What Pu'er Are You Drinking

[Rui]

1985 Nan Nuo shan sheng from La Maison des Trois Thes in Paris. An excellente tasting sheng stored in Taiwan I believe.

[debunix]

2012 Yi Wu autumn purple sheng puerh from Yunnan Sourcing. Finishing off the sample pouch with a small gongfu session, which is sweet, earthy, with herb notes but little bitterness; very pleased to check my stock and realize I did go back and get a cake of this one. Yay!

[d.manuk]

2018 Spring Gedeng Guoyoulin Puerh from Essence of Tea. Disappointed, mainly because the leaves were rather broken. I don't think there was a single intact leaf in the sample I got -- they were all loose and broken. The brew had body but didn't have much flavor. I had higher expectations for $0.75 per gram. There is a little bit of an interesting body effect from it, but I am also hungry at the moment. I'm going to leave it alone in my pumidor for a few months to see if the flavor perks up but I'm fully expecting this one to be a loss.

[d.manuk]

I'm drinking 2003 Spring wild Yi Wu Pu Er Qizi Bing from Tea Masters Blog. This is my second time sampling it (in case I was wrong the first time) and this tea is so lip-smackingly good that I might just cake it. Sweet and sour and nice bright notes and clean storage. The cake is 500 grams though...

[gatmcm]

Having some 06 xiaguan T8653 from ktm, blind ordered a cake and Im pleasantly surprised with it, brews red and the smoke has dissipated making it quite sweet, still a bit punchy and doesnt like to be oversteeped but its very much drinkable at this point

[d.manuk]

I'm having 2018 Spring "Piercing the Illusion" Puerh from EoT. My first sip of the tea and I let out an "mmm!" My boyfriend laughed at me as he drank his coffee. The leaves are still rather young so there is a lot of bright colors in the dry leaves. They haven't darkened yet. The website doesn't say what region this tea is from. To me, it has a similar taste profile to Da Xue Shan puer. Perhaps it is from there or perhaps there are other region that have a similar taste (if you know of any, I am open to trying them please let me know). The tea has a tangerine taste to it, and a nice brightness that lingers on the tip of your tongue.

[eatevoltap]

03 Wistaria Zipin, need to use a fast pouring teapot or it get too strong. Still in my top 10

[Elise]

Just tried this 2kg sheng « melon » 2007 (Mengku factory) bought from Yunnan Sourcing 8 years ago. As good as one would have expected by the rich fragrant smell of the dried melon.
Cheers!

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[gregcss]

Just tried this 2kg sheng « melon » 2007 (Mengku factory) bought from Yunnan Sourcing 8 years ago. As good as one would have expected by the rich fragrant smell of the dried melon.
Cheers!
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Wow!

[eatevoltap]

01 zhongcha huangyin from TWL. I kind of adopted this tea as my daily drinker.

[d.manuk]

I'm having 2018 Spring "Piercing the Illusion" Puerh from EoT. My first sip of the tea and I let out an "mmm!" My boyfriend laughed at me as he drank his coffee. The leaves are still rather young so there is a lot of bright colors in the dry leaves. They haven't darkened yet. The website doesn't say what region this tea is from. To me, it has a similar taste profile to Da Xue Shan puer. Perhaps it is from there or perhaps there are other region that have a similar taste (if you know of any, I am open to trying them please let me know). The tea has a tangerine taste to it, and a nice brightness that lingers on the tip of your tongue.

I asked and the material is from Wuliang

[teaformeplease]

I forgot I had a sample of 2005 Red Star 7581 from Bitterleaf Teas so I brewed it up today. It's super clean tasting, which is nice since I'm really much more of a sheng drinker.

[Stephen]

1995 Keyixing shu puer. I got this about 3 years ago from EOT and haven't had it in some time. I brewed 8g in 140ml pot. It brewed up clean and smooth with a gentle aged aroma and hint of cherry or plum. Enjoyable session!

[Stephen]

I brewed up this tea i purchased randomly a few years ago. Supposedly a 2005 shu puer 250g tuo. Is it Xiaguan, is it CNNP? It tastes like a Kang brick tea that's been slightly fermented. Plenty of twigs, sticks under the surface. Anyone recognize the label, is this what we call fake tea?

[.m.]

I brewed up this tea i purchased randomly a few years ago. Supposedly a 2005 shu puer 250g tuo. Is it Xiaguan, is it CNNP? It tastes like a Kang brick tea that's been slightly fermented. Plenty of twigs, sticks under the surface. Anyone recognize the label, is this what we call fake tea?

It looks like the "french tuo" ripe from xiaguan tea factory. Around 2005 (EDIT: earlier on some teas, on other around 2003 ... ???) Xiaguan switched to the crane logo on their wrapper papers, so it shouldnt be younger than that.*
For comparison:
https://www.jkteashop.com/xiaguan-tea-p-938.html
http://store.thechineseteashop.com/Pu_E ... ubt-90.htm
http://www.puercn.com/pin/2647

*unless fake