Autumn Song

Tea type
Pu'erh Tea
Ingredients
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Flavors
Dry Grass, Fruity, Apple, Sweet, Grass, Lemon, Mineral, Musty, Toasty, Apricot, Pear, Vegetal, White Grapes, Apple Skins, Wood, Autumn Leaf Pile, Graham Cracker, Maple Syrup, Asparagus, Citrus, Floral, Green Pepper, Vanilla, Flowers, Honey, Spinach, Grapes, Vegetables, Zucchini, Dried Fruit, Raisins, Rice Pudding, Camphor, Citrus Zest, Menthol, Sweat, Fish Broth
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Caffeine
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Edit tea info Last updated by Cameron B.
Average preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 0 min, 30 sec 5 g 6 oz / 174 ml

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From Mandala Tea

The fragrant mountain leaf
extends its song.
My kettle adds the harmony.

It is with great joy that we unveil a most magnificent raw pu’er. Our Autumn Song 100 gram sheng cake was pressed in March of 2014 using meticulously picked and processed mao cha from early October 2013 outside of Da Hu Sai village. Grown without pesticides, this tea tested 100% pure and is from trees that are between one and two centuries old.

The tea gardens on Da Hu Sai are at an elevation of and above 6500 ft (2000 meters). The mao cha used to create these cakes is comprised of 3-to-1 and some 2-to-1 leaf to bud ratio. Long, broad, gorgeous leaves weave together like silver thread in this handsome and tasty cake.

In our experience with both the mao cha and the pu’er, we discovered that this potent and pleasurable tea can take whatever we throw at it water temperature wise and in steeping style. In Da Hu Sai, when younger leaves are used, the villagers will frequently use water temps around 195 F in the beginning of a session while increasing the temperature in later and longer infusions. But there are no rules in tea brewing so we recommend trying this at full-boil from the beginning as well. Just make it your cup of tea.

Soft and slightly citrusy, with hints of vanilla and crisp white tea are evident while super-clean essences of grain and spiciness also make themselves known. No smoke present, just refreshing and sweet sheng pu’er flavor.

Energy wise, this tea sharpens our focus and heightens the senses. Several of our yoga teaching friends and customers adore the way this tea opens up the chakras and gets the qi flowing. Let the Autumn Song be sung through you!

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33 tasting notes

Will need to write a more detailed description next time when my tea drinking isn’t interrupted by errands and other things, but I’m very glad I bought this one! It’s very sweet and light, with a little fruity/hay flavor? Reminds me a lot of Whispering Pines Tea’s Moondance white tea, which I love, but a more grown-up version. Not bitter or overpowering, but pleasantly energizing, with just a hint of a darker, woodsy-ness underneath.

Flavors: Dry Grass, Fruity

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93
19 tasting notes

This tea has a very fruity and sweet taste! would definitely recommend

Flavors: Apple, Fruity, Sweet

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93
15 tasting notes

This is the first pu er cake I bought. Once I brewed it up and tasted it, I knew I had to have it!

Dry leaf: A sweet, grassy, hay or alfalfa like scent.

Brewed cup: Golden yellow. There is a sweet lemon taste throughout all infusions. I will post a more detailed review when I next drink it, for right now this is just a placeholder.

Flavors: Grass, Lemon

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 0 min, 15 sec 3 g 6 OZ / 177 ML
Garret

So happy you are enjoying this. It is nearly an every day drinker for me! Thanks for writing up your review. Grateful, Garret

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96
21 tasting notes

Toasty tea with long leaves that impress as they brew.

Flavors: Mineral, Musty, Toasty

Preparation
2 g 6 OZ / 177 ML

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95
7 tasting notes

Boom,

I found my sheng! Either that or I really figured out how to brew this one perfectly. 195 degrees 5/5, 7/7, etc. Took down the temps and steep times a bit. This tea is delicious. Lots of fruit characteristics and no bitter qualities whatsoever. Don’t think I’ll need to order any other Sheng cakes besides these ones for a while! Another great offering from Mandala!

Flavors: Apricot, Pear, Vegetal, White Grapes

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 0 min, 15 sec 5 g 6 OZ / 180 ML
Garret

Oh yes! I’m really happy you enjoy this one. It’s a winner in my book. Thanks for writing up your impressions of our teas, Tyler! I am grateful.

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26 tasting notes

It is February 18, at 9:30pm it is 69 degrees here in KC. The very first push of Spring and it is bringing with it an energy and excitement that I would imagine humans around these parts have been familiar with for centuries. The first sign that the end of the cold season is at hand. I was hoping to sit down to a tea that had a similar sort of energy and this one has lived up to that hope.

So far I have steeped it for 5s, 10, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 seconds, and still it shows no signs of slowing. Most of the flavor I am getting out of it is a combination of apple, grapeskin, pear, and dry wood. It has a powerful astringency that combines all of the notes together and finishes sweet. This is one I would definitely consider buying.

Flavors: Apple, Apple Skins, Dry Grass, Pear, White Grapes, Wood

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 0 min, 15 sec 8 g 3 OZ / 100 ML

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93
526 tasting notes

This tea is where it’s at! This brew was a deep and resounding brew for me. The dry leaf had a strong white grape and wet wood scent. The colors even remind me of an autumn day. The cake has long strands of light brown, gold, and muddled green. I warmed this up in my brewing vessel. The aroma of maple syrup and apple trees came inside. I washed this treat and began my brewing. The steeped tea gave off a bitter green scent, but it had a sweet graham cracker crust undertone. This tea was surprisingly juicy. The huigan was thick and lasting. This brew gave me a strong mouth feel with slight fruity tones. This soothing liquor was all covered with a light oak tone. The qi was smooth and steady. I enjoyed this thoroughly. The scent, colors, and all around feeling from this tea is of an autumn day. This will be perfect for an October sunset in the future.

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Flavors: Autumn Leaf Pile, Graham Cracker, Maple Syrup, Sweet, White Grapes

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 7 g 3 OZ / 100 ML

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85

This tea came very, very close to beating Wild Monk as my favorite offering from Mandala Tea. The notes of vanilla and mega floral sweetness were a real surprise after an astringent first couple of steeps. Definitely worth checking out!

Flavors: Asparagus, Citrus, Floral, Green Pepper, Vanilla, Vegetal

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 30 sec 8 g 4 OZ / 125 ML
Brian

i liked this quite a bit as well.

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107 tasting notes

Gongfu, 1 tbsp, 200. 30-45 secs. The last time I reviewed this tea it was a few months ago, and it was one of the first shengs I had ever tried. At the time, all I could taste was seaweed. Fast forward a few months, and dozens of teas later, 2-3 a day, every day, all kinds and my palate has completely changed. It’s crazy. I have no idea how the heck I ever tasted seaweed. This tea is sweet; the first steep very much so, I taste white grapes, citrus. Later steeps get a tad bitter and dry. It’s amazing how much a person’s palate can change in such a short amount of time!

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100
673 tasting notes

a nice and mellow tea! :D

when I smell the leaves dry, it smells floral.

when I smell the leaves wet, it smells like spinach.

when I smell the brewed tea, it smells lightly like spinach then after it has sit a little while it smells like flowers

when I taste the brewed tea, it tastes like honey with just a tad hint of flowers.

many thanks to mrmopar for this amazing tea!

Flavors: Floral, Flowers, Honey, Spinach

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec 7 g 25 OZ / 750 ML
TheTeaFairy

Granted! This is a good one :-)

mrmopar

This is a nice one Kirk for sure!

Kirkoneill1988

it was awesome :D

mrmopar

I don’t know if you have tried the “wild mountain”green from them but it is pretty bang up too. Next swap.

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