Finally got myself a bit of this tea to try – almost every time I order from YS a sample of it ends up in my cart only to be purged before I hit checkout. Thanks to whoever put some in the TTB! I’ve heard this one is pretty dank, but I didn’t really find it to be so. Dry leaf was a little sour and woody smelling. After a rinse, I got some bigger wood notes, a bit musty, some dry leaves.

The tea started off quite thick and only got thicker as I steeped it. It was smooth and slick; mouth-coating and sweet. I didn’t get any unpleasant off-tastes like I have sometimes experienced with aged sheng. Just sweet woodiness with a little bit of a mossy flavor going on as well. Again, not particularly dank or anything. The texture became almost like melted butter by the middle of the session – very nice. Probably the highlight of this one.

This seems like it was stored very well – it’s aged without being super dank, but certainly could age further – there was still a little bit of a dryness in the corners of my cheeks and mild astringency in long steeps. I remember seeing (or hearing about) this tea being about $79 or something – at that price I think it would be very hard to resist picking up a cake. At the current price of $119, a little bit easier to resist…but I’m still considering it.

Flavors: Moss, Sweet, Thick, Wood

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 7 g 3 OZ / 100 ML
tanluwils

I was close to getting this one when it was $87. It had an excellent combination of complex woody, camphor, and medicinal notes we expect in good aged tea with some mustiness to add character and of course that nice buttery texture. I do think I missed out, but I still have a little left to savor before it becomes a memory.

tperez

I like that one a lot, I got my cake about five years ago and I think it was around $60 then… It seems like sheng prices start to go up rapidly after they hit the ten year mark :(

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tanluwils

I was close to getting this one when it was $87. It had an excellent combination of complex woody, camphor, and medicinal notes we expect in good aged tea with some mustiness to add character and of course that nice buttery texture. I do think I missed out, but I still have a little left to savor before it becomes a memory.

tperez

I like that one a lot, I got my cake about five years ago and I think it was around $60 then… It seems like sheng prices start to go up rapidly after they hit the ten year mark :(

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