This is one of the puerhs I received many moons ago from Michelle. Thank you!
I took two days off; as I really need it and moreover I have too many overhours and I am supposed to have zero in the end of the year. And they refuse to pay overhours as it is more expensive for them. So… two days off. Who cares that on Friday I will stay there again to the evening?
And as I am almost home alone, I decided to call it a tea day… if possible drinking some old teas (and this one definitely fits); and also found unopened bag of Green Valley by teakruthi, 4 years old green tea. Whoops!
Anyway, this tea… served in a gaiwan, 7 grams (note to self: 3 grams remaining), 125 ml, boiling water, short steeps starting on 5 seconds; quick rinse, 5 minutes humidity absorption in closed gaiwan.
Very earthy in the nose, both liquor and leaves, the latter one being also wet forest floor and little bit of tar (reminds me tar shampoo from Finland).
The liquor is thick, smooth and maybe a bit of creamy? In terms of flavour I would say woody and creamy, no matter how those two does not go well together. Later steeps have more thickier texture and more wet forest notes, however never got a too strong or too barnyard notes as some puerhs have.
Definitely, this is a tasty puerh. Yes, it tastes somehow typical for shu… but for me, most importantly, it doesn’t have any off notes. Clean and woody. Wet forest. Great for gloomy days.
A tea day sounds delicious! I wouldn’t mind a book day, myself.
Time (almost) alone is a treasure sometimes! I need a bit of solitude now and then. Enjoy!
Glad you were gifted the time to enjoy the tea!