Official Pu of the day

[Rui]

Hopefully you guys will like Jingmai Gulan. Please do not blame it on me if you don't.

[Haddemall]

Bought a cake of the Gulan in my recent buying explosion.

[kuánglóng]

Since there seems to have been a problem with the forum for the past couple of days I might as well recap what I have been sipping:

Monday and Tuesday it was the turn of 2013 Spring Jingmai from Terre de Ciel and today I am sipping 2016 Jingmai Gulan from Bannacha,

I still haven't tried anything but the Kunlu from my TdC order but the day will come for sure
I've had some of Williams 2016 Jingmai Honggu two days ago and will brew up some nicely aged 2007 Mengku Spring Tips right after I've clicked the submit button.

[Rui]

Since there seems to have been a problem with the forum for the past couple of days I might as well recap what I have been sipping:

Monday and Tuesday it was the turn of 2013 Spring Jingmai from Terre de Ciel and today I am sipping 2016 Jingmai Gulan from Bannacha,

[jayinhk]

A good grade of cha tou I bought in Kunming. Sweet and no off flavors at all and just pleasant all around. It appears to have softened some since April--I bought 1.3kg of cha tou while in Kunming, so I have plenty for the long haul and I expect it to continue to improve over the years.

[jayinhk]

2004 Xiaguan 8653 (not the iron cake). Light traditional HK storage. No humid taste at all and barely any storage aromas from the dry and wet leaf. A hint of sweetness. Lovely gushu-like aroma from the leaves after the rinse and the first few infusions. Tastes like smooth black tea, citrus and mango. Perhaps the best example of traditional storage I've had yet since there's lots of origin character. Brews up the color of copper. Really lovely tea!

[kuánglóng]

2012 Mengku Wild Arbor King

Revisiting an old standby. I have a nice collection of different vintages of this tea but this 2012 version is my personal favorite since the dominant, perfumy notes never fail to trigger a bunch of sweet memories. It's a bit tricky to brew right and get a balanced spectrum in the cup but I like it that way.

[jayinhk]

2005 CNNP 8582 (HK traditional storage). I've never had 8582 before--I thought it would age like 7542, but nope! Completely different. Much sweeter than 7542 with significant camphor. Also smoother and less thick mouthfeel than I'd get from 7542 from the same year.

I quite like this tea and I'm amazed at how different it is from 7542.

8582's are nice .

Yup! Last night's session was an eye opener

I got one from Tuocha tea a few years ago. It was the first sheng that I really liked. I should have bought all they had then.

What year was the 8582 you bought? They have some 2008s now, but I can get 2011s for half the price!

TuoChaTea's storage vs HK traditional storage:

http://www.tealifehk.com/products/2005- ... raw-pu-erh

I'm tempted to pick some up for dry storage, but they'll need at least five years to be drinkable...

[mr mopu]

2005 CNNP 8582 (HK traditional storage). I've never had 8582 before--I thought it would age like 7542, but nope! Completely different. Much sweeter than 7542 with significant camphor. Also smoother and less thick mouthfeel than I'd get from 7542 from the same year.

I quite like this tea and I'm amazed at how different it is from 7542.

8582's are nice .

Yup! Last night's session was an eye opener

I got one from Tuocha tea a few years ago. It was the first sheng that I really liked. I should have bought all they had then.

[jayinhk]

2005 CNNP 8582 (HK traditional storage). I've never had 8582 before--I thought it would age like 7542, but nope! Completely different. Much sweeter than 7542 with significant camphor. Also smoother and less thick mouthfeel than I'd get from 7542 from the same year.

I quite like this tea and I'm amazed at how different it is from 7542.

8582's are nice .

Yup! Last night's session was an eye opener

[mr mopu]

2005 CNNP 8582 (HK traditional storage). I've never had 8582 before--I thought it would age like 7542, but nope! Completely different. Much sweeter than 7542 with significant camphor. Also smoother and less thick mouthfeel than I'd get from 7542 from the same year.

I quite like this tea and I'm amazed at how different it is from 7542.

8582's are nice .

[Xeractha]

I drank a 2006 Xiaguan Xiao Fa this morning. Later the day I started chopping some wood and the smell hit me. I haven't cut such wood before as today and I realized the flavour that I tasted in the Xiao Fa was not dirt but wood and to be precise it was red oak. I think the 2005 Haiwan Lao Tong Zhi has some oak in it too. I've got so much to learn about flavours but it feels good when I can taste and tell what it is precisely.

[jayinhk]

2005 CNNP 8582 (HK traditional storage). I've never had 8582 before--I thought it would age like 7542, but nope! Completely different. Much sweeter than 7542 with significant camphor. Also smoother and less thick mouthfeel than I'd get from 7542 from the same year.

I quite like this tea and I'm amazed at how different it is from 7542.

[pedant]

teaside 2014 0380 sheng. the sample i got is in maocha form. fruity with sweet thick taste. pretty tasty stuff. this is the style of young sheng that i really enjoy atm.
reminds me a bit of hojo da xue shan.

[shah82]

2001 Mengku YYX thin wrapper in a 140 ml factory one shui pin from the 70s. While so many of my teas seem to be improving in leaps and bounds. This tea seems to getting a little flat. Its a shame I have a piece of a thick wrapper YYX I can hardly tell that it's the same material. The thick wrapper has some larger leaves . It feels like there is a bit of old tree material. But the thin wrapper cake feels like it is 100% taidi cha . I wonder if I just got a bad(ly blended)cake .

I'm always happy to see you in the comments, GN!

Lots of complaints about the aging of this cake... Be interesting if the shicang indeed has a different set of leaves.