“The very first impressions I have of this cake are of large, whole leaves. It looks just as nice as the picture on the site, but what you can’t see is how the leaves inside the cake are sizable as...” Read full tasting note
“First impressions: Brewed in Yixing, Zhuni 125ml / 5g tea with spring water. I read previous tasting notes (from 6 years ago) stating that this tea was incredibly smoky and bitter (no surprise,...” Read full tasting note
“9 years in and it’s still really in your face!” Read full tasting note
“Rounding out my tour of puerhshop teas this weekend, I tried this 7542 clone tea. The cake looks beautiful. Smells smoky. The tea is quite strong, I had to trim my usual over stuffing of the...” Read full tasting note
The first of its 2009 series, this cake is made by blending three tea leaves from Menghai, and one from Lincang – a famous 7542 recipe made with selected tea leaves. We also called it ‘Peacock Tribute’ (Chinese: 孔雀献瑞) but in a single color wrapper.
Hopefully this tea cake would stir up some interests towards American Hao as a quality value offer.
Because of its strong taste, it got ‘ohms’ to go a long way into aging, only time will tell.
Pu-erh Tea Cake 357g - Vintage 2009 - Medium class - Raw/Green/unfermented - Loose tea leaves - Caffeine: Moderate - PuerhShop ExclusiveThe background info on this cake could be found at puerhshop.com
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