Oh notorious Delta… why have you such a bad rep these days???
Dry leaves smell of very smoky pine like odour. There are still some hairy with tipped
smallish leaves which look maybe 5 ish ? years old
The first infusion has a surprisingly light watery almost fruity
viscus body to it. It has a smoky &
meaty finish to it with slight cooling.
Overall watery and light with meaty smoke.
The second infusion has a watery smokey liquid that has a
faint hard to pin down not that sweet plum taste. The mouthfeel is a bit viscus then fades to a
drier mouthfeel with only a faint throat opening that leaves a smoky finish on
the mouth. There is some faint
bodyfeelings that I notice early on- little things here and there but nothing substantive.
The third infusion has a smoky pine watery flat taste with a
faint touch of caramel. There are some
bodyfeels that manifest as faint face twitching and tingling. There is an incense finish to the taste that
makes it seem older that it feels initially. I’m getting the sense that this is older and perhaps Taiwanese stored. The
mouthfeel is faintly viscus initially then fades to a thin dryness. There is a faintly but powerful floating mind
sensation going on with this Qi. The
tastes are really separate, watery and loose feeling. Can feel a body easing
feeling with some Heart racing. It feels
a touch like a factory tea but also a bit like a gushu. Maybe a special production? I’m leaning towards Xiaguan but could be Menghai Factory. It’s a unique feeling tea that is hard for me
to place. Definitely Menghai region
puerh though. Something about the clear separate taste and clear storage reminds me vaguely of Wistaria productions as well.
The fourth infusion has a woody varnish like sweet woody surgery
taste. The taste is more condensed here
with woody, slightly-moderate smoky especially in the finish. There is a rolling faint creamy sweetness
that fades into the breath nothing but smoke in the aftertaste. The bodyfeelings are quite strong with this
puerh as I have a strong pounding Heart now and tingling limbs and even my
respiration is impacted. My limbs have a
tingling feeling and my head feels floaty.
Qi is really really strong. This
puerh is really about this strong Qi.
The fifth infusion has a faint sweetness onset with faint
woody pine and smoke. The tastes are all
quite separate. They come over a faint weak dry
mouthfeeling and not much in the throat.
The finish that comes out of these tastes is a long thin candy
taste. The bodyfeeling is in the face,
limbs, chest. Floating mind qi feeling.
The sixth infusion has a smoke and woody pine simple and
kind of empty flavor. There is a subtle
sweetness to it. Strong Qi beats the
heart. Strong mind floating.
The seventh is much the same. The flavor and aroma is very loose, light, and
simple but the Qi is strong and engaging.
Woody pine, moderate smoke, long faint caramel sweet finish that fades
out. Strong face and limb
reactions. Intense Heart racing. The cooled down remainder of the cup is quite
woody-candy sweet but the taste is crisp and narrow.
The eighth infusion has a watery woody onset with less smoke
and an emerging faint sweet incense finish.
The taste is really thin here.
The mouthfeeling is a very thin dryness. The Qi is less strong as well as this puerh
has really dropped off quite a bit.
There is still a floating spacy feeling that is pretty strong and a limb
lightness type of feeling.
The ninth infusion has an incense onset which holds as the
main taste throughout and just kind of fades away. The Qi is still big and floats and sedates
the mind. There is glimpse of candy
faint in the aftertaste under woody incense.
Heart opening feeling is strong.
Strong incense core tells me this puerh was dry stored for quite a while
possibly sealed. I re-evaluate the age
of this puerh to be older than my earlier suspicions.
The 10th infusions is much more of the above incense,
strong Qi, subtle candy hard to grasp faint aftertaste. Thin dry mouhfeeling not much for throat
feeling or stimulation.
11th are quite watery and insipid with only a
faint incense and faint barely sweet finish over a dry mouth. Strong sedating Qi now starts to really take
hold of my mind.
12th I steep for 20 seconds to see if I can push
some other tastes out without getting to much dry mouth.,, the result is a more
condensed pine woody slight smoky taste with some faint cooling in the mouth
over a increasingly dry mouthfeeling.
Big floating and sedating qi.
Strong bodyfeeling and Heart beats.
Faint long candy cooling and incense finish.
13th I put in a long infusion here… left to cool
its quite woody sweet with a bit of a cooling numbness in the mouth. The Qi has really backed me into a corner
here and I feel quite docile and useless totally groggy under the spell of this
puerh. A very strong downer Qi!
I push out another long one before ending things it tastes
of woody varnish faint coolness faint bitter dryness.
Overall, I’m a bit unsure of this one… the taste is very
simple and uncomplicated there are only really a few clear spaced out notes
that emerge- wood pine, smoke, some sweetness(caramel rarely appears, sometimes
a faint short candy finish), and a stronger incense core. This one is really about the really big Qi and
bodyfeelings- strong floating mind, sedating, and in the end I feel quite
useless- like caught in a vat of pudding. The bodyfeelings are intense
with strong Heart sensations, limb and face tingling, and limb floating. The Qi is really very powerful.
Guess: It is mainly dryer stored, I think, maybe sealed and
8-15 years old ish. It has a powerful
Menghai area feel to it. In some ways this feels like a factory production and
in some ways it feels like more than that. Hummm…. Not to sure about this one. For some strange reason
Peace
Today I am drinking mug infusions of the spent leaves and they have a sweet plum and incense note, slight wood with a cooling menthol finish. There is an incense and bitter coco aftertaste that lingers. These mug infusions puts this age at early 2000s, maybe Xiaguan?
Peace
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