Hekai 2013

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Rating

84 / 100

Calculated from 2 Ratings
Tea type
Pu'erh Tea
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Ingredients
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Flavors
Astringent, Bitter, Citrus, Leather, Sweet, Wood, Honey, Thick
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Caffeine
Medium
Certification
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Typical Preparation
Use 4 oz / 105 ml of water
Set water temperature to 205 °F / 96 °C
Use 8 g of tea
Steep for 0 min, 15 sec
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2 Tasting Notes View all

“A very very strong tea! An intense, Hekai-typical bitterness (i.e. in contrast to the velvety bitterness of a Lao Man E or an aggresive-focused bitterness of a Bulang, this is rather a citrus-like...” Read full tasting note
“Another day, and another pu-erh.sk review. I was very fortunate to get a cake of this last year. The pressing sold out very quickly, however Peter managed to find a couple more cakes and was kind...” Read full tasting note

Description

Nicely balanced bitterness with a breze of sweetness, beautiful honey-fruity aroma, pleasant and pure feeling after swalowing the tea in the mouth, in the second brew there is already the richness and dense texture of the tea soup, already after a few sips a steady aftertaste, or rather taste sits on the tounge with a mounth-drying effect, the cup gives parfume like scents, the next brews are tough and syrupy, condense flavours, I would describe in overall the taste as rounded, softened bitterness with fruity background

This spring hand-pressing of pu-erh cakes was done in a very skilled manufacture in Yiwu, is more tight than previous years, there is more work for me when taking apart the tea leaves for samples, but for long term storage the tight pressing will allow keep longer the aromas, the tea leaves won’t dry that much, during this tighter pressing the man standing on the stone press needs twice as much time to have the leaves trample down.

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