Sat down with this as an afternoon brew as I have a sample. I agree with the other reviews that it is nothing to write home about.
It took a while to open up and later brews were more pleasant and rounded. Not a huge amount of bitterness with the brewing that I was doing. the main notes of herbs, leather and wood seemed to not last for that long and I didn’t get much of a coating mouth-feel from it. For the money I don’t think it is bad but I don’t need any more daily drinkers like this!
Flavors: Herbs, Leather, Tobacco, Wood
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If I’m not mistaken, I had a session of this and decided it wasn’t for me (or my humidor) and shipped it to my brother. Kinda wish I could re-investigate.
Hi kevdog, I got the sample of the cake from Greenteaguru, they list it as 2007 as the pressing date on the back of the wrapper was then but I figured it was the same as this one, though I guess storage may have been different. It was also from the centre of the cake with a tight compression which may have changed the aging!
I drank this when I was still new to pu-erh maybe say 5 years ago. Anything could’ve happened now. All I remember is that this tea was way too undrinkable for me to hold on to.
If I’m not mistaken, I had a session of this and decided it wasn’t for me (or my humidor) and shipped it to my brother. Kinda wish I could re-investigate.
Hi kevdog, I got the sample of the cake from Greenteaguru, they list it as 2007 as the pressing date on the back of the wrapper was then but I figured it was the same as this one, though I guess storage may have been different. It was also from the centre of the cake with a tight compression which may have changed the aging!
I drank this when I was still new to pu-erh maybe say 5 years ago. Anything could’ve happened now. All I remember is that this tea was way too undrinkable for me to hold on to.