Official Pu of the day

[jayinhk]

Drinking my own 2011 Dayi 7572, that's been aged here in my office for over a year. Very nice now, but I think it would be even better in two years. It is tasty, no fermentation or off flavors at all (just ripe date), but a little robust as far as body. I think it'll smooth out and develop more aroma and flavor with time. Right now it's plenty drinkable, and I keep reaching for this cake, but it willl be better down the line!

[William]

I just finished a lovely session with some Yiwu (gushu material) I recently acquired .. expansive but lovely.
Sugar cane, some orchid, maybe a bit of rose, never bitter, good stamina. Brewed with a F1 60s thin walled Hongni SP .. a good pair!

[stevorama]

2015 YS "Huang Shan Gu Shu" Old Arbor sheng pu er. Very pleasant. Brewing with a slight mushroomy taste, but that might be due to my brewing.

[jayinhk]

I bought a tong + 1 cake of 2011 7541 a few days ago (Zhongcha production). It arrived absolutely devoid of aroma! Shocking. I'm hoping it'll wake up here. I've never had entirely aroma-free 7542 so this is truly a surprise. I'm hoping it's just the Kunming warehouse storage that killed it and it's not just crap material. Time will tell!

What inspired you to buy in the first place?

I just revisited a 2004 sheng that initially seemed barely aged (stored in cryostasis maybe!) It has developed a nice camphor aroma since I got it a year or two ago.

Steve, the price was right. I bought it to age since I suspected it probably wouldn't have been aged well. The entire lack of aroma is a bit surprising, though. I'll give it several months to soak up some moisture and then check it out again. There's a good chance this tea has been in cryo because it was sold by a wholesaler who moves a lot of volume! I'm hoping it rebounds (I bet it will).

EDIT: a day later and the tea is starting to smell like pu erh. Just a hint of aroma. LOL. Let's see what happens in a month.

[stevorama]

I bought a tong + 1 cake of 2011 7541 a few days ago (Zhongcha production). It arrived absolutely devoid of aroma! Shocking. I'm hoping it'll wake up here. I've never had entirely aroma-free 7542 so this is truly a surprise. I'm hoping it's just the Kunming warehouse storage that killed it and it's not just crap material. Time will tell!

What inspired you to buy in the first place?

I just revisited a 2004 sheng that initially seemed barely aged (stored in cryostasis maybe!) It has developed a nice camphor aroma since I got it a year or two ago.

[jayinhk]

About to dip into my stash of dry storage shu--not sure what I want yet, but I am definitely in the mood for ripe pu tonight.

I bought a tong + 1 cake of 2011 7541 a few days ago (Zhongcha production). It arrived absolutely devoid of aroma! Shocking. I'm hoping it'll wake up here. I've never had entirely aroma-free 7542 so this is truly a surprise. I'm hoping it's just the Kunming warehouse storage that killed it and it's not just crap material. Time will tell!

[mr mopu]

I keep hearing about certain pu'erh making people sleepy, would be nice to have a stash on hand and know which ones to get for that. i.e. When you get tea drunk you'll know it

Honza's 2015 Mengsong Old Tree literally knocked me out a couple times after just 2-3 cups (5g/~60ml).
http://www.chawangshop.com/index.php/20 ... -200g.html

Dunno if it works that way for anyone else though; certainly not for Cwyn
http://deathbytea.blogspot.de/2015/05/2 ... e-and.html

Must have something to do with the fermentation or aging process. Is 2015 Mengsong Old Tree shu or sheng? I don't see it on chawan shop site.

It was a sheng. Been sold out a while now.

[victoria3]

I keep hearing about certain pu'erh making people sleepy, would be nice to have a stash on hand and know which ones to get for that. i.e. When you get tea drunk you'll know it

Honza's 2015 Mengsong Old Tree literally knocked me out a couple times after just 2-3 cups (5g/~60ml).
http://www.chawangshop.com/index.php/20 ... -200g.html

Dunno if it works that way for anyone else though; certainly not for Cwyn
http://deathbytea.blogspot.de/2015/05/2 ... e-and.html

Must have something to do with the fermentation or aging process. Is 2015 Mengsong Old Tree shu or sheng? I don't see it on chawan shop site.

[victoria3]

Frisbeehead: 18% off for the next week, if you're interested! The 03-05 7542 is a good one. Still a little astringent but most of it is gone. The 01, on the other hand, is all mellow. I just picked up a dryer-stored 04 7542 (for HK traditional storage) but have yet to try it! High hopes for that one.

Victoria: I call that sleep inducing feeling cha qi. I most noticely found it in a big way in Organic Kirishima sencha from O-Cha, which surprised me greatly! It seems to be green teas and pu erh that have that effect on me; I don't think I've ever found it with an oolong. In particular, good young pu erh/unpressed sheng maocha from old trees seems to knock me out like that. The Kirishima sencha is a lot cheaper, though!

Sencha making you want to sleep- now that's something I've yet to experience! I'll have to try it out. I thought cha qi was more a state of elegant calm, one of the reasons I love oolongs. As I slowly explore the pu'erhs ferg gifted me, I hope one sleep inducing one is in the stash.

[jayinhk]

Frisbeehead: 18% off for the next week, if you're interested! The 03-05 7542 is a good one. Still a little astringent but most of it is gone. The 01, on the other hand, is all mellow. I just picked up a dryer-stored 04 7542 (for HK traditional storage) but have yet to try it! High hopes for that one.

Victoria: I call that sleep inducing feeling cha qi. I most recently found it in a big way in Organic Kirishima sencha from O-Cha, which surprised me greatly! It seems to be green teas and pu erh that have that effect on me; I don't think I've ever found it with an oolong. In particular, good young pu erh/unpressed sheng maocha from old trees seems to knock me out like that. The Kirishima sencha is a lot cheaper, though!

[kuánglóng]

I keep hearing about certain pu'erh making people sleepy, would be nice to have a stash on hand and know which ones to get for that. i.e. When you get tea drunk you'll know it

Honza's 2015 Mengsong Old Tree literally knocked me out a couple times after just 2-3 cups (5g/~60ml).
http://www.chawangshop.com/index.php/20 ... -200g.html

Dunno if it works that way for anyone else though; certainly not for Cwyn
http://deathbytea.blogspot.de/2015/05/2 ... e-and.html

[victoria3]

Last night I finally got tea drunk at our tasting on Tony's 1995 Origin Mengku Ye-Sheng-Da-Ye Raw Puerh Cake gifted to me by Ferg. I could really get into this stuff similar to marijuana effect...

Sometimes I wonder what it's like being "tea drunk". I've never drank alcohol so I don't even know how being drunk feels.
The most I get out of some teas is being lightheaded, little bit slower, sleepy, calm. I drank a 2007 Mijin from Awazon 2 days ago. I lay on the couch, closed my eyes for a minute and an hour passed. I might try this tea at night. :O

I keep hearing about certain pu'erh making people sleepy, would be nice to have a stash on hand and know which ones to get for that. i.e. When you get tea drunk you'll know it

[Xeractha]

Last night I finally got tea drunk at our tasting on Tony's 1995 Origin Mengku Ye-Sheng-Da-Ye Raw Puerh Cake gifted to me by Ferg. I could really get into this stuff similar to marijuana effect...

Sometimes I wonder what it's like being "tea drunk". I've never drank alcohol so I don't even know how being drunk feels.
The most I get out of some teas is being lightheaded, little bit slower, sleepy, calm. I drank a 2007 Mijin from Awazon 2 days ago. I lay on the couch, closed my eyes for a minute and an hour passed. I might try this tea at night. :O

[kuánglóng]

I really like pu'erh from Yiwu, as it tends to be a bit sweeter and more mild, but I like all styles of pu'erh really. I think I'd like to get a semi-aged/aged cake from one of the factories, such as ...

Three more ...
I recently sampled some of this stuff ...
http://www.greenteaguru.co.uk/shop/new- ... i-storage/
... well aged w/o any warehouse funk, mellow, sweet and fruity, almost to mellow for my taste.

Not that bad either ...
http://www.greenteaguru.co.uk/shop/raw- ... uerh-cake/
... pretty complex (fruity, balsamic, medicinal) and smooth, like mentioned in the description

and this one ...
http://www.greenteaguru.co.uk/shop/raw- ... -erh-cake/
... a rather quiet and sweet autumn sheng that surprised me with distinct notes of vanilla custard

[stevorama]

2009 Big Classic "Remote Mountain Old Tree" Shou Pu Er from YS. A thick and full-bodied tea. Good value too.