This raw puerh comes from a trade with Tea Explorer.
The dry leave is brown with occasional streaks of green, very compressed like old adobe bricks, with a horse barn aroma that lingers in the sinuses, & I like it.
Warms, the leaf is less barn like & gives of a slightly sweet & marine aroma.
After a couple of rinses, the tea isn’t horsy or barnlike at all, more like fresh bread & greens, but in a subtle way. The leaf opens quickly & becomes a deep green, like steamed Kale.
I’ve been drinking it for awhile now, & its satisfying & smooth, with elements of roasted barley, butter, & light smoke. I used 4 G to a 5oz Yixing, but I think next time I need to up it, as I’d like it to be a little more robust.
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I got a brick after trying. It’s a steal, only $11 on YS. I wonder how will I break it, tight compression? Maybe hummer to the rescue?
LOL, it IS tight! Tea Ex sent it to me already broken into roughly 4 G chunks, & I still have enough to drink it a couple more times, so next time I’ll have to break one of those in half & go with 6G, as I’d like it to be a little more robust I think.
I got a brick after trying. It’s a steal, only $11 on YS. I wonder how will I break it, tight compression? Maybe hummer to the rescue?
LOL, it IS tight! Tea Ex sent it to me already broken into roughly 4 G chunks, & I still have enough to drink it a couple more times, so next time I’ll have to break one of those in half & go with 6G, as I’d like it to be a little more robust I think.