Yunnan Sourcing

a very smooth and tasty aged tea! about 12 years of age does this tea good! very mellow camphor, mushroom and earthy taste :D

many thanks to Scott Wilson and Yunnan sourcing for this wonderful tea! :D

My friend said he tastes tobacco in this tea, and So does his wife. So I decided to take a hard look, or we can say taste. I notice some tobacco taste. However, it’s still more of wood to me

2012 Xiaguan “Jia Ji Tuo” Raw Pu-erh tea in box * 100 grams
Bought from yunnan sourcing.
Time for a proper review.
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Review:

Small clay teapot; gongfucha.

Dry leaf: green, musty, sweet, fruity.
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Wet leaf: green, sweet, fruity, wood.
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1x short rinse.

Light steep: I taste/smell; (smell) slight —> sweetness, berries (unknown), fruit (peaches?), green, wood(?). (Taste) light -→ honey, spices, bitterness, wood, book paper/parchment, peaches, fruity.
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Medium steep: I taste/smell; (smell) [same as light steep]. (Taste) light
—> book paper/parchment, bitterness. Medium -→ honey, wood, spices.

Heavy steep: I taste/smell; (smell) [same as light steep. Hard to tell if some aromas are missing]. (Taste) medium bitterness. Medium/strong
—→ honey, spices, wood.

All in all a extremely yummy tea! Cha qi imparts a complete relaxation. Very good! I rate a 99/100 only because it would be perfect if it had some earth and fermentation.

give it a go for what its worh! its almost a steal for the price! :D

Where to buy: http://yunnansourcing.com/en/xiaguan-tea-factory/2264-2012-xiaguan-jia-ji-tuo-raw-pu-erh-tea-in-box-100-grams.html

Bonus photos

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3. (my order from yunnan sourcing) https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ3OL-Ygqd5/

today’s tea: what a yummy tea!

dear tea friends, have you tried this one before? whats your experience with this tea?

i have not had this tea for a while too and it is still awesome! i can safely say i prefer sheng puehr :D funny thing when i get the lodging home staff to try it one says “what? the stinky poo ehr?” another says “i don’t drink anything that sounds like its got poo in it” I’m like the Chinese word pu doesn’t mean poo it has nothing to do with poo

(PS: forgot to check the yes under recomended)

Time for a full review:

When I brew the tea, the leaves smell like a nice honey smell.

When I look at the leaves they look like green tea leaves :D

When I look at the tea liquid it looks like yellow orange

When I smell the liquid it smells like smoke, spice, and honey. The same when I taste it :)

What a lovely tea!

a sweet and spicy tea! in this one, I taste more honey flavor than spices

many thanks to Scott Wilson and Yunnan sourcing for this awesome tea

and so i have now run out of this tea :( it was too good to run out of! if i could, i’d give it a 200 rating because it was so good.

i shall order another box or two of this next time and i will order a box of the sweet version :)

a tasty tea! surprisingly the yak butter part tastes great!

thanks to Scott Wilson and Yunnan sourcing for this amazing tea!

this is still an ok tea. i just don’t know why i all of a sudden like the tea when i firs try it then all of a sudden i don’t like it as much after a few cups

so i ordered more of this, it still tastes yummy and peppery :D

i only have 2 peices left of this tea. its been a blast so far! and it will be a blast to the end. so i removed it from my cupboard. no worries i will order more sometime

so i have been drinking this tea lately and it is still awesome! :D

still tastes peppery and is really yummy. i think people should buy a few of these when/if they can. im buying another one soon. when the cake gets thin enough you can just tear a few small chunks off and enjoy the tea ;)

time for a full review:

when i smell the dry leaves, it has a nice musty smell to it.

when i smell the wet leaves, it smells like a lovely black tee with lots of pepper smell.

when i taste the tea, it has the common black tea taste with lots of pepper flavor and some spicy flavor too

an awesome tea! tastes just like rose dian hong black tea minus the rose taste :D

many thanks to Scott Wilson and Yunnan sourcing for this tasty tea!

Very interesting. This had some earthiness at the start, but I’m on steeps 4-5-6 and that’s gone. It’s has a smidge of sweetness on the finish, but just a touch. This one reminds me more of a coffee. It’s pretty bold. There are some other flavors that I can’t quite pick out, perhaps because I’m exhausted.

It’s good, fo sho!

Lewis & Clark Traveling Teabox – Tea #19
I love these types of teas… I’d crave this when I crave something light. These fuzzy little sickles don’t have too much flavor but I love the flavor that is there. I’m not sure why I rinsed the leaves as there doesn’t seem to be many fuzzies in the mug I was sipping anyway. It’s very smooth! Sweet and light, hints of melon, cucumber, lemon, bit of creaminess. The flavor seems to morph with every sip. I wanted a second steep but I waited too long the next day/overnight… I wouldn’t be tasting the tea at its finest.
Steep #1 // 2 tsps // 35 min after boiling // rinse // 2 min

I’m leaving a note without a rating because I need to come back to this one.

It’s a lovely cake, loosely compressed. I measured out 5 grams, put it in my teapot and took a sniff. WHAT is that scent? Pause. Sniff. PICKLES!!!

But yeah, it smells like kosher dills. Before any of you smartasses suggest that I may be preggers, I assure you that I am not. :p

I brewed it up in spite of my nervousness, and the taste… also pickley. I admit to feeling a little run down, so it’s possible that I am getting sick and my sniffer may be off. I’m not congested this AM, but I feel like something is going on here. It’s a bit of a mystery.

If I try this again and get the same scents, I am going to send a few samples off to friends to see if it’s just me…

I just lost the note for this one too. Sigh. This one is much different from the other 58 I had the other day. Much more complex but to be fair, I did use two teaspoons rather than one this time. The flavor is so deep like unsweetened chocolate, dry like a wine. Kind of like a dragon pearl. The color of the cup actually has the color of wine. The second steep has that oversteeped mulchy flavor.. which is funny as the shape of these leaves actually remind me of mulch/wood chips… they just have a black with hints of gold color. The first steep was delicious though. Probably my fault on the second steep.
Steep #1 // 2 tsps // few min after boiling // 3 min
Steep #2 // just boiled // 4+min

These dark and wiry leaves don’t seem very “light roast” to me, though the color of the mug is a light gold. Brewed it has a fragrance like a lapsang souchong. I don’t mind smokiness, but otherwise the flavor seems like sour plums. It’s funny this is a “purple” tea if it reminds me of plums. It reminds me of a tea I’ve tried before but I couldn’t say which one but otherwise doesn’t seem like black teas or pu-erh. Not terrible but there are other teas I’d be craving more!
steep #1 // 2 tsps. // 15 min after boiling // 3 min

i really like purple teas of Dehong. This one is no exception. the taste is complex. Its like mix of smoked meats, raw nuts, maybe floral, but on the background. in other words it tastes savory to me. Some spice makes it complete.
Gongfu method
5g 100ml gaiwan 200F
rinse/5/5/10/10/15/20sec etc

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Lewis & Clark Traveling Teabox – Tea #11
A solid green tea with twisted wirey leaves. The flavor is a bit on the light side, but it has the creamed corn flavor I love. Maybe my palate hasn’t gotten around to figure out these flavors yet… they’re all “creamed corn” to me. Not much else for me to say, sadly, though this could be a dependable green to have in the cupboard.
Steep #1 // 30 min after boiling // 2-3 min

I thought I already had this tea but the package was sealed so it was a nice surprise. I brewed a couple of cups this morning and I seem to get a spicey edge from this one. There’s a bit of that apricot taste . Smooth, not bitter, a light sweetness. This seems to be a pretty good young sheng.