kappa.html see the comments

[Tead Off]

2011 YS Wuliang
It is not a bad tea, especially considering its original price but I can not see it turn into a typical aged sheng pu.

May I ask what you mean by this?

[solitude]

2011 YS Wuliang
You might remember this one. Hobbes was thrilled by it and later it suddenly sold completely out from the YS site creating a kind of a myth around this sheng. I was lucky enough to buy a cake and taste it by myself. After three years most of the bitterness is gone, together with some of the huigan. The smell of the wet leaves is captivating with tobacco, grass and also with the residue of the higher notes from its youth. The characters from the smell are also present in the liquor however in combination with a dominant vegetal flavor. The thickness and the mouthfeel is good, though. In the early infusions I noticed some citric taste of which I am not a fond of. It is not a bad tea, especially considering its original price but I can not see it turn into a typical aged sheng pu.

[the_economist]

2000 commissioned 8582, HK storage. Easy to drink, not a bad tea for a daily dose in the office.



The two Qingyin pots are photobombing.

[MarshalN]

2007 Golden Melon Tribute Tuocha

bland shu unless i did something wrong. can't complain because i got a free sample

"In a blind tasting session in Kunming, this tea won against a so called 'vintage 50-60 aged tea', and a famous brand vintage 2005 ripe tea, both costed 10 times more!"

feel like i need to start a second tea to save this day

tasting done by whom?

Probably the vendor selling this tea, lol

[chrl42]

2007 Golden Melon Tribute Tuocha

bland shu unless i did something wrong. can't complain because i got a free sample

"In a blind tasting session in Kunming, this tea won against a so called 'vintage 50-60 aged tea', and a famous brand vintage 2005 ripe tea, both costed 10 times more!"

feel like i need to start a second tea to save this day

tasting done by whom?

[MarshalN]

2007 Golden Melon Tribute Tuocha

bland shu unless i did something wrong. can't complain because i got a free sample

"In a blind tasting session in Kunming, this tea won against a so called 'vintage 50-60 aged tea', and a famous brand vintage 2005 ripe tea, both costed 10 times more!"

feel like i need to start a second tea to save this day

A 50-60 years old tea that only cost 10 times more than this melon cannot possibly be very good. The price should be about 1000x or more.

[insanitylater]

2007 Golden Melon Tribute Tuocha

bland shu unless i did something wrong. can't complain because i got a free sample

"In a blind tasting session in Kunming, this tea won against a so called 'vintage 50-60 aged tea', and a famous brand vintage 2005 ripe tea, both costed 10 times more!"

feel like i need to start a second tea to save this day

[Puerlife]

Tea Urchin Gao Shan Zhai 2011 Autumn – Wonderful dry leaf fruity aroma in the packet. First couple infusions had a creaminess. But after infusing, the aroma changes to a warning. After two easy, pleasant infusions because the leaves were still compacted(this sheng stuff is a piece of cake, who says newbies can’t handle it?), aaakkk a sharp bitterness takes over. Woke me up, though.

[gasninja]

Moo

Nope.

You haven't missed much IMO: some nice mint and qi, but no bingdao magic (plus a summer feeling to me). I'll try the Tony&2Dogs' bingdao, your description looks fine even if it shouldn't be the highest grade(?).

I initially wasn't impressed with the mengdai. But this tea needs a little time e and attention. I really doesn't even get going until the 7th or 8th infusion. Then it becomes really enjoyable for the next fifteen or so infusions. Worth checking ou IMHO.

03 Wisteria zi pin this tea can be hit or miss. But its shining this morning. Love the effervescent feeling it gives in the throat.

[puyuan]

even if it shouldn't be the highest grade(?).

Don't know if it actually is, but I'm pretty sure that was what they were aiming at with these cakes.

[fdrx]

Nope.

You haven't missed much IMO: some nice mint and qi, but no bingdao magic (plus a summer feeling to me). I'll try the Tony&2Dogs' bingdao, your description looks fine even if it shouldn't be the highest grade(?).