2025 Puerh.uk Yibi Single Tree

These were some tasting notes from last year when this puerh was particularly fresh… this evaluation sampling was done just after my last post published in 2025… this 2025 Puerh.uk YiBi Single Tree seems like it is no longer listed…

Dry leaves have a very candy like odour very sweet with subtle coco and icing sugar and forest… yummy 

First infusion has a bitter vibrant pop of fruity pungency. Lots of Forrest pungency and cool fresh breath.  Tingling and sticky mouthfeel.  Deep throaty saliva fruity.  Happy high feeling with as light and tingling.

Second infusion is a slippery sweet onset with pungent woody with some harder to grasp sweet banana but a full sticky stronger mouthfeel.  Chest lightness and limbs light with a happy feeling. Mouthfeel has a gripping sticky feeling that coats the mouth a down into the throat.

Third infusion is left to cool and is a pungent cooling forest with underlying lesser sweetness.  Full chalky sticky almost sandy mouthfeel.  Open chest and light limbs feeling and a mild happy mind.

Fourth infusion is left to cool and is a juicy fruity sugar onset with a cooling pungent forest woody taste that takes over with a sticky sandy full mouthfeeling. Chest and limbs feeling. Space out happy.

5th is a wet sticky not that sweet but with a pungent and foresty cooling taste.  Spacy and happy with light limbs and chest feeling.

6th is left to cool and is a pungent cooling forest taste with lesser back ground sweetness.  Sweet fruity aftertaste lingers on the breath. Mouthfeel is sticky sandy and full.

7th is a sweet flat fruity taste with a pungent cooling throat light limbs and happy mind.  Sticky sandy mouthfeeling.

8th is a long mug infusion and is pungent forest with a sweet sugary layer underneath. Mild happy feeling.

Peace

2021 Puerh.uk BangDong Xue Shan Single Ancient Tree

 This 2021 Puerh.uk BangDong Single Ancient Tree goes for approx $325.00 for 200g cake $1.62/g.  I’m a fan of BangDong and was really looking forward to this one so I saved the best for last…… 

Dry leaves have a sweet peachy almost orange and honey odour.  Yummy!

Rinsed leaves have a forest sweet orange candy.

First infusion has a clear creamy smooth sweet taste with an icing sugar taste.  Soft slow and slightly oily approach.  Body feeling swelling abomin light feeling with spacy Qi..

Second is a smooth clear candy sweet syrupy slight orange taste. Spacy Qi feeling with body tingling floating feeling with strong chesty heart beats.  

Third infusion is left to cool and is an icing sugar sweet smooth slightly oily viscous.  Sweet lingers in the mouth. Big bodyfeeling and qi feeling here. With big chest feeling body tingling and floating and expanding abdominal feeling.  Jaw loose face Qi is strong.  Lots of interesting body feeling really nice!

Fourth is a smooth sweet icing sugar with slight oily texture and slight cooling deep throat opening. Happy high spacy feeling with abdominal light swelling feeling like a floating abdomen.  Chesty Qi with heart beats.  Tingling face and jaw… lots of strong bodyfeeling.

Fifth is a stronger mouthfeel with deep throat opening nice cool deep thrust and icing sugar with faint peach oranges that are harder to grasp. Spacy strong high with lots of interesting bodyfeeling.  Big chest and abdomen Qi feeling.

6th has a woody bark fruity mild taste with a slight oily texture and sticky mouthfeel.  Spacy big qi sensations rule with bodyfeeling in face, chest and abdomen with light limbs feeling. Subtle woody spice taste lingers in the mouth.

7th pure light woody not that sweet broth.  Still some decently big Qi in there.

8th is a long mug steeping is bitter woody slight oily not much sweet taste just some in the finish like mild icing sugar.  Full sticky mouthfeel.  Cooling breath with deep throat open and lingering very faint icing sugar.

Tighter compression allows me to push it to an overnight mug steeping…it is an oily smooth tasting with icing sugar sweetness onset faint orange taste fades into a deep mild cooling throat opening with lingering sweet breath. 

Really nice BangDong! 

Peace

2021 Puerh.uk BangWai Single Ancient

This 2021 Puerh.uk BangWai Single Ancient Tree goes for approx $300.00 for 200g cake or $1.50/g.

Dry leaves have a sweet plum date odour.

Rinsed leaves have a dried dates odour.

First infusion has a pure clear sugar rush plum and grape taste.  Light and airy feeling.  Lingering sweet taste. Happy chest fluttering.

Second infusion has a pure uninterrupted candy onset that builds up within short seconds in the mouth.  Texture is moderately/strongly oily and viscus roof of mouth and full feeling mouth. Almost floral melon edges but slight more plum and even grape.  Chest Qi is pretty strong with a fluttering feeling in the chest.  

Third infusion has a clear sweet onset of juicy pear melon plum with a mild oily texture and sandy mouthfeeling especially on the roof and tongue developing. Ashy mid taste with a slightly mild candy sugar faint apple pie finish.  Sticky almost gripping slight puckering mouthfeel now. 

Fourth is left to cool and is a sweet pure one of plum sugar and an ashy mid profile with sweet candy finish. The mouthfeel evolved to be dandy and sticky not really gripping but thicker. Long sweet mild candy finish.

5th has a watery melon mild taste with a slightly oily texture and full mouthfeel.  Happy mild chest flutters. 

6th is left to cool and is a sweet uninterrupted melon sweet taste slightly oily with still a moderate full mouthfeeling of sandy chalky coating. Still strong chest fluttering Qi and happy uplifting contentness. 

7th is a watery sweet melon with ashy undertones and long mild sweet melon taste slight oily with a sweet candy finish.

8th is a long thermos steeping and the next day the spent leaves in there are a bit oily a bit sweet candy melon and a bit bitter. 

Peace

2021 Puerh.uk YouLe ZhaGuo Extra Tall Trees

 

This 2021 Puerh.uk YouLe ZaoGuo Tall Trees goes for approx $500.00 for 200g or $2.50/g.  This was my favourite of Puerh.uk 2020-2024 lineup!

Dry leaves have a fresh almost minty west wildflower odour.

Rinsed leaves have a strong roasted rich cherries sweetness.

First infusion has a wet sweet cherries taste. There is a solid sweet strawberries taste.  Mouthwatering rich forest and cherry.  Wash of peaceful feelings. Soft fine sandy tongue.  Mild deep cool throat. 

Second has a delicious soapy floral taste with background cherries.  Mind stopping Qi as if floating outside the body… very nice effect!  Wet tounge coating with fine thicker powdery tongue coating.  Mild deep throaty cooling.  Strong Qi but very relaxing and strongly peaceful.

Third infusion has a rich weedy wildflower onset with brassy forest dry woody bark taste.  Deep mild cooling throat.  Sticky gripping mouthfeel.  Deeply Paul and mind pausing out of body Qi!

Fourth infusion is left to cool and is a watery sweet juicy wildflower with sticky tongue powdery fine sandy tongue coating. Happy mind escaping and mind-pausing Qi experience.

Fifth has a fruity juicy thick in the mouth powdery tongue sweetness.  Happy mind escape.  Light shoulders and limbs.some wildflower and deep subtle menthol cool throat opening. Strong effect on the mind and body.

Sixth is left to cool and is a forest weedy wildflower with underlying sweetness throughout balance with woody bark sticky mouthfeel.  Mind float with peaceful feelings.  

7th is wet with wildflowers and had a sweet juicy taste mild but steady with heart flutters and refreshed peaceful mind.

8th is a long mug steeping….flat chalky tongue coating… Is a forest woody sweet cherry and pear juicy with distant wildflowers peace out!

I think this might be my favourite experience of all the Puerh.uk offerings their other Youle was also very good but completely different experience!

Peace

2021 Puerh.uk Absolute King Lao Ban Zhang” Selected Trees

This was either a free sample with purchase of sample for review.  Puerh.uk “Absolute King” Lao BanZhang Selected Trees goes for $1080.00 for 200g cake or $5.40/g…. It’s one for sampling at that price.

Dry leaves have a sweet cherries and berries rich candy deep sweet odour.

Rinsed leaf has a muted forest sweetness.

First infusion has a clear watery onset with a deep emerging cherry which comes in a slow wave. Slow delicate but deliberate evolution in the throat and mouth.  First watery foresty almost ashy not really bitter then faint light forest dough deeper cherry light tastes. Chest flutters mind ease.

Second is a soft mild mossy feeling of forest with small bump of sticky not really gripping.  Faint distant berries sweet under dry bark woody.  Some interesting complex vegetables.  Flush face and mild out of body feeling.

Third infusion has a wet watery almost sweet wood bark taste.  Slight deep throat cooling mild moderate gripping mouth.  Cherries are mild and in a gob of saliva. Etherial feeling with some grip and mild flavours. 

4th infusion is wet woody bark with faint under sweetness mild/ moderate sticky dry gripping mouth.  Flush face.  Relaxing mild high.

5th is left to cool and is a bit sweeter like a subtle juicy sweet with breath of faint hard to grasp fading candy. Peaceful high with chest flutters.

6th is left to cool and is a faint sweet juicy.  Stronger chest Qi builds up big heart beats.  Uplifting.

7th is a long mug steeping… it is a creamy juicy with peach notes coming out in the aftertaste.  Strong chesty feeling but mind is peaceful calming high.  

Peace

2024 Puerh.uk “Gold Mark Beyond BanZhang” Ancient

This 2024 Puerh.uk Gold Mark Beyond BanZhang goes for approx $215.00 for 200g cake or $1.10/g. I sampled this one yesterday. It was a free gift for review- thank you.

 Dry leaves have a sweet sugar forest with deeper lingering candy odour.  The long candy smell is mouthwatering.

Rinsed leaf has strong mouthwatering candy. 

First infusion has a brassy forest onset with oily full sweetness candy that pops with cooling throat and vibrant Forest candy finish.  Mouthwatering effect beautiful evolution.  Minutes later vibrant candy with sticky stimulating mouthfeel.

Second infusion has a sweet forest vibrant almost buttery forest candy pop! Strong heart pumping and euphoria energy uprising and simultaneously deeper relaxing.  Sticky mouthfeel with long sweetness.

3rd has a watery sweet first candy pop and sticky almost gripping mouthfeel with long candy finish.  Chest beats and euphoria waves.  

4th is a silky creamy sweet candy pop with a sticky almost but not gripping mouthfeel that produces a lot candy aftertaste effect. Alerting euphoria.

5th infusion is a creamy candy forest pop with full mouthfeel and mild gripping with return of sweet candy. Face flushing. 

6th infusion has a woody getting bitter taste with a sweetness that is behind these tastes. Chest beats and less intense energy euphoria now.

7th is a watery woody not that sweet anymore still significant chest chest beats and face flush and mild euphoria now… time for the long mug steeping….

8th is long mugging… and is a bitter woody sweet sugar almost candy with moderate gripping mouthfeel. Strong chest beating.  

This one nicely invigorated me, it’s what I needed.

Peace

2021 Puerh.uk YouLe ManKong Ancient

I did an evaluation sampling of this free sample from Puerh.uk yesterday.  This 2021 Puerh.uk YouLe ManKong Ancient Small Leaf goes for approx $300.00 for 200g cake or $1.50/g.

Dry leaves have an almond nutty sweetness with sweet penetrating sugar odour, distant wildflowers. 

Rinsed leaves have a sweet grain cereal odour.

First infusion has a creamy milky sweetness distant nutty with an oily viscus texture.  Cooling mouth lingering with strawberry milk sweet aftertaste.

Second infusion has a sweet nutty milky taste very oily and viscus texture. Longer lingering sweet taste sort of milky strawberry.  Flavour and slight sticky sandy mouthfeel more on the tongue they thrust with faint opening.

Third infusion is an oily very viscus sort of milky with faint strawberries taste. Mouth flavours linger with sandy tongue coating.  Mild peaceful feeling I. The mind with mild mind clearity.

4th is left to cool and is quite sweet with a sugar candy strawberries.  Wet oily mouth coating with slight sticky sandy layers. Mild cooling strawberries on breath. Mild comfortable Qi.

5th is watery sweet sugar and strawberries mild taste with wet mouthfeel and sandy tongue. Mild Qi comfortable feeling.

6th is left to cool and is a watery oily wet with mild strawberries sugar sweet.  Mild feeling, mild taste, thick oily wet mouthfeel.

7th is put into a long mug steeping and comes out wet, woody, slightly oily sweet.  Mild easy comfortable puerh.

The leftover of the mug steeping the next day is very oily viscus with light sweet taste.

Peace