“Clean, strong and astringent with a slight smokyness. Good factory Sheng but nothing compared to Peter’s own Shengs. Images and more at https://puerh.blog/teanotes/2011-dayi-7542-yellow-mark” Read full tasting note
“This tea had a great price, so I decided to grab a cake to try. I am a big supporter of factory productions, and I like imitations as well, so I kept an open mind when brewing. The cake is...” Read full tasting note
“This was a free sample with my order from Pu-Erh.sk. Sample labelled 6 and containing 8g. 4g in Gaiwan. Dry leaf: Dark brown; high compression. At a guess, very light herbyness. Rinsed Gaiwan:...” Read full tasting note
old school 7542 BingCha 2011
I tasted several 7542 original Dayi cakes from recent years going back to 1997. Only the oldest made quiet an impression on me. Although this one cost several hundreds Euro already. I also run into a few ‘private order 7542 cakes too. The 2011 one, a dry stored in Jiangsu, with very strong typical characteristics and a good price had to end up in pu-erh.sk aged raw pu-erh teas offer.
Taste:
Clean without any disturbing side effect, a strong bitterish, fruity ’menghai’ style maintaining at least first 10-11 brews. Very long, tasty, nutty aftertaste.
Overall feeling:
I am being constantly amazed by this cake. It will be and already is a great Menghai style Pu.
Stored: in Yixing, first 4 years
Recipe 7542, maocha (material) from Meng Hai areas that are south part from Lancang Jiang (瀾滄江), from Xishuangbanna (西雙版那) Bada巴達、Bulang shan布朗山、Banzhang班章、Nannuo shan南糯山)
Foot notes:
Very promising cake made in the modern era as back in the old days of state factories. Old style (Yellow mark) of paper wrapping makes it a retro cake. It’s current price it makes a very accessible well made everyday pu-erh tea.
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