“Wet leaves smell butter, woody earthy and fresh The texture is thick oily Taste is suprisingly buttery, I mean reaaally buttery in my oipinion, earthyness, minerals and afterwards fruity Huigan ...” Read full tasting note
“092/365 Brought this one to work today so I can spend a whole day with it. I’ve heard good things about this one (it’s another from Dark Matter 2016), so I’m excited to give it a go. As I’m at...” Read full tasting note
“Gongfu! It’s finally feeling, and looking, more like Autumn in the park now; so I took the opportunity yesterday to have a tea session of this ripe pu’erh because I guess I’m leaning in hard to...” Read full tasting note
“1/10 ratio and 212F Breaking in my new teaboat with Grizzly Bear. I really enjoyed this shou. It’s very clean and zero funk. Sweet and earthy, spice tingling. Later steeps brought pretty...” Read full tasting note
This ripe Puer is one of our best bang for your buck offerings. Similar to how “Gong Ting” refers to the Imperial Palace grade of ripe Puer, this 1kg “Tu Si” ripe Puer brick was originally bestowed upon tribal leaders and therefore of higher quality. This tea was acquired as private stock through a close acquaintance within the Zhong Cha tea company in 2007, and is available in limited quantity. Produced in 2006 in Menghai, it has since spent its time in controlled Kunming dry storage.
Our Grizzly Brown ripe Puer shares several traits with our Moose Crown, such as a smooth, thick body, a mouth-filling feeling and overall clean taste. During the initial brews it exhibits a slight forest taste (at least in comparison to the Moose Crown) for the first 2 or 3 infusions. After this point it has a date-like sweetness that is very easy to drink. It has a big, present taste and body, but without all the mud and dirt that come with a lot of lower quality ripe Puers.
The soup starts off as a bright orange-amber that gradually gets darker through infusion 1-7 before starting to taper off again. After drinking, it leaves a slick feeling in the mouth and a sweet fragrance.
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This tea has been privately stored within the family since 2007 after being acquired through a close connection within the Zhong Cha tea company.
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