This early 1980’s tea, if the date is to be believed, is the oldest puerh tea I’ve had so far. Got me a 20 gram sample pack for $25. Broke off 5 grams for tasting in a 70 ml Yixing. Brewed up red and brown, and got dark brown in later steeps. Tasted of wet earth and minerals. Wish I could get a full cake of this! The tea has traditional Hong Kong storage, so you will want to air this out good, and if you don’t like a bit of musty in your tea, then you might have to take a pass on this. But it is really good, well worth ordering at least once!
Full review in my blog at http://deathbytea.blogspot.com
Flavors: Mineral, Wet Earth
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Sounds like a winner!
You’ve been coming around to traditionally stored stuff!
As you can see, not a moldy tea in the blog photo. I think your Ding Xing Hao cake is a braver drink than this.
god I really want that pot. hopefully he’ll reserve one for me. maybe no tea buying for a couple of months would justify that purchase
Wait, what? Did you say pot? I’m missing something over here. :P
the 70ml Yixing from Tony
Oh that. Lol. Hope you get one, the coupon gets the price below $100.
Sounds like a winner!
You’ve been coming around to traditionally stored stuff!
As you can see, not a moldy tea in the blog photo. I think your Ding Xing Hao cake is a braver drink than this.
god I really want that pot. hopefully he’ll reserve one for me. maybe no tea buying for a couple of months would justify that purchase
Wait, what? Did you say pot? I’m missing something over here. :P
the 70ml Yixing from Tony
Oh that. Lol. Hope you get one, the coupon gets the price below $100.