2005 Nan Zhao "Hong He Yuan" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

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Rating

72 / 100

Calculated from 2 Ratings
Tea type
Pu'erh Tea
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Ingredients
Pu Erh Tea
Flavors
Leather, Smoke, Astringent, Drying, Hay, Tart
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Caffeine
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Typical Preparation
Use 5 oz / 146 ml of water
Set water temperature to Boiling
Use 4 g of tea
Steep for 0 min, 15 sec
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2 Tasting Notes View all

“Another smokey, raw pu’erh from YS. This one came as part of their “smoky tea lovers sampler set“ which I bought not because I particularly love smoky tea, but rather I am unfamiliar with it and...” Read full tasting note
“There’s a smoky, sort of ‘dark’ dimension to the scent of this tea that I don’t usually expect from sheng. The flavour is tart and bitter, with an initially very wet feel, fading to dry...” Read full tasting note

Description

“Hong He Yuan” 红河源 mark is a made by a now defunct Nan Zhao Tea Factory 南诏茶厂 (not to be confused with Xiaguan’s Nan Zhao sub-label). This is entirely Wei Shan area wild arbor teas pressed from Spring 2005 tea leaves. Wei Shan is south of Dali, West of Nan Jian and just northeast from Feng Qing, a mountainous area with tea growing at 1500-2000 meters.

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