2002 Aged Wild Liu Bao Tea "803" from Guangxi

2002 aged wild Liu bao 803 review

Dry leaf: green, veggies, cut grass. I never smelled a raw puerh like this before! ( this is a raw puerh right?) what is it that I’m smelling?
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Wet leaf: im so confused! Is this a raw or ripe? If this is a raw, it smells cool aged. light earth/fermentation. heavy autumn leaves
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Just found out it might not be a sheng or shou :( I was hoping this is what aged sheng would smell like.
My friend says it could be a black tea or an oolong and a small chance it could be a sheng

So now I hear it’s a hei cha.

Well sadness aside, on with the review

1x medium rinse

I let it sit for about a half hour to 45 mins.

Light steep: I taste/smell; light —→ earth/fermentation, autumn leaves. Slight camphor.
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Medium steep: I taste/smell; medium —→ earth/fermentation, autumn leaves. Light camphor

Heavy steep: I taste/smell; strong earth/fermentation, autumn leaves. Light to medium camphor. Light mud.

All in all this is an amazing tea! The taste, aroma and cha qi is amazing. I rate a 100!

Many thanks AllanK for this sample!

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Got this in a recent YS order and tried it for the first time today. I was dismayed when I opened the bag, because it smelled like wet, almost rotten leaf pile. The only other tea I’ve tried that smelled a bit like this was almost unpalatable to me. For this I used 6g in a 100mL gaiwan with boiled water. I did two rinses because I was nervous of wetness. The liquid of this tea was remarkably clear and an orangish brown color. It got more red as the session went on. I did steeps of 7s, 10s, 15s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s. I almost certainly could have gotten more but I sort of had to rush through the session.

The flavor was dominantly wet wood, but wasn’t particularly unpleasant. The smell which had put me off in the beginning became a bit more alluring as I drank the tea, maybe just because I knew the taste wasn’t nasty. Around the third steep a sort of softer/creamy flavor started to creep in on the aftertaste, and the next steep reminded me a good bit of shou. The next one (the last I got to) had a bit of a metallic taste along with wet wood, feeling like it may have been dying, I don’t know. Glad I have 50g of this to mess around with.

i was bitten by Liu Bao bug so now i have to try every Liu Bao I see. Got a small order from Yunnan Sourcing of Liu bao last night.
I had to try it right away. normally i give some time to rest for cakes. but i thought since its loose and in ziplock and didnt travel for too long (only 10 days from China, super fast. actually out of 1o days it spent 3 days in SF mail jail ;((
Ok, the dry leaf is beautiful. long, some twisted. occasional sticks but not too many
2 rinses 6g/80ml yixing 212F
short steeps of 3/5/7 sec
i love humidly stored cakes. so i havent noticed anything off putting. this tea tastes clean to me. no fishiness or other stinkiness. it is dark rich, somewhat spicy. Also it has some quite powerful qi. i was teadrunk and it made me very warm. it was welcoming since we have a chilly weather.
I highly recommend pu lovers to check this Liu bao out

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Bought this in a recent order from Yunnan Sourcing. I have tried so many puerhs now I find myself branching out to liu baos and tian jians. This is a tea that someone who likes wet stored tea may really like. The dominant note to this tea was the note of wet wood. All aged Liu Baos in my experience seem to have this note. Maybe Guangxi is just a hot and humid place I don’t know. This flavor was especially strong in the first four or so steeps but was present in all ten steeps I gave this tea. I only bought 100g of this tea. I have a 2015 Liu Bao coming in the mail from Yunnan Sourcing. I am not 100% sure that this note is not just a characteristic of all Liu Bao teas. When I get the 2015 Liu Bao in the mail I will see if it has this note too. The 2015 will be too new to have taken on any wet storage tastes. So if it has this taste I know that it is just a characteristic of Liu Bao’s. I did manage to enjoy this tea although I am not a fan of wet storage. I am wondering if the note will dissipate in six months or a year of storage in the relatively dry climate here in New York.

I steeped this tea ten times in a 100ml gaiwan with 7g 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, and 1 min.