2006 Chang Tai Hao "Tian Xia Tong An" Certified Organic Raw Pu-erh Tea

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Rating

77 / 100

Calculated from 4 Ratings
Tea type
Pu'erh Tea
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Ingredients
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Flavors
Earth, Leather, Smoke, Tobacco, Vegetal, Wet Earth, Wood, Limestone, Medicinal, Autumn Leaf Pile, Bitter, Cocoa, Paper, Red Wine, Wet Rocks, Wet wood, Mineral, Vegetables
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Certification
Organic
Typical Preparation
Use 18 oz / 526 ml of water
Set water temperature to Boiling
Use 10 g of tea
Steep for 0 min, 15 sec
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7 Tasting Notes View all

“Wow, this is the first aged raw sheng I’ve tried that came anywhere close to the taste of a shou—except this is far better than any shou! It has all the lovely aged earthy notes to it that I enjoy....” Read full tasting note
“Starts off with mostly leather and a touch of bitterness. It slowly evolved into more pleasant tastes but I had to drop the temperature to get the bitterness to subside, as it was turning...” Read full tasting note
“Very strong leather note with present bitterness and a medically woody note. The rather humid storage is clearly noticeable, but is not at all musty but the good type of humid storage. Surprisingly...” Read full tasting note
“i have brewed this in a gaiwan and one of my sheng clay tea pots. i have to say, the storage is really present with a gaiwan (i actually throw off the first three rinses) but my clay tea pots seem...” Read full tasting note

Description

This is a 2006 Chang Tai brand pressing for a Hong Kong teahouse called “Tong An Cha Hang”. A portion of the tea was apportioned to a Guangzhou tea seller to sell in the mainland. Our offering was aged in Guangzhou in a traditional (wettish) storage condition. The Bu Lang Mountain material is strong and even after 10 years of aging it comes through with a strong camphor and aged taste with a strong cha qi. As this tea dries out a bit in Kunming (or wherever it ends up) it will develop a nice rounded aged taste lacking in wet storage taste but also tasting complex and aged.

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