First off I would like to say last week was rough, but I am now at school, and things are starting to seem a bit more under control. So I'm going to resume my puerh tea reviews with this sample sent from a friend.
Now admittedly I have not experienced a huge wealth of puerh, but the chuck of cake I got was full of long slender twisted leaves, nothing like the smaller and more chopped up bits I typically see in the Menghai blends.
This tea is said to come from Wild arbor leaves in Xishuangbanna.
The leaves after the rinse smell like a potent honey, with a strong tobacco smell in there also. The first infusion smells similar, but there is a strong aroma of what I want to call granny smith apple.
This definitely has a tobacco late flavor to it with perhaps a bit of anise, and the aftertaste in this short infusion seems almost empty, just a hallow shell of what is typically seen there, a slightly sour hint, and a warm sensation from the hot tea.
Second infusion is much stronger in smell, and has a distinctive orange aroma, with a sweetness of candy along with it. Its flavor is stronger, its orange rinds, and banana, with a hint of coconut.
This tea is on the bland side, as in nothing grabs your attention, but it has lots of good and interesting flavors, and seeing as how its 3-4 years old it could just be it having mellowed out in age.
Anxiety stays
clotted in the center self,
'til tea touches lips.
-Adam Yusko
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