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Pu-erh Tea by Yinsheng Tea Company
This tea was on the reserve list of many collectors, 2005 saw it was sold in an auction for over 305 RMB ($41 USD) because it contained small volume of Banzhang tea leaves – which was considered as the best source of Puer tea. You could not get it in local Yunnan market anymore!
- Green Pu-erh Tea Cake Sample 20g
- Vintage: 2003 unfermented or raw
- Premium class
- Loose tea leaves
- Caffeine: Moderate
- Special-Reserve
This is definitely not a maidenly tea. The first steeping has notes of musk, cheese, and a surprising bitter bite for a puerh. Subsequent steepings are sweeter.
Update: As I’ve continued on with the re-steeps this tea has transformed into a sweet, floral, slightly peachy tea. It’s very nice.
This tea wasn’t as good as I thought it would be. It has the typical flavors of a sheng pu: peachy sweet over a tobacco bitterness and a little smoke. The first infusion is tasty with a robustly bitter aftertaste. The second infusion becomes surprisingly more harsh, not really sure why. Turns much dryer and very shengpu-like. I was hoping to taste a little bit more age in the tea but that was not the case.
On the second steep at 30s. This tea goes surprisingly green fast. It’s rather young. The Banzhang shows itself as some curt bitterness quickly. However, there’s a nice run of cedar-inflected sauna notes and a good “woodsy” character that’s fresh and migrates towards a lingonberry character.
