In the quest to sample all my Menghai Tea Factory/Dayi sheng puerh, I’ve met this tea again.
Not much has changed in the 9 months since last brewed. It is smoother, not quite as biting but still bitter mid-mouth, resinous, then most notably lingering low in the back. I notice now an oiliness giving way to that full-mouthed astringent-drying quality. Ashy damp stone fireplace and peat, a little dry smoked meat, cranberry-currant fruitiness maybe even a little tropical fruit, butter now, baked bread hint, rocky crag again. Camphor King. Aftertaste is dry and moves between fireplace and buttery tropical fruit. This tea absolutely glows in the cup! Th8nks again, mrmopar! I’m looking forward to comparing this to Camellia Sinensis’s supposed 1998 Menghai 7542.
Flavors: Ash, Astringent, Bitter, Black Currant, Bread, Butter, Camphor, Cranberry, Drying, Fireplace, Meat, Peat, Resin, Smoke, Tropical Fruit, Wet Rocks