2023: Nice cotton candy sweetness. This is the sweetest of all the raw pu-erhs I have been sampling. It is indeed thick with a buttery mouthfeel, as described. The flavor is kind of “empty,” like how a good Keemun tea can be – deceptively simple. It feels like not much else is going on, but if you pay attention there are hints of florals, fruits, and maybe some oak at the edges of your sips. Definitely an easy drinker.
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I’ve got a whole cake of this stuff now – All of the above is still true for me, but also has a nice grassiness to it. Unlike a typical green tea grassiness, it is kind of morphing into a more grainy/hoppy direction but still pretty grassy. Good tea.
Now as I continue drinkng through this cake, I am noticing more leathery notes which I greatly enjoy. Interesting, because the tea remains lighter in color and flavor, while I typically associate the leathery notes more with black teas.
I’ve got a whole cake of this stuff now – All of the above is still true for me, but also has a nice grassiness to it. Unlike a typical green tea grassiness, it is kind of morphing into a more grainy/hoppy direction but still pretty grassy. Good tea.
Now as I continue drinkng through this cake, I am noticing more leathery notes which I greatly enjoy. Interesting, because the tea remains lighter in color and flavor, while I typically associate the leathery notes more with black teas.