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“Okay, it’s been a long time coming, since I bought this sheng in the summer of 2017, and kept it in a dark, vented jelly jar for the past 7+ years, sipping along now and then, waiting for it to...” Read full tasting note
Fragrant and fine raw puerh made from semi-wild arbor tea trees, with leaves that are fat, curled and dark purple in color. It is smooth, flowery and sweet.
This wild tea leaf is naturally darker in color and is full of antioxidants and catechins. The purple bud wild arbor puerh tea, grown in the Jingmai mountain region and is hand picked by growers who select only young tender leaves before Qing Ming Jie.
When initially steeped, the tea leaves have an orchid-woodsy aroma. Our Wild Purple Bud Arbor Raw Puerh is mellow, smooth, raisin sweet and has a fast chaqi.
For the best tea drinking experience, we recommend using a gaiwan and enjoying multiple infusions. If stored properly, this will age beautifully; maturity will only bring out the smooth character even more.
Okay, it’s been a long time coming, since I bought this sheng in the summer of 2017, and kept it in a dark, vented jelly jar for the past 7+ years, sipping along now and then, waiting for it to improve before putting words on paper. Alas, it has not gotten much better than the bitter, woody, leaf-litter flavor it has had all along. I’ve tried gong-fu as well as western style as directed by the label, all to no avail. It’s pretty dang WEAK, too. No idea when this tea was produced, other than before 2017. It was never pressed into a cake, and I know of no special treatment or storage. Just that it is from China. I get nothing but disappointment from it, and now it’s headed to my garden compost heap since it’s not worth the cost of the spring water I steep with. I rate it a 40, and wouldn’t recommend it — it’s no longer listed for sale by Tealyra, either, though “topproteastore” out of Miami still lists it (along with a bunch of other stuff identical to Tealyra’s offerings, right down to the photos and verbatim descriptions.)
Flavors: Autumn Leaf Pile, Bitter, Watery, Woody
