This is rather nice sheng as it isn’t bitter at the first steep which I am so use to with shengs now. The aroma, look, and taste is all right there in regards to what I look for in my sheng now. I think it just misses that smooth finish when it comes to the mouth feel.
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The 2011 is really good as well.
I think I fell into the trap of pu’erh… the older the better; the older the more $$$ it cost; the more $$$ it cost the lower amount I will have.
Buy early and build a pumidor! I had the 2011 aged a few years and it turned out well. The 2009’s Scott pressed are coming into their own as well. There are still bargains just have to know where to find them. If you get hung up finding one let me know as I bargain shop as well.
I’m just impatient… I have two contacts in China that have been making claims about their pu’erh being xx years old and all, but I told them I want samples first. I got the answer I wanted being a no. I figure if a pu’erh cake is authentically as old as someone tells me, they won’t let samples go out. The only issue wit this is that they respond about 11-12 days after I contact them. I’ll be getting my first cake from one of them in a few weeks. Their other teas have been fantastic. I also have a contact who has some aged oolong, but $90 an ounce is way out of my budget ____ and that is discounted… the tea from that farm is superb though :)
The 2011 is really good as well.
I think I fell into the trap of pu’erh… the older the better; the older the more $$$ it cost; the more $$$ it cost the lower amount I will have.
Buy early and build a pumidor! I had the 2011 aged a few years and it turned out well. The 2009’s Scott pressed are coming into their own as well. There are still bargains just have to know where to find them. If you get hung up finding one let me know as I bargain shop as well.
I’m just impatient… I have two contacts in China that have been making claims about their pu’erh being xx years old and all, but I told them I want samples first. I got the answer I wanted being a no. I figure if a pu’erh cake is authentically as old as someone tells me, they won’t let samples go out. The only issue wit this is that they respond about 11-12 days after I contact them. I’ll be getting my first cake from one of them in a few weeks. Their other teas have been fantastic. I also have a contact who has some aged oolong, but $90 an ounce is way out of my budget ____ and that is discounted… the tea from that farm is superb though :)