I took just a little bit of this out of the Puerh TTB. I must say, at this stage of its life, it is not fit for Matu consumption. I would say “not fit for human consumption” but it seems others before me have at least found this a palatable brew. The dry leaf smelld a bit smoky, with some straw and tobacco notes. After a rinse, I smelled some fruitiness, along with a heady tobacco aroma.
It started off weird, but not horrible. It had an odd note that I struggled to explain. Kind of like fruit but not particularly sweet. There was a slight smokiness to it, leading to an aftertaste which reminded me distressingly of bacon. The first steep was the only one which was really palatable for me. After that, it took on a weird flavor that seemed like what I might get if I were to steep duct tape in boiling water. There were other, more recognizable notes, but that one dominated.
I think this probably could be a decent tea with a decade or more of age on it, but right now I couldn’t even drink it. The later steeps may have been better, but I had little interest in finding out.
Flavors: Bitter, Fruity, Smoke, Tobacco
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This is an ager. Mengsong material. It should progress like you said in a decade or so.
I’ve been there, and I totally despise notes of bacon or bbq in my tea. Those are reserved for a lunch entree. I don’t know how one can age out notes of duct tape, but if you’re confident the tea has good base there’s no hurt in ignoring it for a decade or two. Otherwise, it’s not worth the storage space.
Yea – definitely one that isn’t intended for drinking now. I’ve had baby Xiaguan tuos and such before that were at least drinkable and moderately tasty. This one was just wacky. Perhaps that strange flavor I was tasting is specifically selected to age into something else.
Oh, I don’t have anymore of this – just pulled about 4g out of a TTB. Not really at the point in my pu “journey” to be acquiring teas I need to hang onto for a decade anyways :)
Soon, soon…
“steep duct tape in boiling water”
haha, amazing
Yeah I’ve had marinade tea but never bacon, thank the tea gods
I see a future pumidor…..
In the future I might get a second pumidor for teas that I just want to put in there and forget about for a great number of years lol.
Mrmo always knows these things….
I wish I could more skillfully evaluate the potential of a tea. I have a large paper bag filled with teas mostly from Puerhshop that are decent and will hopefully age into something more interesting.
This is an ager. Mengsong material. It should progress like you said in a decade or so.
I’ve been there, and I totally despise notes of bacon or bbq in my tea. Those are reserved for a lunch entree. I don’t know how one can age out notes of duct tape, but if you’re confident the tea has good base there’s no hurt in ignoring it for a decade or two. Otherwise, it’s not worth the storage space.
Yea – definitely one that isn’t intended for drinking now. I’ve had baby Xiaguan tuos and such before that were at least drinkable and moderately tasty. This one was just wacky. Perhaps that strange flavor I was tasting is specifically selected to age into something else.
Oh, I don’t have anymore of this – just pulled about 4g out of a TTB. Not really at the point in my pu “journey” to be acquiring teas I need to hang onto for a decade anyways :)
Soon, soon…
“steep duct tape in boiling water”
haha, amazing
Yeah I’ve had marinade tea but never bacon, thank the tea gods
I see a future pumidor…..
In the future I might get a second pumidor for teas that I just want to put in there and forget about for a great number of years lol.
Mrmo always knows these things….
I wish I could more skillfully evaluate the potential of a tea. I have a large paper bag filled with teas mostly from Puerhshop that are decent and will hopefully age into something more interesting.