Yunnan Sourcing

a nice tea to wake up with :D wakes you up well :)

a nice little tuo-cha :) tastes good to me :P although not as good as the other Pu-ehr i got from Yunnan sourcing

reminds me of those glue sticks in grade school with the rice sent lol :P
also i never heard of the herb they use in this tea before :)

thank you to Scott Wilson and Yunnan sourcing :)

Today I sat down with the last of my second brick of the 2010 version of Menghai’s Lao Cha Tou ripe pu erh brick. I’ve now gone through 500g of this stuff. My remaining chunk was around 9g so I just used the whole thing in a 185ml yixing instead of having 2 smaller weaker sessions. Also, it’s nice to finish with a tea in my daily rotation box as it makes room to take a new one out of storage and add it to the rotation! :)

I like this tea because it is deep, dark, rich, and creamy. Perfect when I’m in the mood for a creamy rich decadent puerh that gives and gives. I’m on my 7th steeping at 15s and the liquor is black, and I mean BLACK! I can hardly see through it when I’m pouring the tea into the pitcher or cup! And that’s after SEVEN steepings!!! The flavor profile is not very complex… notes of dark chocolate syrup, leather, and perhaps a hint of dark cherry wood. Very dark and rich. Not much in the way of cha qi, and some mild hui gan in the early steepings.

This tea becomes interesting in the later steepings as the leaf portions start to open up and change while the nuggets are still giving strength to the tea. In typing this I moved on to my 8th steeping at 20s… still black, but now I can see through it when I hold it up to the light. I love it! I’ll probably approach 20 steepings of this tea today. While it’s nothing too spectacular this is a great tea for a dark, rich shou pu erh experience. Another solid shou from Menghai.

EDIT: On my 17th steeping now, the tea is still giving a golden – amber colored liquor and has really opened up with a deep soft lingering sweetness after an early punch of mushroom with light floral essence. Still tasty!

so this time I use the last remains and steeped the initial steep for 10 minutes :) it tastes awesome! all the flavors I previously listed are intense and tasty

time for a full review:

when I smell what’s left of the bar, it smells nice and musty :)

when I smell the brewed tea it smells like earth. like a forest floor smell :)

when I drink the tea it is just like the smell :D really mellow and smooth too

I steeped this tea two times in a row

an awesome tea! :D once again many thanks to scott Wilson and Yunnan sourcing :)

An awesome and extremely smooth and mellow ripe Pu-ehr tea! :D i can taste earthy taste. its the best smooth and mellow ripe Pu-ehr i have ever tried! :D many thanks to Scott Wilson and Yunnan sourcing

i can’t help but say this. WHAT A LOVELY TEA!

2013 yunnan sourcing blue snake cha tou ripe puerh brick 250g review.

Engraved dragon teapot gongfucha

Dry leaf: musty, earth, fermentation, roses.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BIIdU3aArg4/

Wet leaf: same but intensified.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BIIda35gW8j/

2x medium rinses.

Light steep: I taste/smell;
slight —> cream, mushrooms, marshmallows. Light -→ camphor, roses, metallic (copper).
Medium earth/fermentation.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BIIdXmzg861/

Medium steep: I taste/smell; slight cream. Light to medium —→ camphor, roses, metallic (copper).
Medium earth/fermentation.

Heavy steep: I taste/smell; light —> cream, mushrooms. Medium -→ camphor, roses, metallic (copper). Strong earth/fermentation.

All in all a wonderful tea. Lovely taste, aroma and cha qi. I have not had this tea for over a year. I’m glad I bought two bricks. One for my place and one for grandmas place.

Bonus photos:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BIIfyNiAN6A/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BIIdPRIAwpY/

Bonus video: https://www.instagram.com/p/BIIgk4xgsZw/

so i used up the last little bit, and it was awesome! tastes like roses!

this tea ages well and fast :)

so i have no had this tea in months, it was sitting in my dresser. so it still tastes really good :D

still a yummy tea! i think there’s been a change in the taste… i can add camphor to the taste i think. im not sure though. still its like walking between the trees through a muddy forest (in a good way lol)

so i have not had this tea in a long time and it has been sitting in my dresser beside my bed for a while :( but it still tastes great! :D still has the strong earthy taste :D

i have not drank this tea for a while :P still has a nice and earthy and rose taste :D tastes better for some reason, maybe it aged as bit? i don’t know the brick seems to break apart so i don’t have to chisel it :P

im changing the score :) 90 —→ 100

a yummy tea! :) tastes like strong roses too :) though when brewed it smells a tad bit fishy but for some reason has no fishy taste :) maybe it should be aged more thus why the fishy smell. still a yummy tea. thank you to the staff at Yunnan sourcing and to Scott Wilson

Another blend from YS. I liked this one quite a lot. It’s quite easy to drink young, but still feels like it has the potential to age. Kind of that cereal sweetness, with some astringency but not too much. It’s thick, with a medium high kick factor, and has got a little huigan. Going to pick up a cake of this for sure.

time for a full review :)

the smell of the dry leaf is a lot like my other pu-ehr review :) a nice musty smell

the smell of the steeped tea is nice and smooth with a somewhat smokey smell

the taste is somewhat smokey but has taste of roses and smooth and somewhat like a black tea :)

I am going to keep the score the same :)

I received this as a free sample :) another wonderful tea :) nice and smooth and a tad Smokey in taste :) many thanks to Yunnan sourcing and Scott Wilson for this amazing free sample. :D

Revisiting the 2006 nan jian Phoenix ripe puerh mini brick.

It’s been a few years since I’ve first reviewed it. So wats revisit this tea.

Gongfucha, gaiwan.

Dry leaf: sweet, musty.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BkJNPRInN1G/?taken-by=kirkoneill1988

Wet leaf: musty, sweet, camphor, spicy, fermentation(?)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BkJNTRGHC9J/?taken-by=kirkoneill1988

1x medium rinse.

Light steep; I smell/taste:
(Smell) slight autumn leaves.
(Taste) slight —> salty, camphor(?). light —> clay, autumn leaf, sweet

Medium steep; I smell/taste:
(Smell) light —> camphor, autumn leaf, sweet.
(Taste) slight salty. Medium —> autumn leaf, camphor, sweet.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BkJNRYRnS5o/?taken-by=kirkoneill1988

Heavy steep; I smell/taste:
(Smell) light —> musty, autumn leaf, sweet
(Taste) medium salty. Medium to strong camphor, autumn leaf, sweet.

All in all. Still a delicious tea.

As for salty taste I think it is just the camphor. Or could be just me or the way I store it. So I don’t blame the tea. Still I’d give it a go. (Rating stays the same)

Where to buy: https://yunnansourcing.com/products/2006-nan-jian-phoenix-ripe-pu-erh-tea-mini-brick

Enjoying some Phoenix ripe brick. It’s been sitting for like 5+ months lol I found it like two weeks ago among my stash! :D a new note! SAND! It’s like a mix of camphor and sand taste. The camphor is strong too!

just finished the rest of this tea up, will buy more in the future!