Maybe my palate still needs developing, but I didn’t like this as much as others have said, and certainly not as much as the YS 2012 Yong De Blue.
For the price it’s a good daily drinking Ripe. I quite like fermentation flavour, which is there, but not fishy. It’s certainly earthy with forest floor notes, and some sweetness comes through more after steep 4. For me it weakened after steep 5 with only 7.5g leaf in a 100ml Gaiwan, but was better with 9g. Maybe it doesn’t need 2 rinses.
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Almost nothing is like 2012 Yongde Blue! But the Yongde Blue snake 2013 is very similar, more affordable (now) and actually steeps out longer
i’ve tried a yongde. (2013 Yunnan Sourcing Yong De Blue Label Ripe Pu-erh tea cake) i was not too fond of it. although “2013 YUNNAN SOURCING BLUE SNAKE CHA TOU RIPE PU-ERH TEA BRICK” is better and has the same wrapper IMHO.
as for this tea, io never tried it :(
Almost nothing is like 2012 Yongde Blue! But the Yongde Blue snake 2013 is very similar, more affordable (now) and actually steeps out longer
i’ve tried a yongde. (2013 Yunnan Sourcing Yong De Blue Label Ripe Pu-erh tea cake) i was not too fond of it. although “2013 YUNNAN SOURCING BLUE SNAKE CHA TOU RIPE PU-ERH TEA BRICK” is better and has the same wrapper IMHO.
as for this tea, io never tried it :(