Puerist Blind Dragonball Sample #7

 Dry leaves are sweet fresh peach.

Rinsed leaves have a deep creamy almost sweet pastry woody Forest odour.

First infusion is left to cool and has a watery forest woody taste with wet faint barely sweet sugar.

Second infusion has a sweet bread taste with a watery oily wet mouth feel and sweet mild melon finish some icing sugar minutes later.

Third infusion has an oily really delicious creamy buttery sweet mouthwatering layered sweetness.  Yummy! There is a faint cooling but mainly butter, creamy sweet.  There is a faint smoke in there that is really nice with the layered sweet tastes. Mild happy feeling Qi.

Fourth has a peachy wood oily taste creamy sort of pungent forest creamy finish.  With a sticky chalky mouth.  Some chest Qi is very faintly building.

5th has a watery woody creamy faint taste.  Very watery a wet feeling with just faint edges of wood and sugar.  Soft mouthfeeling subtle spacey relaxing qi. 

6th has a sweet caramel almost melon sort of sugar not complex or layered just faint and hard to explain. Mild space out relax.

7th is left to cool and has a very mild watery pure tasting relaxing sleepy qi.  Mild faint hard to grasp sweetness pure empty hard to grasp tastes. There is a faint creamy sweet taste that is most prominent.  Soft fluffy mouthfeel.

8th has a creamy sugar melon oily buttery onset soft oily watery mouthfeel with faint sticky edges.  Flat woody watery taste with faint cooling and sugary faint edges finish.  Slight sticky roof of mouth and sleepy relaxing Qi mind slow.

9th has a woody oily sweet pear and sugar taste. Pure, clean with a creamy sugary finish.  Sleepy relax.

10th infusion has a pear oily onset with a oily woody taste with a sugar creamy sweet throughout.  Mouthfeel is soft and oily with sticky edges.  Slight cool and creamy breath.  Sleepy relaxing qi.

11th infusion has a woody oily buttery taste with an oily bland sweet finish.  Sticky edges of the mouthfeel become slightly sandy and not that tight.  Deeper relaxing sleepiness.

12th has a woody oily bland sweet taste.  No astringency or bitternesss at all throughout this session- very pure clean sleepy energy very soft on the body and sedative on the mind.

Overnight infusion of spent leaves have a sweet coco pure taste.  Pure and refreshing coco sweetness.

Days long steeping has a coco sweet taste with a sugary sweet edge and silty mild mouthfeel.

Guess: has a generic but delicious 2020/21 Gushu feel … no one area character stands out too much … could be Yiwu???

Wrapper: SJ ‘15?…. ???? 

Mark Turner’s Comments: The SJ is Shuang Jiang, but that's an informed guess on my part. It was a bag of tea that I picked up somewhere and was never very clear about its origins.

Addendum: After the wrapper reveal I was wondering if it was Shuang Jiang but didn’t really match my experience that I had previously with the area.

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Puerist Blind Dragonball Sample #6

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Puerist Blind Dragonball Sample #4

 

Dry leaves are an almost smoke sweet plum odour.  Nice sweet plum = yum!

Rinsed leaves have a plum rich woody dirt odour to them sort of smells like Nannuo.

First infusion has a bland watery sort of mushrooms and barnyard faint watery taste. Soft mouthfeel.

Second infusion has a watery taste with a woody dirt faint taste with bland sweet almost plum taste.  Mouthfeel is soft and mind a bit spaced out.

Third infusion has a woody onset with a pop of cherry then long emerging candy cherry candy taste.  Some chest expanding and relaxing feelings.

Fourth infusion has a caramel sweet onset with a bland woody finish some faint candy left on the breath.  Mouthfeel has a sticky mild dry feeling and lots of feeling on the cheeks and down the throat.

Fifth infusion has an oily fruity peach and caramel sweetness.  Some body tingling and spacy relaxing.  Full oily onset fruity caramel sweetness.  Face and limbs tingling body feeling.  Mild space out mind slow feeling with open chest. Slight gripping mouthfeel underneath oily onset.

5th has an thick oily peachy caramel with a progression to dry gripping feeling in the mouth and throat.  There is a quick returning candy. Very spaced out feeling with lots of subtle tingling.  Floating body is strong.  

6th has an ashy almost bitter dry woody onset with a background peach caramel.  The mouthfeel is quite gripping but the body feel is stronger as well with chest sensations and beats. Numb floating bodyfeel and spacy mind.

7th has a pop of peach caramel under gripping dry wood and tight gripping mouth and throat. Staring bodyfeel continues.  Very puckering here but strong tingling and floating and chesty bodyfeeling!

8th I come back to the leaves the next day and it has a caramel and fruity juicy honeydew melon taste.  Nice mouthwatering.

9th has a watery lime taste to it there is a dry woody bland taste with a slight dry puckering mouthfeel.

The long mug steeping of spent leaves reveals a woody bland slight caramel oily textured with faint suppressed sweetness and pretty intense mouth puckering driness. The overnight infusion is an ashy sweet taste with a mouthwatering wet feeling.

Guess: 2018ish I am confident it’s Western Xishuangbana area maybe Nannou ? Or even Bulang with that Qi! Feels like an area I’ve had before…

Wrapper: D’20 MN?  … must be a 2020 Man Nuo region!

Addendum: Puerist has pressed Man Nuo before this 2017 Puerist Man Nuo which is still for sale.

Peace

Puerist Blind Dragonball Sample #3

 Dry leaves have a creamy very sweet Yiwu odour!

Rinsed leaves swell of a muted dirt and brown sugar odour.  Smells more mid aged maybe…

First infusion has a dirt rubbery bland beets sort of tarte… not sweet at all. Warming qi and face flush. 

Second infusion oops a 30 second infusion instead of keeping with my 20 sec rinse, 20s, 15s, 10s, 5s, flash until spent for these Dragonballs… it has a malted caramel taste with an oily mouthfeel.  Sweet pure and oily tasting with some mouthwating and warm face.  Pure brassy and caramel taste. Subtle mild sticky mouthfeel. Warm chest and face.

Third 10 s infusion is slight melon caramel pure clean taste.  Slight mouthwating wet mouthfeel.  Cooled down it tastes watery with a faint floral brassy caramel. 6-8 years of age on this maybe. Warming qi in face and chest. 

4th infusion has a melon orange onset with a sweet and slight woody taste.  Sweet oily orange and orange blossom taste with warm chest and face and mildly spacy mind.  Long sweet orange tastes. Chesty qi. 

5th is left to cool and has a icing sugar onset with a creamy sweet finish.  There is a long lingering candy sweet finish minutes later on the breath.  Very strong chest sensations with a spacy feeling in the mind the juxtaposition of these sensations is a bit jolting and makes the mind wander.

6th has a watery sweet sorts melon woody bland onset.  Qi is pretty strong chest Qi like a vibrating in the chest with mind unsettling feeling.  Wow strong.  Reminds me of the qi of a strong Menghai or pasha but tastes like Yiwu.

7th has a melon oily sweet onset with a faint woody almost coco with subtle orange finish.  Strong unsettling chesty Qi warm face.  

8th has an ashy woody almost coco onset with a mild fruity peach orange sweet finish.  Mouthfeel has a faint driness now.  Strong chesty Qi and scattered mind.

9th has a brown sugar and fruity oily woody taste. Very oily and viscous feeling with woody slight sticky dry mouth.  

10th has a oily woody almost coco onset very viscus mouthfeel reminds me of Yi Shan Mo. strong unsettling chest s powerful with big chest sensations and tremor.

11th has an oily caramel and brown sugar sweetness there is some fresh fruity taste but background and an ashy woody brown sugar finish.  Lots of mouthwatering over a slightly drying mouthfeel. Big chest Qi and face warmth.  Qi is really strong and almost unsettling. 

12th I come back to the leaves the next day… it has a faint sweet taste with bland woody bark and a slight buttercup floral finish. Soft mouthfeel.  Big qi building up but not as strong. 

13th has a sweet oily slight coco banana peel bland taste with creamy sweetness mild in the aftertaste.

14th is left to cool and has a mild banana taste in lots of bland.

Long mug steeping of spent leaves has a dry slight woody dirt wood bark gripping mouthfeel with faint lingering fruity orange-peach taste. Big Qi still apparent in these leaves.  The overnight steeping is very candy sweet melon lime upfront with a vibrant dazzling melon sugar candy that fades fast. 

Guess: 2015-2018 Pasha? …. Hummm… not sure about this one… a bit confused by it… nothing immediately coming to me…

Wrapper: ALS’16- it’s obviously a 2016 AiLao Shan!

Peace

Puerist Blind Dragonball Sample #2

 

Dry leaves have a creamy sweet odour.  Smells like a creamy sweet Yiwu! Hahaha 

Rinsed leaves have a very fresh rubbery sweet orange odour.

First infusion has a pungent spicy savoury vegital sweetness.  There is a sweet taste throughout.  It tastes very fresh 2023 or fall 2022 I think.

Second infusion has a slight coco woody Forest taste.  There is a faint bittersweet woody coco throughout and a slight sticky mouthfeel.  

Third infusion has a watery coco melon fruity taste over an icing sugar sweetness.  The icing sugar sweet really expands in the mouth then fades as the faint coco drops off first.  Mouthfeel is wet and very mouth watering.  Mild relaxing feeling with slow breaths.

Fourth infusion has a creamy faint coco sweet taste very pure and clear taste with no bitterness lots of mouthwatering wet mouthfeel with long creamy sweet finish.  Some faint gripping mouthfeel with squeaky teeth. 

5th has a coco faint almost savoury forest vegetal onset with a watery wet mouthfeel and woody sweet almost melon finish.  Done slow chest beats and calm focused mind. A big relaxing wave hit me from the Qi here.

6th has a coco creamy woody almost dirt coco onset.  Overall pretty sweet and not reallly bitter.  There is a nice wet mouth feel and salivating from slight mild throat stickiness.  Some face flush and waves of relaxing. Chalky fruity clear sweetness with some banana peel taste.  Warm face deep relax slow breath.

7th has a watery woody creamy almost banana peel forest taste.  The mouthfeel is wet and slightly sticky.  Watery sweet woody faint coco.  Chest opening with chest beats and warm face.  Waves of relaxing almost time slowing.

8th has a watery woody coco fruity light flavour onset.  Very light pure flavours.  Light but mainly sweet.  Some faint tropical and banana peel.

9th infusion has a watery melon fruity taste with a creamy chalky sweet finish.  The next day I sip the last half of liquid left in the cup and it’s a cooling pungent forest slight salty taste with sweet fruity banana finish.

10th infusion is a smooth creamy tropical fruity oily sweet onset.  Lots of mouthwatering and almost candy sweet returning. Wave of spacy relaxing with chest opening. Soft wet slight chalky mouthfeel.  

11th is left to cool and has a creamy fresh fruity sweetness oily meet mouthfeeling.  Nice clear pure tastes.  Open chest feeling with relaxing waves.

12th has a sweet watery melon taste.  Pure and clean with a more creamy candy return.  Soft wet mouthfeel. Spacy waves of relaxing.

13th has a woody Forest salty taste slight woody mainly faintly sweet almost melon. Still stronger chest opening and relaxing spacy feeling.  

Long mug infusion has a creamy chalky vegetal slight bitter taste with a slight gripping mouthfeel and sweet lime flavours.  Sweet complexity in here.  Overnight it has a sweet lime fresh sweet almost melon taste with an ashy woody taste. Sticky sandy dry puckering with pops of very sweet almost candy returning sweetness.

Guess: 2022 Da Miao ( a common favourite production of Purlerist) or other Northern Yiwu area

Wrapper: C’21 M Sai- Must be a 2021 Man Sai!

Mark Turners Comments: The Man Sai is also a bit of an outlier. It's from a village near Kyaing Tong in Burma/Myanmar. It definitely has aspects that are more Yiwu-like than say Bulang Shan to which it is geographically much closer. Maybe more akin somehow to Xiao Meng Song?

Addendum: this 2021 Puerist Man Sai goes for approx $90.00 for 200g cake or $0.45/g.

Peace

Puerist Blind Dragonball Sample #1

Dry leaves have a subtle pungency to them…

Rinsed leaves have a dirt fruity orange pungency.

First infusion has a clear watery sweet sugary taste.  Soft pure tasting with some tongue and lip sticky tingling.

Second has a sweet distinct pure orange citrus sweet taste. Slight soft sandy mouthfeel.  Slight floral light pure tastes with an orange blossom and slight woody almost coco finish.  I’m leaning towards Nannou producing area…

Third infusion has a watery orange sweet taste initially.  It’s still watery and pure with a wet mouthfeel and light mild qi sensation.  Some faint cooling pungent and wood with a sticky mouthfeel.

Fourth infusion has a savoury watery taste.  Again very pure and clear with a fine sandy mouthfeel with faint orange smtaste that’s hard to grasp in the distance.  Mild qi with a heavy brow and light mild feeling.

5th is left to cool and is a watery savoury slight woody slight vegital pure clear tasting.  The body feel is light and comfortable and mouthfeel is a fines soft sand.

6th has a faint buttery floral taste very pure watery taste.  There is almost a faint orange and maybe melon taste that returns with some coolness.  Done almost faint coco minutes later.  Tastes like something I’ve tried before at Puerist a Northern Yiwu maybe… 

7th has a savoury oily light woody with a puer clean presentation the is cool breath and light comfortable body feeling with soft stick fine sandy feeling.  Subtle evergreen tree finish.

8th is left to cool and has a pure watery peachy taste light pure Gushu type of thing with soft slight fine sand mouthfeel and calming light qi with slight spaciness.  

9th has a watery woody faint sweetness sort of orange sort of peach but not really strong at all.  Wet mouthfeel with fine soft sand on tongue calming easy on body peaceful qi.

10th has a soft faint peachy pop then watery sweet finish with subtle wood.  Watery pure and gentle.  Some sweetness lingers on breath almost coco like taste minutes later. 

11th I return to the leaves the next day and they give a watery pure taste of almost lime sweetness.  Wet mouth mild relaxing qi. Mild faint sugary finish.

12th infusion has a watery lime sweetness slight almost creamy melon faint wood returns.  Slight sticky fine sandy finish. Mild relaxing qi.  No bitterness at all in  this one even late in the session.

13th is eft to cool and has a woody lime peachy watery onset with a wet mouthfeel.  Mild sweet woody finish.  A light Qi relaxing.

14th is left to cool and has a lime sweet watery pure taste that has a refreshing taste almost melon and not really dry wood.  Sweet sugar mild returning taste.  Mild and comfortable feeling.

I give the 15th a longer 30 seconds steeping and it comes out quite delicious- it has a creamy sweet orange oily onset and a chalky creamy.

Back to a flash infusion on the 16th which is very sweet melon with wet mouthfeel.  A chalky melon sweet taste with faint wood.  Very mouthwatering and still pretty tasty.  Great stamina even for a Dragonball! Mild chill vibes.

17th infusion has a sweet almost melon almost orange clear watery taste with some dry wood. A fine sandy sticky mouthfeel is in here with mild  cooling breath.

Days long infusion brings a lime and sweet taste very pure and oily slight sugary taste.

Guess: maybe 2020/2019 MengSong?

Wrapper: it had different things written on different sides of the wrapper BPD2 ‘18- 17?  Okay this must be a 2018/2017 Ban Po Lao Zhai … I could see that in the second infusion there in the notes…

Mark Turners comments: It's a bit harder to tell its origin because it's single tree, so a bit more refined maybe. More 'individual'.  tea was BPDZ so Ban Po Dan Zhu. I think actually it was from 2015, but at some point I maybe doubted that and wrote 2017. You were pretty close in any case.

Addendum: Puerist used to sell these Ban Po Lao Zhai single tree samples.  See here.  I have a few more labeled single trees from Puerist that I will post after this blind sampling… they are all unique and different enough, all very high quality such as this Dragonball!

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