“Having been on a bit of an aged tea kick lately, despite the seasonal influx of new tea, I decided to pick up a sample of this with my most recent Essence of Tea order. I’ve brewed it gong fu a...” Read full tasting note
“I had set this bag aside of ‘2000 CNNP camphor EoT’ for when a specific friend came over and today was that day. Due to the darkness of the leaf, I really thought this was a ripe puerh which is why...” Read full tasting note
We found this puerh while hunting around in Malaysia for some aged sheng puerh. It comes without the original wrapper (we’ll add a plain white one) and without any identification other than a standard “Ba Zhong” (8 Zhong Characters surrounding a green Cha (tea) character) ticket pressed into the cake.
These types of cakes are usually pretty ordinary, and consequently inexpensively priced, but from time to time you can find a batch that’s of exceptional quality. This is one such batch. The base material is very good, appearing to be composed of a fair amount of old tree material. The flavour is pure and refined, with distinct camphor flavour and very smooth, thick and clear.
The storage has been exceptionally clean, giving a tea that is ageing nicely & very pleasant to drink now but also with room to develop over the years.
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