Official Pu of the day

[apache]

In the last 2 days, I was drinking 2006 Xingshunxiang Yiwu Zhengshan and 2008 Hai Lang Hao Lao Ban Zhang & Man'E.

Thank for MarshalN and Hobbes recommendation of the Xignshunxiang Yiwu
http://half-dipper.blogspot.com/2007/06 ... gshan.html
It doesn't disappoint me, it's very nice to drink now and have some substance, or it is not thin.

For the HLH Lao Ban Zhang & Man'E, I followed Hobbes' school of tea brewing technique, pain taking slowly pick out the leaves from the cake, it taste much less bitter than I remember, it's almost tasted delicious. I don't know whether this is due to less breakage of the leaves or because most of the leaves I picked is at the surface of the cake and oxidized much more than the inner leaves or better still, I stored the cakes correctly and they turn the corner? Anyhow, it's much more enjoyable than ever before. However, I notice the price of this cake is inflated much quicker than anything I know.

I find the 2006 version to be worse than the 2004. I think the 2004 is a real find.

This is interesting, I don't know whether it's 2006 or any other year, as there is no date on the wrapper.

[shah82]

I would say that it's simply taking care, wrt the Ban'E. It's very nice if you're uber careful all the time. That's why I never got a cake even though I liked my sessions after my first more than the Douji Banzhang that I was trying out at the same time. It's just too much work to enjoy and I'd never be very prone to drinking 400g of it. Lao Man'E's bitterness doesn't really get all that mitigated by age. At least it's a tasty and clean sort of bitterness.

[MarshalN]

In the last 2 days, I was drinking 2006 Xingshunxiang Yiwu Zhengshan and 2008 Hai Lang Hao Lao Ban Zhang & Man'E.

Thank for MarshalN and Hobbes recommendation of the Xignshunxiang Yiwu
http://half-dipper.blogspot.com/2007/06 ... gshan.html
It doesn't disappoint me, it's very nice to drink now and have some substance, or it is not thin.

For the HLH Lao Ban Zhang & Man'E, I followed Hobbes' school of tea brewing technique, pain taking slowly pick out the leaves from the cake, it taste much less bitter than I remember, it's almost tasted delicious. I don't know whether this is due to less breakage of the leaves or because most of the leaves I picked is at the surface of the cake and oxidized much more than the inner leaves or better still, I stored the cakes correctly and they turn the corner? Anyhow, it's much more enjoyable than ever before. However, I notice the price of this cake is inflated much quicker than anything I know.

I find the 2006 version to be worse than the 2004. I think the 2004 is a real find.

[apache]

In the last 2 days, I was drinking 2006 Xingshunxiang Yiwu Zhengshan and 2008 Hai Lang Hao Lao Ban Zhang & Man'E.

Thank for MarshalN and Hobbes recommendation of the Xignshunxiang Yiwu
http://half-dipper.blogspot.com/2007/06 ... gshan.html
It doesn't disappoint me, it's very nice to drink now and have some substance, or it is not thin.

For the HLH Lao Ban Zhang & Man'E, I followed Hobbes' school of tea brewing technique, pain taking slowly pick out the leaves from the cake, it taste much less bitter than I remember, it's almost tasted delicious. I don't know whether this is due to less breakage of the leaves or because most of the leaves I picked is at the surface of the cake and oxidized much more than the inner leaves or better still, I stored the cakes correctly and they turn the corner? Anyhow, it's much more enjoyable than ever before. However, I notice the price of this cake is inflated much quicker than anything I know.

[AdamMY]

2004 or 2005 Changtai Yiwu, not sure on the year because its been quite some time since I've bought it.

[debunix]

Very nice combination!

I like a punchy young sheng with that combination too.

In fact, I need to head to the tea shop about now....

[nickE]

Tried something experimental today. I was in the middle of brewing up some 2003 7581 Shupu from YS; it wasn't bad, but it wasn't really capturing my attention, so...

I got out some Piave cheese and fresh sourdough bread I picked up the day before and tried them all together. At first, when I ate the cheese I could not taste the tea at all; it tasted like water. After that I developed a cycle of cheese -> bread -> tea which worked out pretty well.

The cheese tasted great after a cup of the Shupu and the bread absorbed the really intense flavors from the cheese. Not bad!

[kaminix]

Got a Dayi shu puerh 7632 from 2008 a month or one and a half ago from Yunnan Sourcing.

Link: http://www.yunnansourcing.com/store/pro ... roduct=228

I actually got one with dui wei half on purpose to see what it was, I had heard about it before but never experienced it so I wanted to learn more about how it develops. Also, this cake was split with Shinzou of this forum (not a very active and very new user).

I've tried it three times so far, first time was when I just got it, third was just before I wrote this.

First try
With some friends, clearly noticable dui wei but I didn't mind it so much really. Perhaps because we had lots of sweets present and I don't think it was brewed so strongly. After this tasting we broke the cake up and split it between us.

Second try
By myself, I think right before christmas so not so long after the initial taste. Brewed it very strong (i.e. lots of leaf) and couldn't stand the strong dui wei. Ended up throwing the batch away actually.

Third try
Brewed it a lot weaker (not so much leaf) as I didn't want to throw a lot away this time, but steeped it a bit longer to get a strong flavour either way. The dui wei is still very noticable but surprisingly a lot of it has already gone away. It may be that I'm using about half or less leaf compared to last time, but I'm still surprised at how drinkable it is.


Also, I woke up to a very nice view to enjoy while drinking my tea. Greetings from Sweden! I believe it's a european silver fir, my favourite conifer.

[nickE]

Enjoying another session of YS 2010 Big Snow Mountain / Daxueshan / 大雪山 / Yongde (I love Babelcarp). Anyway, it's good stuff; there's some powerful kuwei along with nice flavors. Only 4 steeps in right now, though.

[Milhouse]

Started the morning off with some early 2000's Dayi ripe continued from the night before. Starting to become tired of it since has been my daily drink for the last 5 days. So i decided to move onto some loose aged sheng. A little grassy with a spicy bite w/o any astringency. Thick and creamy w/ a hint of sweetness after the 12 infusion. I'm really liking this one.

[iannon]

Where is the Ge Deng from?

Sorry..should have mentioned that. its one of a few samples i got from Yunnan Sourcing. This is one of their "house brand" ones. Strong aroma but mild flavor so far

[debunix]

Where is the Ge Deng from?

[iannon]

2010 Ge Deng tonite..first try at it.

[debunix]

Today the 2008 Yi Wu Bamboo aged puerh from Norbu, mellow caramel-sweet-anise, such lovely stuff, glad I bought a bunch of it.

Yesterday some of the 2007 White bud sheng also from Norbu, another favorite puerh.

[BioHorn]

had a great session with a visiting friend drinking
1993 Menghai 7542
6grams in porcelain gaiwan
from Essence of Tea
The order got held up thanks to the crazy winter weather in England. But it was worth the wait.

This was my first try of a properly aged sheng. Before I had only had young sheng and aged shou.

Very nice tea. It arrived with the majority of the weight made up by two big chunks. The pieces looked powdery, but turned out to be fine.
It kept going to the 12th flush. Amazing how the later steeping flavor profile just kept going and going while slowly fading. I still have 20 grams left. I hope to dial in the steepings a bit better next time around.

The tea was not smokey or bitter. Nice and woodsy like dried leaves in autumn. Not too mushroomy. Created a nice buzz around my tongue.

quick wash
1st-15 sec 195 F
2nd-15 sec
3rd-20 sec
4th-32 sec 200 F
5th-45 sec 209 F
6th-60 sec (should have gone longer) 206 F
7th-2 min boiling
8th- 3 min
9th- 5 min
10th- 10 min
11th-overnight







If you want more pics:

http://picasaweb.google.com/KiteHorn/Me ... 1993PuErh#