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This is a very tasty ripe with a good amount of fermentation taste. It was a clean taste though. I didn’t get any fishy notes. There was some bitterness to this tea and a lot of sweetness. The bitterness steeped out after a few steeps and I was left with a nice sweet puerh. There were a variety of notes I would venture to say cocoa or chocolate, but somewhat bitter. I would say it developed a fruity note in later steeps. This is definitely a ripe puerh I would buy again if I was short on tea, not that there’s any chance of that.

I steeped this tea eight times in a 120ml gaiwan with 10g leaf and boiling water. I gave it a 10 second rinse and a 10 minute rest. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, and 30 sec. If I wasn’t at my caffeine limit I’m sure I could have steeped it four or five more times at least. While this may not be a tea for those with an extreme aversion to fermentation flavor it was really quite good.

Flavors: Bitter, Cocoa, Earth, Fruity, Sweet

Preparation
Boiling 10 g 4 OZ / 120 ML
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I am Allan. I live and work in Long Island, New York. I have been amassing a tea collection for nearly two years and have spent way too much money. I now try to buy mostly Puerh as I like it most and it lasts nearly forever. Black tea has a habit of going bad. If anyone is interested in tea swaps I am open to ideas and have quite a cupboard.

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