2014 Yiwu "Iron Forge" Huang Pian Shou Puerh Tea from Crimson Lotus Tea

2014 Yiwu "Iron Forge" Huang Pian Shou Puerh Tea

Tea type
Pu'erh Tea
Ingredients
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Flavors
Brown Sugar, Cloves, Creamy, Nuts, Petrichor, Soy Sauce, Wood, Dandelion, Wet Earth, Wheat, Autumn Leaf Pile, Forest Floor, Wet wood, Umami, Cocoa, Leather, Mineral, Chocolate, Mushrooms, Wet Wood, Smoke, Sweet
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Average preparation
Boiling 0 min, 30 sec 8 g 5 oz / 137 ml

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  • “Haven’t been on here that much lately which makes me a little sad. :( Been dealing with some mental health stuff but I’m on the mend. Drinking plenty tea just not logging it. Mellow, lasting shou...” Read full tasting note
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  • “My preferences for shou don’t seem to agree well with this one, despite the praise it has garnered. Its most interesting aspect is the aftertaste with notes like brown sugar, soy sauce, and cloves....” Read full tasting note
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  • “I really enjoy this tea because it’s not a “in your face” kind of tea. Its mellow, its smooth, and it’s just plain easy to drink. The overall taste reminds me of an old farm smell…and not in a bad...” Read full tasting note
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  • “At first, I was a bit bored by the opening flavor profile because I’ve had quite a few young yiwu huang pian shous. I was like all right, I guess I’ll finish this so as to not waste it. But it...” Read full tasting note

From Crimson Lotus Tea

Forged deep in the forested mountains of Yiwu this tea brews mellow and smooth. With a potent warming energy that lights a fire in your belly this tea is perfect for cold, dark, winter mornings.

This tea is made from huang pian leaves. It will brew mellow, sweet, and smooth with deep mineral notes and a petrichor aroma.

There are two 250g bricks in this bamboo wrapped package. You can take one out and break it up to brew with now and save the other for later.

Use 5-7 grams of leaves and brew with 6-8 ounces of water at or near boiling. Wash twice for 3s each, then start with a quick steep of 8-10s. With each re-steep adjust the steep time to your taste.

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Bought this quite a while ago and am just getting around to trying it. It got lost among my puerh but got found last night. This is a fairly nice tasting ripe puerh. I agree with Rich that it is an earthy, woodsy type of puerh, although the fermentation flavor eventually faded and a nice sweet note was left behind. Not sugar sweet, hard to describe but it is good.

I steeped this tea twelve times in a 160ml Solid Silver teapot with 14.7g leaf and boiling water. I gave it a 10 second rinse. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec, 1 min, 1.5 min, and 2 min. It would have gone a few more steeps, the leaves were not done yet but I was.
Preparation
Boiling 14 g 5 OZ / 160 ML
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Simon Sim
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Not many huang pian ripe out there. Would love to try but it was sold out.

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The smell of this tea reminds me of the first shou I ever tried, which I think was some kind of Numi puerh. It reminds me of crab boil, so I’m guessing it smells like one of the spices in Old Bay Seasoning. I just don’t know which spice it is.

Fortunately, this smell didn’t really translate into the brew. I was expecting the brew to be much fuller bodied, but it was very light. It tastes woody, smoky, and sweet. There’s also a bit of lingering spice, perhaps sandalwood? I’m not good with spice identification.

After steep 10, it starts to get less woody and more smoky, sweet minerals. Very enjoyable, but nothing I would buy to keep around.

Flavors: Mineral, Smoke, Sweet, Wood

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec
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Gongfu brewed this tea gets an amazing amount of infusions compared to most shou puerhs. This is a light, sweet and smooth mellow shou with good mineral notes that I normally associate with wuyi oolong.
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This shou is quite woodsy, wet earth forest floor, lightly shroom and mineral sweet. It very much so tastes like how the forest smells on a rainy day on the west coast. Later steepings it develops a more mineral and wet stones sweet taste.

A very good daily drinker and a great first shou cake for a new pu drinkers as the price is really nice for 500g. It’s very approachable and easy to drink, not over thick or bitter.

Full review on Oolong Owl http://oolongowl.com/2014-iron-forge-shou-puer-crimson-lotus-tea-tea-review/
Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 30 sec 1 g 1 OZ / 15 ML
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mrs.stenhouse12
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This sounds so good!

Rui A.
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Off shopping I go again! That sounds my cuppa of tea. Thank you for the review.

boychik
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I like this brick. I use less leaf compared to other shou as its potent. Two rinses ( usually one ) and it steeps forever. I really like big leaf shou for its durability

Rui A.
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Going to order it tomorrow. It is starting to sound better and better!

Lindsay
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I do not need more tea. I most definitely do not need a 500g brick of shou puer. My god Lindsay, quit drooling over those pictures and get a grip! (Great review, btw) :)

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Tried a sample of this from the TTB. Not bad. Kind of that wild earthy woodsy type shu. Big leaves. Definitely a decent tea especially for the price.
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AllanK
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I have a pair of bricks of this somewhere but I have not figured out where after my move yet.

tea123
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@AllanK They’re hopefully not in your walls… Right, I’ll get my coat.

Rich
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Maybe they are being used as a doorstop?

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