2005 Xiaguan " Wild Tree" Raw Pu Er Tea Cake

The first batch of “Ye Sheng”(Wild tree) raw Pu Er tea produced by Xia Guan Tea factory. Carefully-selected the wild-growing tea trees leaves to blend with the old tree tea leaves, it creates a very special & unique Xia Guan recipe raw Pu Er tea.
The Ye Sheng tea has the strongest Chaqi. After sipping, it seems to be its tea liquid is very subtle and delicate, its Chaqi will come out slowly & slowly, and the after taste sweetness can last very long time.
This tea is also with strong Xiaguan light smoky aroma character. Good for long-term storage and investment.
Type of tea: Raw Pu Er
Vintage: 2005
Composition: Yunnan wild-growing tea trees + old trees
Brewing guidelines: i)Gaiwan: around 5-8 per time (based on personal taste); the first several infusion is 92-95C degree or 190F for about 10 second; then the later is about 15seconds. P.S, pour the water around the edge of Gaiwan to avoid burning the tender tea buds; don’t pour the hot water on the tea leaves straightly
N.W: 357g/cake
Producer: Xiaguan Tea Factory

2 Tasting Notes

Zeks 2 tasting notes

Quite nice. This is the first Shen puer I drink (I have been drinking shens only for 2 years cause I didn’t even know shu existed) and I can say I quite like it. The cake has a rich, strong fruity smell . Breaking it into smaller chunks to brew tea is not that hard even without any instruments and tea starts to give it all it’s got nearly from the very beginning.

The taste stronly reminds me of prunes and persists for at least 8 brewings. I can imagine that one can quickly get tired of this tea if drinking nothing else, but as I usually have 5-6 variaties in my cupboard I don’t think this will ever present a problem :)

2012-04-21 15:14:14 -0400

205 °F / 96 °C

1 min 0 sec

I Like This

4 likes

0 comments