This past week I took 3 days to sample through Xizi Hao’s
Diangu offerings 2007, 2008, and 2009. Due to my always way too long tasting
notes I will break them into separate posts with the 2009 post having a bit of
an overview. It ended up being a crazy
life altering week… because Diangu is kinda like that…
The first is my last sample from Houde. It’s a 100% Houde Houston stored cake. The 2007 Zixi Hao Diangu sold out last yearfor $495.00 for 450g large cake. It is a
much talked about and beloved cake of Shah8 so, it’s something we’ve all read
about for years…
Dry leaves have a strong cardboard odour with a piercing nectar
odour.
The first infusion has a vibrant powdery talc and perfume floral
odour to it with a base of hongcha nuance similar but not exactly what you
could taste from Tea Urchin’s storage perhaps? There is a metallic almost bitterness
underneath and some nutty tastes. The
creamy sweetness is fluffy and cotton candy tasting thing. Long creamy sweetness with a tight full and
loosely salivating sensation. Complex full
dump of taste in its brilliant dry storage.
Nice focusing energy.
The second infusion has a very thick perfume talc and woody
presentation. The mouthfeeling is strong
and puckering fine sand. There is this
floral talc cherry very perfume presentation.
This is a very unique tasting and feeling puerh. There is a strong heavy
chest bodyfeeling and a wandering, unhinged mind feeling. Nice wood perfume and floral finish over a
talc and creamy sweet base. Strong
deflating balloon bodyfeeling.
The third infusion has a metallic perfume dense and thick
layered woody presentation with heavy, essential oil based, perfume fragrances,
flower shop taste. There is a bitter
base taste and a woody vegetal base.
Strong Qi makes me feel like I’m leaving my body. This is a really strong tea that needs more
aging still. It’s a bit rough on the
Stomach still. There is a bitter woody
floral talc taste in the mouth many minutes later. Strong Chest heaviness and Heart racing with
out of body feeling.
The 4th infusion is left to cool… it gives off a
very dry woody, kind of weedy bitter, but heavy perfume-floral finish. There is a cooling almost minty rosehips and woody
base. That minty woody taste extends
into the aftertaste. This is a very
unique and unusual tasting puerh. The
mouthfeeling is a sticky fine sandy pucker.
The Qi is full of strong bodyfeelings in the Chest and Heart and a
floating mind, unhinged feeling. Powerful Qi.
The 5th has a strong woody minty onset with a
heavy thick perfume presence. There is a
heavy bitter minty woody perfume dense onset that keeps its form even through
the aftertaste. There is almost an
overly soapy perfume taste to it like eating a bar or perfume bar soap. Strong Chesty Qi bodyfeeling and some face
sensations too- very strong.
6th is left to cool… it has a strong red tea note
with woody minty bitterness. The
mouthfeeling is gripping. There is less
perfume but still quite a bit. A tingling
tongue sensation is very nice. Long
profile throughout.
7th has a woody sour rosehips perfume woody
bitter onset. The taste comes at once
initially then just stays long on the breath without returning, changing too
much. Like being hit by one big wave of
flavour. Qi in Chest and Heart. Nice floating mind feeling.
8th has a cherry perfume woody bitter vegetal onset
there are some faint spicy notes in there a bit this infusion. A flat wave of dense flavour that goes
straight to the aftertaste. No returning
sweetness or ebb and flow to it, just a wall of tastes. Soapy perfume nuances as well. Dry full mild gripping mouthfeeing. Flat single note with no separation of
initial tastes, secondary tastes, coolness then returning sweetness. That along with the insanely strong Qi feels maybe
more like a wild tea or Mu Shu Cha type or varietal than standard puerh type of
thing to me.
9th has a woody almost medicinal minty bitters
woody perfume taste. The dense taste
holds into the aftertaste.
10th is left to cool and gives off a medicinal
minty soap- floral bitter heavy perfume wood taste. There is some red tea note in there. The mouthfeeling is flattening out and is a
dry slight puckering slight fine sandy feeling.
The Qi is still in the Chest and floats the mind but less strong now. The Qi has now pretty much rendered me useless
and staring at the walls… stupefying Qi knocks me out hard…
11th is left to cool and offers a woody bitter
floral experience. The taste of this
puerh is dense but narrow and steadfast in its consistency and shows its single
origin pedigree. Nice flat full thin
sandy slightly gripping mouthfeelng. Nice
spacy Qi now.
12th has a more perfume taste with less bitter
woodiness. There is a more floral feel
to it here with some orange peel tastes in there as well. Nice floating feeling.
13th has a bitter woody floral perfume
onset. Nice full, flat fine sandy slight
gripping mouthfeeling. Some minty
medicinal tastes in there as well. Nice
floating. Nice full fine sandy slightly gripping
mouthfeeling. There is a more vegetal type
of bitterness in here. This tea has good
stamina and feels like it could just go on forever like this…
14th has a rich bitter woods floral perfume
taste. There is a bit more richness in
this infusion … bitter woody perfume floral … so consistent and still very
intense… strong Chest Qi here.
Wow… a really good start to the tasting
Peace
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