2005 Naka

Tea type
Pu'erh Tea
Ingredients
Green Tea Leaves
Flavors
Mineral, Scotch, Smoke, Spicy, Tobacco, Wet Earth, Wet Wood, Smooth, Sour, Almond, Oak, Plum, Apricot, Wood, Dried Fruit, Medicinal, Pine, Raisins, Astringent, Decayed Wood, Drying, Sap, Wet wood
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Caffeine
Medium
Certification
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Edit tea info Last updated by d11t
Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 30 sec 6 g 4 oz / 105 ml

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  • “5g / 90ml Hongni “Fang Xia” from Essence of tea Dry leaves: camphor, peat, sweet hay Wet leaves: baked pears, ash, smoke, medicinal herbs. The aroma is sweet and pleasant, with nothing offensive....” Read full tasting note
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  • “Relaxing. Couldn’t be bothered to remove old leaves for we go high and last thoughts from the pot. Naka isn’t my favorite taste/scent profile so it was an experiment. Eh. Energy is good. Taste...” Read full tasting note
  • “I usually like smoky and spicy puer but this did not satisfy my craving. Medium body, smooth finish, and slightly sour I felt this tea is meant for drinkers who enjoy darker brews of coffee or...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Got a 20 gram sample of this tea. Must say I was quite impressed. Brewed up a deep orange color. I did 8 steepings of 10 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec and 1 minute. ...” Read full tasting note
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From white2tea

Naka raw puer tea pressed April first of 2005. Stored in excellent humid, but not too humid conditions. The first couple of steeps retain astringency. Depth of feeling in the throat and slick texture in the mouth. Our opinion is that this tea generates an uncommon body response of deep calm.

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278 tasting notes

Woo woo woo

This tea is something else. It’s yummy, but I’m decidedly woozy and will have to wax eloquent on THAT later. I wanted to get an initial note down quick. This leaves me with a very distinct sinking feeling. It’s like you’re on vacay in a swank-ass hotel and you collapse back onto an ultra soft and fluffy bed, sinking away into a cloud. I’ve also had a similar feeling in savasana after a long ashtanga yoga session.

To sum up: Tea=good=happy=super feelings=wooooooooooo

This one isn’t cheap, but I believe samples are available, so get one. NOWZ.

Edit: I’m currently sitting on my couch, reading text message fails, and laughing like a hyena. Tears are, quite literally, streaming down my face. This stuff is the real deal. If I could, I’d buy it all.

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 0 min, 15 sec 4 g 2 OZ / 73 ML
DarkStar

Thanks so much for the notes on this one Sarsonator. I almost bought a cake of this a year ago. It was choice between this one and The Tao Cha Ju LBZ. I got the LBZ but always think “what if?”. Guess I need to get a sample before it’s all gone:)

SarsyPie

Have you ever seen a woman get her ass kicked by a tea? Because that’s me like RIGHT now. :p

AllanK

The only tea that ever did that to me was the Serenity Liu Bao by Fang Gourmet Tea.

Stephanie

Oh wow!!!

Cwyn

Amen to this one, pure tea drugs. I have two cakes of it and would buy it all if I could. As I noted on my review, the much-less expensive 2007 bamboo Naka from Chawangshop has a similar but lighter effect. Not the same full-on buzz, but a bit of it for less money.

SarsyPie

I’m still thinking about it today! I had the giggles like crazy! So fun!

Cwyn

Lol my son has to listen to me babble when I drink it.

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This is the most intense tea I’ve tried to date. That is, the stoner kind of tea. 8 grams per 125 ml of this and I become unbearably wonderful. And I can’t shut up. Also, I crave salty snacks and chocolate. After 8 steeps I turn into Spinoza and start writing mystical essays.

I can only attribute the effect this tea has to the small mountain tea leaves of the wild trees on Naka mountain, as opposed to the plantation or terrace type of teas produced in the same area. I compare two cheaper Nakas and even sent a sample of this to a friend to be sure I’m not crazy.

If the price of this tea scares you off, I can recommend the 2007 Spring Naka Qiao Mu Bamboo Raw from Chawangshop which also appears to be the small mountain leaf, and I got a bit of a buzz on that, nowhere near as intense as this tea. But an okay substitute, and I have reviewed that here too. This 2005 Naka has a slight humid storage which I prefer to the drier storage of the Chawangshop bamboo.

More comparisons on my tea blog, http://deathbytea.blogspot.com.

Flavors: Apricot, Wet wood

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 8 g 4 OZ / 125 ML

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