This note is for a sample of 2006 Xiaguan 8653 from King Tea which I pulled out of the Puerh TTB. It doesn’t seem to have been very humidly stored.
I honestly could barely stand to drink a few steeps of this one. After a rinse, the leaves smelled a little bit like smokey dirt and old tires. The taste wasn’t much better than that. Still far too much smoke left in this one for me. A bit of an acrid dirty taste as well. Not my cup of tea at all. Figured it might be alright, being 11 years old now, but that does not appear to be enough time for some Xiaguan stuff. Maybe would be better with very wet storage?
Flavors: Dirt, Earth, Smoke
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Dry XG takes years to age. I am drinking on one 14 years old and it is the same way. I think the compression makes them hang on to those notes longer.
Certainly seems that way. Being rather averse to smoke in puerh, I think I’ll take mine humidly stored hehe. I’ve tried a couple XG tuos around the same age that were pretty good, one of which was definitely stored rather wet for a bit. The compression seems like it would contribute to retention of the smokiness and such.
I think the tuos since they are smaller age a bit quicker. I agree on the humidity. The iron cakes need it.
Dry XG takes years to age. I am drinking on one 14 years old and it is the same way. I think the compression makes them hang on to those notes longer.
Certainly seems that way. Being rather averse to smoke in puerh, I think I’ll take mine humidly stored hehe. I’ve tried a couple XG tuos around the same age that were pretty good, one of which was definitely stored rather wet for a bit. The compression seems like it would contribute to retention of the smokiness and such.
I think the tuos since they are smaller age a bit quicker. I agree on the humidity. The iron cakes need it.