Did too long rinses 30/piece then started steeping. Short and simple this is a typically woodsy puer with a hint of storage and a nice tail of extremely light roast coffee. Just to claify this tastes nothing like roasted coffee rather the grain/cereal quality coffee beans can have when green or very lightly roasted. Maybe a tickle of vanillin that I sometimes get from yan cha as well but if you blink all you taste is woodsy shupu.
Where this tea shines is in the body department, give it some longer than normal steepings times starting with 40 seconds and add 30-40 seconds per steep you will end up with some viscous pleasant tea. I don’t think I can tell it is X years old although in my experience ripened don’t really ever change that much especially if they are heavily fermented from the start. I can see this being awesome grandpa and/western style steeping (after two long rinses that is).
Solid tea with a nice body and a price to match don’t expect miracles and you will enjoy this one.
Flavors: Coffee, Grain, Wet Wood, Wood
