This is a very tasty ripe puerh with very little bitterness and a fair amount of fermentation flavor. I would say the fermentation taste went away by the fifth or sixth steep. It was a sweet puerh. I would venture to say notes of chocolate and it definitely developed a fruity flavor in later steeps. I should also note that the fermentation taste to this tea was very clean, I didn’t notice any fishy notes but I don’t always notice this. I steeped this ten times and it would have gone a few more. But on this my first real Sunday off in years I want to go on to a different tea, maybe the White Whale from White2Tea.
I steeped this tea ten times in a 120ml gaiwan with 9.1g leaf and boiling water. I gave it a 10 second rinse and a 10 minute rest. 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. Judging by the color in the tenth steep I think this would go fifteen steeps at least.
Flavors: Chocolate, Earth, Fruity, Sweet
Soo good!
This was my first time trying the loose, I have the cake and that was good too.