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“Again a puerh from Michelle, thanks to Rich as well. Again, somehow random choice from the box and prepared western. I took one chunk and loose tea in, but I haven’t weighted it. It turned out...” Read full tasting note
“This was a very tasty ripe tea by Puerhshop. It started out with a sweet note and no real bitterness. It did have a fair amount of fermentation flavor but that flavor was not the unpleasant sort...” Read full tasting note
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PuerhShop.comAgain a puerh from Michelle, thanks to Rich as well.
Again, somehow random choice from the box and prepared western. I took one chunk and loose tea in, but I haven’t weighted it.
It turned out pretty well after about 5 minutes steep. Its aroma was mostly antique store, lightly earthy and pleasant.
However, it taste it was somehow weak, quite boring, lighlty woody and kind of sweet. Brown sugar comes to mind.
It seems that this tea faded a lot, afterall it is from 2008. We will see how last chunk will do in gongfu brewing.
Flavors: Brown Sugar, Earthy, Woody
This was a very tasty ripe tea by Puerhshop. It started out with a sweet note and no real bitterness. It did have a fair amount of fermentation flavor but that flavor was not the unpleasant sort and it certainly was not fishy. It was dark and rich in the early steeps. By the twelfth steep it had thinned out a bit but there was still a nice color to it. I suspect I would have gotten between two and four more steeps out of it. It was very good but not spectacular.
I brewed this in a 150ml gaiwan with 11g leaf and boiling water. I gave it a 10 second rinse. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec, 1 min, 1.5 min, and 2 minutes.
Flavors: Earth, Sweet
Age shouldn’t have too much of a weakening effect on shou. I’d guess leaf quality or poor storage. Try a bigger chunk?
I know that. I think it wasn’t truly premium leaf. I don’t know… maybe too dry storage?
Or I just used too little tea. We will see how different it will be during gongfu brewing.
I look forward to that note :) Curious.