2013 Yunnan Sourcing "Year of the Snake Red Label" Ripe Puerh

A Pu'erh Tea from

Rating

80 / 100

Calculated from 11 Ratings
Tea type
Pu'erh Tea
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Ingredients
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Flavors
Bitter, Butter, Decayed Wood, Sour, Autumn Leaf Pile, Camphor, Earth, Mineral, Musty, Sweet, Smoke
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Caffeine
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Typical Preparation
Use 4 oz / 121 ml of water
Set water temperature to Boiling
Use 7 g of tea
Steep for 0 min, 15 sec
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11 Tasting Notes View all

“Looking through the cupboard while at a loss for a tea I particularly wished to drink, I put my hand into a pie and pulled out a plum. Well, actually I pulled this tea at random out of my pu...” Read full tasting note
“This tea has a fairly weak, sweet smell, mostly reminiscent of decaying wood. As for the taste, it is quite bitter for a ripe pu-erh, probably as a result of the lighter fermentation. It is also...” Read full tasting note
“One of the more intense shous out there, Year of the Snake turned off a few people I shared it with, especially the early steeps, which are the darkest I have seen a tea get. I didn’t detect much...” Read full tasting note
“Snake Red is an in-your-face, powerful shou. At first it was overly smokey but now, over three years later it’s lost its harshness, smoothed out and the smoke has mellowed into a tongue tingling...” Read full tasting note

Description

A premium ripe tea composed entirely from 6 and 4 years aged ripe tea from Lincang. Light to medium fermentation spring material from old plantation tea trees gives this tea a strong taste and mouth-feel. Nice huigan and noticeable cha qi! Will develop more texture and nuances with the passing of years.

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