2005 Yang Qing Hao “Old Tree” Limited

 I only had a small sample of this 7 tong production when I tried this back in 2021.  But for the sake of anyone interested here is the link to the notes….

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2005 Yang Qing Hao Yiwu Cha Wang (Houde Stored)

 

This 2005 Yang Qing Hao Cha Wang sample is not from Yang’s storage it’s been dry stored by Houde in Huston for a few decades-ish.  I sampled it a few years ago here on the blog here but thought to retaste as I go through the Yang Qing Hao experience here…

Dry leaves have a sweet faint woody almost purfume spice.

Rinsed leaves have a purfume strawberries and almost resin odour.

First infusion has a woody sweet resin taste. With a faint spice finish.  Long sweet raisin and resin… ha. Dried grit raisin with calm and chest beats slowness. Peaceful mind release.

Second infusion has a perfume spice strawberries mild sweet taste. Sort of strawberry jam with cooling throat. Sweet slight raisins and slight resin. Slight tight feeling in the mouth and throat calming peaceful bliss moderate Qi feeling.  

Third infusion has a strawberries mild woody resin taste creamy spice the flavour is a bit lighter and less dense than many other Yang Qing Hao.  Bubbling light chest and slower heart beats with blissed out peaceful feeling. Cooled down has a bit more mild sweetness melon, cherry, strawberry with spice and perfume resin.  Bubbling light chest and slower heart beats beats.  Faint candy return.

Fourth is left to cool with a chalky gritty creamy talc.  Strawberry mild creamy almost candy finish.  Happy bliss vibes.  Mild chest feeling.  Smooth enjoyable Yiwu that is maybe a bit lacking in bodyfeeling but others wise a nice solid Yiwu experience.

Fifth has a chalky sweet talc sandy woody taste.  Mild purfume.  Chill peaceful relaxing vibes.  Woody spice purfume base mild taste with a soft barley drying sandy mouthfeel.

Sixth infusion has a watery mild sweet strawberry talc.  Soft sandy mouthfeel with some slow chest beats.  Slight dry feeling in the mouth.  Chill vibes. Watery sweet finish.

Seventh has a woody spice talc mild flavour with a watery mild sweetness in the finish. Sandy dry mouthfeel.

8th is a long mug steeping and is oily light very high notes light fluffy almost candy sweetness.  Light crisp high notes pop still.  Candy long fade outs.  

Overall a nice solid Yiwu very easy to drink and no fuss feel good puerh but doesn’t dazzle and dazzle like most Yang Qing Hao with more a moderate and less complex Qi sensations as we have been used to being rather spoiled by other Yang Qing Hao productions.  However, their is a steady feeling of blissful happiness that carries me throughout this day on the Qi…. 

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2005 Yang Qing Hao Ting Chi Pin

This 2005 Yang Qing Hao Ting Qi Pin goes for $520.00 for 500 g cake or $1.04/g.  It’s also referred to as 2005 Yang Qing Hao Dingjipin…

Dry leaves have a creamy sweet odour pure odour with a faint wood.

Rinsed leaves have a creamy sweet layered high notes almost cherry strawberries.

First infusion has a watery soft creamy taste that turns into sweetness.  Soft gentle energy with a chest swelling feeling.  Wet mouthfeeling. Somehow reminds me of Wangong.chest opening calm perspective.

Second infusion has a soft chalky watery almost strawberries taste.  There is a bit more sweetness in the return of light sweet strawberries.  Very gentle in taste with a prominent watery/wet mouthfeeling. Some swelling chest feeling. Calm. Perspective feeling a touch out of body feeling.  Soft calming with chest swelling.  Cooled down it has a watery almost faint mushroom and more soft taste creamy with a mild sweetness that develops in the return. Sticky mouthfeel.

Third infusion has a watery creamy wet taste almost a light melon taste that is hard to grasp with slight background mushroom the sweet taste comes out in the return. Very subtle and gentle. Some chest swelling.  Maybe the lightest and most subtle of all Yang Qing Hao.

4th has a watery almost melon sweet taste there is some faint mushroom background that might be more Yang storage notes than coming from the material I’m not sure.  It’s so clear in taste that it’s noticeable.  Cooled down it has a creamy chalky sandy melon taste with a fine sandy mouthfeel subtle cool mouth.  Swelling chest feeling.  A gentle relaxing feeling not that more perspective altering if the first few infusions. 

5th infusion has a mild sandy creamy sort of taste with subtle mushroom spice and melon sweet returning.  Wet mouthfeeling with a sticky sandiness slight dry roof of mouth.  Swelling chest feeling and calming feeling.

6th has a watery creamy sort of mushroom onset.  Swelling chest wet mouth with a dry roof of mouth.  Swelling chest expanding feeling.melon is very faint in the return.  Sticky almost drying feeling.  Peaceful calm.

7th has a watery mild flavour of creamy melon swelling chest feeling calm kind feeling.  Cooled down is a clear watery subtle melon sweet taste.  Swelling chest feeling.

8th infusion is left to cool and is a creamy sweet melon mild tasting with some breath coolness and calm feeling stick roof of mouth is always very mild but noted.  Chest swelling.

9th has a watery onset with background tastes a returning sweet mild melon is there as well. Chest swelling.  This puerh is very consistent infusion to infusion with more of a purity of a single area rather than a wider blend like most other Yang Qing Hao it’s also very subtle and gentle for an earlier Yang Qing Hao.

10th is becoming very watery still some Qi in there but is starting to fade….

11th is us a long steeping of spent leaves and is a creamy cherry sweet taste.  Smooth oily mouthfeeling with nice oily sweet fruity tastes.  Oily very sweet fruity stays in mouth lingering sweet taste.  Happy floating feeling.

I put it into a days long mug steeping and it is fruity oily smooth with a fruity cherries and strawberries taste.  Nice clean sweet and very easy to drink.  I like this for what it is… easy pure gentle Yang Qing Hao.

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2005 Yang Qing Hao Yuan Shih Sen Ling Huang Shan Cha (aka Long Name)

In the West this 2005 Yang Qing Hao Yuan Shih Sen Ling Huang Shan Cha ($610.00 for 500g cake or $1.22/g) is also affectionately referred to as 2005 Yang Qing Hao “Long Name” I’m going to say that Shah8 started this as far as I know.

Dry leaves have a deeper herby sweet odour.

Rinsed leaves have a sweet cinnamon herby woody odour.

First infusion is a sweet watery almost candy with a more present woody.  Slight tongue tingling feeling with an empty mouth feel.  Deep throat opening and stimulating with lingering candy watery sweetness longing deep in the pure tasting cool throat opening.  Deep mind pausing peacefulness takes hold with levitating body and subtle tinging skin.

Second is a creamy cooling chalky candy.  Soft in the mouth with very deep sweet throat opening. Body pausing with floating and tingling distinct body feeling.  Cooled down it is creamy sweet candy cooling deep throat.

Third infusion has a woody menthol turns into a cooling very herby almost medicinal tasting with a woodsy talc taste.  Big qi pauses the mind tingles the skin and levitates the body. If feel happy and did ate with a happy talkative bubbling underneath.

Fouth infusion has a woodsy herby talc onset with a sweet background underbelly.  Slight sandy mouthfeeling with sticky lips and edges.  Big heart beats and mind floating. Big qi and complex with mind pausing body tingling.  Shoulders floating up. Blissed mind.  Medicinal camphor woody.

5th is a sweet woody herby camphor medicinal talc.  Herbs and medicinal plants make this one unique.  There is a deep throat opening but also a silty mouthfeel sticky lips and roof of mouth and fine sandy feeling.  Big qi chest feeling like diaphragm is rising up through the Heart feeling. Very unique body feel with skin tingling big deep energy boost revival.

6th bitter medicinal woods onset with herby woody taste slight sticky mouth with deep throat cooling .  Big qi makes me almost overwhelmed and a bit jumpy with a deep diaphragm moving up feeling limbs tingling.  

7th has a talc medicinal woody taste big Qi hits hard complex and deeply.  Cooled down more watery candy sweet taste.  Lingering candy in deep throat with soft silty mouth feeling.  Big diaphragm upwards movement with big rising up energy movements. Levitating, tingling, almost jittering.  

8th is left to cool and is a woody talc herby medicinal. Big upward movement of qi silty louthfeeling with underlying sweet candy big chest and shoulders upwards! Candy talc finish in deep throat and in the chalky mouthfeeling.

9th has a talc bitter woods with a herby with slight mouth lips sticky but not drying.  Deep throat opening.  Cooling medical camphor.  

The long mug steeping of spent leaves has a deep incense spice mushroom woody salty savory depth.  Lots of ingesting death in here.  Silty mouthfeel.  Smoky incense deep dark taste.  Chest uprising diaphragm and elevated feelings.  Mood up!

I put it into another days long mug infusion and it is sweet savory slightly minty deeper woods and dirts. 

Due to the stronger medical and herbal woody taste this is a puerh lovers puer not for the sweet at heart… it also makes it a bit of a unique production of Yang Qing Hao in its taste profile.  Yes it has sweetness but more of in just the first few infusions before it goes background.  Why am I evening talking about the taste… its mouthfeel is pretty complex with lots of deep throat and silty chalky sandy sticky feelings to balance out the deep throat but if you are going for this puerh it really is about the complex bodyfeeling… doesn’t get much better than this…

I should pick a cake of this up sometime soon although I missed the window for getting this one at any sort of deal.

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2004 Yang Qing Hao Jinhao Chawang

 This one also sold out a few years ago and was a bit cheaper than the others and is an outlier production of Yang Qing Haos 2004 line…

Dry leaves have a sweet cardboard odour to them.

Rinsed leaves have a sort of floral and roasted nut odour.

First infusion has a watery sort of nutty sweet taste with slightly sandy mouthfeel and hard to grasp almost nutty floral sweetness.

Second has a light watery woody slight sour floral taste with a creamy sweet finish.  Very light and spacious flavours.  Cooled down it finishes more melon fruity and dry wood.  Wet mouthfeel with fine sand on tongue.  Warm energy in the face.

Third infusion has a watery sour fruity taste.  That fruity taste is quite clear and oily pear.  Oily mouthfeel.  Spaced out flavour nuances.  Creamy pear and peach notes.  Creamy sweet finish. Mild peaceful feeling.

Fourth infusion has a peach and pear clear oily taste.  Long creamy sweet aftertaste some sugars and peach and pear with some cooling and mouthwatering.  Simple pure clear and delicious flavours.  Some arm tingling.

5th is left to cool and has a peachy pear oily pure taste.  Oily mouthfeeling compliments the pure fruit flavours nicely.  Some soft faint sand on the tongue.  Long sweet bready creamy fruity almost fruitbread aftertaste. Slight warming spacy energy.  Some sensations in forearms.

6th is left to cool and has a fruity pear and peach oily taste.  Pure clear enjoyable flavours.  A bit relaxing Qi.  Slight bready sweet aftertaste. Oily mouthfeel.

7th has a woody almost pungent oily sweet fruit pear and peach.  Spacy relaxing.  Slight fine sand on tongue some faint bodyfeel in arms.

8th has a woody almost pungent sweet taste slight oily and fine sand tongue.Relaxing.

9th is left to cool and is woidy with some peachy pear oily sweet taste.

I put the rest into a long mug steeping… it comes out sweet and a bit floral not really any heavier Yang Qing Hao storage tastes.   There is some pungency and some root beers. Swelling chest feeling.

Overall, this less expensive 2004 has done quite well with age there is a reason it’s sold out for the lower price it sold for.  I enjoy it for what it is and it seemed to improved with a bit of age.

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Comparing the Big 2004s: 2004 Yang Qing Hao Tejipin

 

I believe this 2004 Yang Qing Hao Teji Pin sample was taken out of Yang Qing Hao’s storage the year it sold out in 2021. I sampled this a long with a sample that had three years of North American storage at that time in a post here.  I will retaste today simply to see how it’s (poorly) aging in my too cold/dry storage but mainly to compare to the other top favourites the 2004 Yang Qing Hao Dingji YehSheng and the 2004 YangQing Hao Zhencang (also sold out in 2021) with some discussion to follow on preferences/ favourites/ strengths and weaknesses…

Dry leaves have a slight sweet bready odour.

The rinsed leaves have an icing sugar sweet odour.

First infusion has a clear pure woody watery onset that returns as this pure icing sugar sweet taste.  Long icing sugar sweet aftertaste.  Tinging body and face with deep focus. 

Second infusion is a sweet icing sugar pure elegant sweetness.  Long icing sugar sweet taste watery with no much Yang Storage nuances yet but subtle.  Long sweet almost candy but mainly icing sugar sweetness pops and has a long lingering aftertaste of sweet taste.  Big Qi feeling of head floating and flushing chest sensations and hands numb.

Third infusion has a hay and icing sugar onset with a long sweet icing sugar pure finish.  The mouthfeel is mossy and doesn’t interfere with the pure sugary ethereal taste and feel.  Qi is big with a floating head and face and hand tingling. Spacy relaxing warm brow.

Fourth is a woody onset with a sweet icing sugar that emerges ebbs and flows into the aftertaste.  The mouthfeel is slight sticky dry here.  Some wet mouthwatering.Qi has a big focused floating head feeling.  Relaxed focus. Open chest numb face and hands.

5th is left to cool and is a bit melon sweet with woody pure clear taste.  Slight dry sticky mouthfeel.  Face Qi feelings. Stronger focused relaxation.

6th is also left to cool and gives off icing sugar sweetness there are some bready sweetness.  Lots of sweet sugar and sweet bread.  Long sweet finish.  Relaxing focusing.  Face flushed and head floating feeling. 

7th has an almost sour sort of fruity sweetness , sour white grapes taste, with faint woody background a slight dry mouth.  Creamy Sweetness on the dry tongue. Very relaxed and mind slowing. I was feeling productive under the qi influence at the beginning but now I’m a bit lethargic from it hours later.

8th has a sour woody taste that is not as sweet with a silty mouthfeel.  Woody sour taste with not much sweetness.  Mild silty dry mouthfeel.  Very relaxing lazy Qi.

9th is a long mug steeping… it has a woody slight dirt slight root beer taste… There is an almost red wine dirt taste.…  mainly a woody dirt taste. There is a creamy sweetness under the wood.  Dry throat and mouthfeeling.  Dry dirt taste is not super tasty but the Qi is still quite nice with more chest feeling and sensations.  Some tingling hands and elbows less floating feeling now. The mouthfeel is quite dry here.

After drinking the big 3 Yang Qing Hao in three consecutive days these are some of my conclusions…

Qi…. All are really good… First of all, I really liked the Qi of this Tieji.  I liked it three years ago and like it now.  To me the Qi of Teji Pin is of higher quality and just makes me feel better than the other two.  I sampled all at work and had this happy focused vibe with some enjoyable body feelings with the Teiji pin.  The Zhencang made me feel more stoned and had a more simple bodyfeel out of the three but still strong and foating happy stoned feeling still of good quality and complex but more narrow and pointed.  The Dingji YeSheng has a very complex Qi sensation that does a lot all at once and is simultaneously excitatory and deeply relaxing and a whole lot of other things- there is lots happening with it and I like the wild ride quit a bit but at work it was a bit much and left me feeling pretty stoned that day.

The taste of the Zhencang is the best out of the three offering excellent resin Yiwu tastes at its finest and the processing of this cake seems to have given it an edge over the others. Dingji has some harsher or rougher elements of bitter astringency that can sometimes emerge from the blend that the others don’t have.  To me this is a benefit and part of the dynamic nature of this one.

The storage taste/ processing and weaker stamina of the Teiji Pin weakens my enjoyment of it a bit this is the most elegantly sweet icing sugars tasting of the bunch but the stronger storage does not do it well and it eventually much more quickly than the others descends into that Yang Storage base taste of as I describe it above as “woody slight dirt taste”.  However, as I said three years ago, I’m convinced I would have caked it regardless for its 400$ price tag.

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2004 Yang Qing Hao Ding Ji Yeh Sheng: Big Complex Qi

I purchased this 2004 Yang Qing Hao Dingji Yesheng ($615 per cake or $1.23/g) cake straight out of Yang’s Storage in January 2024($525.00 for 500g cake). These notes are from that cake. I have purchased a few of these cakes in the last few years.  I appreciate the complexity and variety session to session due tothe blend and the strong Qi is always consistent session to session.  Not as elegant as other 2004s Yang Qing Haos but I prefer the complexity and variety of this blend and mainly the strong deep and powerful Qi…

 Dry leaves smell of a very sweet creamy woody sweetness.

Rinsed leaves have a very creamy very sweet odour to them.

First infusion has a creamy vibrant sweetness to them.  Smooth creamy and sweet.  Slight woody and cooling with a silty slight tight

mouthfeel.

Second infusion has a creamy sweet onset with a spacy Qi.  Creamy slight vegital woody but mainly creamy sweet watery taste. Slight warming Qi development. Big complex qi with heart beats and energy but relaxing euphoria.

Third infusion is left to cool and is a smooth creamy sweet woody creamy onset with wet mouth and a slight dry mouthfeel underneath with some mild a salivation.  Long almost candy creamy sweet aftertaste.  Big qi deep energetic and relaxing euphoria with big chest beats.

Fourth is a smooth creamy sweet slight woody sweet taste. Some kouthwsterinf long creamy sweet almost candy.  Overall soft smooth and almost muted.  Complex big qi feeling.

Fifth has a creamy sweet creamy woody smooth soft taste.  There is some creamy smooth almost candy aftertaste.  Big complex Qi slight dry mouthfeel under a wet coat.

Sixth infusion has a watery juicy creamy sweet pop of almost fresh fruit flavour with creamy candy finish. Strong spacy qi makes me giddy.  Woody creamy almost Smokey but very creamy sweet throughout with some fresh fruits trying to push through the creamy sweet. Warm brow and heat heart, spacy euphoric.  

I come back to the leaves at the end of the day.

Seventh is a creamy sweet bready sweet taste.  Soft and smooth but with a cottony full mouthfeel a sticky silty feel is left behind.  Some salivating pop of candy sweet almost fresh fruity sweet taste. Spacey euphoria with energetic chest beats and leaving body spacy.  Limbs and face light and numb with face warmth. Lingering cinnamon note minutes later.  Lots of layers of sweet tastes, mouthfeels, and Qi sensations experts a complex feeling overall.

The eighth infusion has a fruity almost fresh sour fruit. Creamy sweet more candy in the finish.  Long creamy candy finish.  Cotton mouth with creamy.

The ninth infusion is a very sweet creamy custard with icing sugar and some faint fresh fruits.  There is a bit more gripping dry woody almost bitterness now.  Dry woody candy finish.  Stronger Qi feeling in the head now with strong chest beats and spacy fuzzy head.

The tenth infusion is left to cool and is a sweet fruity fresh pear with a creamy sweet woody talc finish.  Creamy sweet almost candy finish.  Less salivating now and slight dry mouthfeel. Strong spacy feeling.

11th infusion has a sweet woody fruity taste.  It’s getting more woody a bit cereal and less sweet layers.  Almost a dry woody bitterness.  Spacy strong Qi sensation.  

12th is a long mug steeping and it gives off a thick oily sweetness there is a thick fruity taste but also faint smoke, very faint bitterness.  Thick almost leathery but lots of sweetness.  Strong flavour and depth when pushed harder here.  Lots of stamina left in these leaves.  Big Qi feeling… very spaced out today!

I put it into an overnight steeping of spent leaves it comes out slight woody sweet vegital then transforms into a woody sweet mint coco sort of reminds me of those Jr. Mints chocolate candies. Very yummy.  Lots of fresh minty woody coco fresh fruity silty mud mouthfeel. Sweet pops of flavour oily thick feeling in the mouth.  

Although it has always been a top Yang Qing Hao production the price has always remained high so it has not sold out like some of the others that were priced lower.  I still like this one a lot!

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