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“Gongfu! paired with some juicy lychee while I escape the thunderstorms outside. This tea is quite full-bodied and rich, with very dark and dense notes of malt, bitter cocoa, molasses, and buckwheat...” Read full tasting note
Made from 2022 early spring Menghai area material that is not quite old arbor. This material is usually made into raw Puer, but this spring we commissioned this production of black tea.
The 2022 Horse Girl Clique is sweet and full bodied. The malty sweetness of the soup is flavorsome and intense. Aromas of sticky rice and wild honey permeate the soup and leaves. A great tea to begin the day.
Pressed in 2022. Each cake is 200g. The cakes are in bamboo tongs, with five cakes per tong.
Gongfu!
paired with some juicy lychee while I escape the thunderstorms outside. This tea is quite full-bodied and rich, with very dark and dense notes of malt, bitter cocoa, molasses, and buckwheat honey. Ever so medicinal in the finish after the heavy, saturated sweetness passes. It’s very interesting with the lychee, as the fruit is basically the opposite: bright and saccharine tropical sweetness with very floral and rosy undertones. There’s definitely a sharp contrast here, and yet I find it highlights the more distinct types of sweetness between the tea and the fruit quite pointedly. Each steep feels especially rich, with almost fudgey chocolate pulled to the forefront and each bite of fruit especially lush. It’s a big, big explosion of flavours!!
Tea Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8kjgNCO-jD/?img_index=1
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijvyO1KIsPo
