Gentle Giant 2022 Pasha Raw Puer from Bitterleaf Teas

Gentle Giant 2022 Pasha Raw Puer

Tea type
Pu'erh Tea
Ingredients
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Flavors
Bitter, Creamy, Floral, Fruity, Hay, Herbaceous, Honey, Pastries, Savory, Spices, Stonefruit, Umami
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Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 6 g 3 oz / 100 ml

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  • “Nice puerh! I got this tea from my BLT order, and it is a juice bomb. Beautiful leaves, with a rich savoury aroma and a vibrant yellow liquor full of trichomes, the flavour of this tea is quite...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Gongfu Sipdown (2621)! I believe this pressing is sold out now, which is a shame because it’s settled into such a soft and creamy leaning sheng with buttery notes of leafy green vegetables and...” Read full tasting note

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While this tea has all the power and might to sit you on your ass, it defies expectations with a refined and complex side as well. An initial roughness and kuwei (pleasant bitterness) are loud up front, but this tea settles down quickly, with the flavour remaining, like a long-lasting echo in the mouth. There is a nice huigan and lingering sweetness, but the early and mid portion of each sip highlight a savoury quality. Our experiences with this tea in its youngest state even yielded notes of wild mushroom.

The difference quality of material makes is highlighted by a smooth and viscous texture that fills the mouth, along with an uplifting chaqi/energy. The environment for these trees is also exactly what we look for when working with new sources. Aside from spring picking, there is barely any human intervention on the land these trees grow on. Aside from lack of use of pesticides and fertilizer, that also means no weeding or picking during summer, fall or winter (not that anyone picks during winter anyway).

We highly recommend trying this tea in comparison with our Great Expectations Pasha (qiaomu), which uses younger tree material from a similarly maintained environment. While this comparison emphasizes the subtle differences between quality of material, there is also a notable difference in terms of fragrance and experience.

Picking period: Pre-April 3

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Nice puerh! I got this tea from my BLT order, and it is a juice bomb. Beautiful leaves, with a rich savoury aroma and a vibrant yellow liquor full of trichomes, the flavour of this tea is quite decent, rich and savoury. The texture is a wonderful juice-bomb that salivates the mouth, the character is average to decent, the finish & aftertaste is decent, definitely helped by the texture of this tea, the cha-qi is underrated as it isn’t so in your face but it actually affects more of the stomach, so don’t drink this tea on an empty stomach. The steep longevity is decent to good, lasting 11-12+ steeps. Overall, a really nice tea that just breaks the 80+ for me.

Flavors: Bitter, Creamy, Floral, Fruity, Hay, Herbaceous, Honey, Pastries, Savory, Spices, Stonefruit, Umami

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 6 g 3 OZ / 100 ML
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Gongfu Sipdown (2621)!

I believe this pressing is sold out now, which is a shame because it’s settled into such a soft and creamy leaning sheng with buttery notes of leafy green vegetables and herbs, with a sweet lingering finish and hint of stonefruit in the finish. It’s one of those teas that slowly builds and then hits you all at once with both an explosion of flavours and all those warm, glow-y body feels. Definitely something that I regret not getting more of when I had the chance, but I just didn’t know how much I was going to love it when I grabbed this sample. I do see that the 2024 pressing is still around though, and if that’s the case whenever I place my next inevitable BLT order then I can almost guarantee one of those cakes will be coming home with me…

Tea Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9DjmUXujTY/?img_index=1

Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxlwL6FzPYA
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