2011 YUNNAN SOURCING "MANG FEI" AGED MAO CHA MINI RAW PU-ERH TEA CAKE

This little 100 gram cake is composed entirely from 2007 spring material from Mang Fei mountain in the county of Yongde (Lincang prefecture). After picking, the mao cha was stored in Yongde for 3 years until 2010 when it was purchased by us and stored in our Kunming warehouse and then finally pressed into mini cakes in the summer of 2011. The taste is very floral and relatively mellow for a Yongde tea. Still the tea liquor and mouth-feeling is thick and pungent but not over-powering. The aging that occurred when the tea was in mao cha form brought out it’s subtle essences while at the same removing much of it’s brutish Mang Fei intensity.

White wrapper, no nei fei
100 grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo leaf tong)

1 Tasting Note

Asaf Mazar

Overall the flavor is a bit mild, yet the first 2 infusions often have decent flavor strength.

Brewing about 3 grams of this one in a competition tasting set right now.
Wet leaves after the wash have a wonderful damp forest smell.
Yummy semi-aged flavor with sour fruit notes.
Floral elements in the aroma. Fresh mouth feel.
Only slightly smoky on first infusions.
Note that the leaves were aged in mao cha form for 5 years before pressing. This is apparently a great way to speed up the aging process.

Overall seems like a good value currently at $4.50 for 100 grams.
Its nice to be able to buy a a whole cake at only 100 grams.

2012-11-08 01:01:41 -0500

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