Zang Xiang smell/taste in puerh

[auhckw]

I have heard few people saying that 'Zang Xiang' smell/taste for puerh is good / better grade... but so far I couldn't identify it.

What in the world is 'Zang Xiang'? I was told it is from a kind of tree, so what tree is that?

I wan to go smell the tree to identify the so called good smell/taste of Zang Xiang in puerh

[Mr. Usaji]

"Xiang" 香 means aroma/fragrance. Apparently "zhang xiang" 樟香 means camphor aroma. People say pu'er smells/tastes like camphor, but I still don't know what that actually smells like.

[TwoPynts]

...People say pu'er smells/tastes like camphor, but I still don't know what that actually smells like.

It smells like Vicks VapoRub.
http://www.vicks.com/products/vaporub
But only if it grows near camphor trees, which often it does.

[zhi zheng]

樟树 (zhang shu) is Camphor Laurel. It is believed that these trees were sometimes planted in with tea trees to act as a natural form of pest control. In any case there are old tea trees that produce tea with a camphor aroma/flavour.

Yes, think Vapour Rub or Tiger Balm (but rather more delicate and, well, nicer!)

[apache]

Storing your pu'erh in a chest made of camphor laurel timber can impart this aroma as well ...

[auhckw]

Or...

Since Zang Xiang smells like Vicks VapoRub...

B4 drinking tea, rub some Vicks on the nose then drink tea... can get same result