The more times I drink this tea, the more I recognize how amazing it is. Some pu-erh teas can have a very complex flair when very young that recedes over the years and perhaps never comes back. This one, even though it changes noticeably, remains interesting and tasty with every passing year, at least so far.
Even the aroma is surprisingly complex for a 5 year old tea. It is sweet with notes of coffee, dried cranberries, and pumpkin. The taste is herbaceous and grainy at first, with a bread flavour present. Second steep is quite sweet with mild citrusy note as well as malt and pine flavours. The third one brings more woody bitterness of tree bark, but also honey and cloves flavours.
Flavors: Bark, Bitter, Bread, Citrusy, Cloves, Coffee, Cranberry, Dried Fruit, Grain, Herbs, Honey, Malt, Pine, Pumpkin, Spicy, Sweet, Woody
