2003 Menghai "Purple Da Yi 7432" Raw Aged Puerh

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Pu'erh Tea
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Flavors
Bitter, Smoke
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Typical Preparation
Use 4 oz / 130 ml of water
Set water temperature to 205 °F / 96 °C
Use 8 g of tea
Steep for 0 min, 15 sec
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“I bought a sample of this from Yunnansourcing some time back and have been trying to work through my backlog of samples this past week or so. I was quite excited to try an 11 year old sheng. The...” Read full tasting note

Description

Produced by Menghai tea factory exclusively for gifting to Xishuangbanna Government officials, this was purchased by a Kunming Da Yi re-seller in late 2005 and has been stored in Kunming since that time. Very nice premium recipe tea cake with almost 10 years of age!

Cake was tightly compressed but has already loosened a bit with age. Highly infusable, will go 10-15 infusions or more. Slight smokiness in early infusions quickly dissipates. Strong mouth-feel and nice sweet nectar of orchid taste and aroma.

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