Official Pu of the day

[auhckw]

2004 Dayi Organic Peacock Chiao Moo - Dry. Bitter. Doesn't give the Chiao Moo taste... hmmm

Also the Nei Fei seems like it is sticked on the outside with the logo facing inside... hmmm

[auhckw]

1998 Menghai 8582 raw

How was this one? I think I've had similar, or maybe slightly older (1996?) and I really enjoyed it.

The other stuff looks interesting as always! I did not realize liu bao could be green either, but it makes sense

People had already drank it many brews before I came. So there wasn't much out of it any more. But the taste of aged tea is there which is quite nice.

Raw liu bao like raw pu is cheaper than ripe. But when it is old, it can be more expensive. I have not drank raw aged liu bao before, hope to try in the near future.

[Drax]

1998 Menghai 8582 raw

How was this one? I think I've had similar, or maybe slightly older (1996?) and I really enjoyed it.

The other stuff looks interesting as always! I did not realize liu bao could be green either, but it makes sense

[debunix]

2007 Menghai Golden Needles White Lotus, carmelicious & mellow for a busy day when I need grounding.

[auhckw]

2003 Silver Dayi Raw - Taste was quite good from 1st to 4th brew as it was not strong then, but from 5th brew onwards it gets a bit tough to drink. Quite kick. This used to be very smoky when new, but the smokiness has now gone down.

[auhckw]

2011 Dayi Early Spring - this is extremely strong. not smoky. bitter of all bitterness. Find it very hard to swallow on the 3rd brew onwards. The good bitter aftertaste lasted very long. This is not for the weak taster

[auhckw]

2008 Liu Bao Raw - I didn't know there is raw liu bao. Taste was quite ok, lighter/greener version of ripe liu bao

[auhckw]

1998 Menghai 8582 raw

[auhckw]

Saw this ship made from elephant bones and tusks

[auhckw]

2011 Zhong Cha Liu Bao 7208 - Still new. Taste like ripe pu.

[auhckw]

2007 Xiaguan "Mabei" Tuocha - Not the usual XiaGuan taste. No smoky. Light. Quite easy to drink now.

[auhckw]

Naked 97 Wild Yiwu Zhang Xiang Raw - Promo price (though still expensive), cause it is naked. The shop claims the paper was eaten/destroyed by white ants... i didn't know white ants eat on the paper... hmmm

Naked


Non Naked

[nickE]

1997 Heng Li Chang Bulang

It's a darn solid cake, but, you're right, if it was about $20-$30 less it would be hard not to buy straight away.

If my memory serves me right that cake was ~$150 about a year ago. I could be wrong, though. Wish I had a cake of it, anyway...

Had a session of 2009 Mahei Yiwu from YS today. Hobbes identified the producer as Dianyi, and also had a pretty unfavorable review of the tea itself. I like it better than he does, but I see what he's talking about with the underlying roughness. It's the flowery butteriness that keeps me interested, though. I say this all the time, but I love a good Yiwu.

[the_skua]

1997 Heng Li Chang Bulang

It's a darn solid cake, but, you're right, if it was about $20-$30 less it would be hard not to buy straight away.

[G-off-re]

1997 Heng Li Chang Bulang-
This is one powerful tea. I seriously feel tea drunk after a few cups. Using short infusions and less leaf (3.5g) in my 100ml gaiwan just to tone it down a notch on its bitterness. I'm going back and forth about putting a full cake in my shopping cart as it's about $30 more than what i want to spent on a single cake at the moment.