This sample was a part of a package from Nada a while back. His taste in puerh never lets down, challenging ones definition of 'good puerh' with every sample. One has heard many good things about this tea that Nada personally pressed last year on Nannou Mountain.
This one emits a mild aroma from leaves that are well defined- a nice mix.
The kettle and mind are prepared, the tea steeps. After a while this is nothing special, that's why its special.
This tea leaves a tingle on the lips as it enters the mouth. A tingle which lingers. A good tingle. The feeling in the mouth also follows suit. This pale yellow liquor is excessively creamy and sweet with hits of fruit in the nose. It is light, soft, smooth puerh but its mouthfeel is fuller than most with this profile. This is what one would expect from organic, old growth trees.
The next few infusions carry a sweetness that comes on fast then slips into spicy, banana-sweet creaminess. A dryness only begins to approach after the first few infusions and emerges after sweetness and flavours come and go.
This tea is a delicate one in flavour and in qi. This teas gentle nature unravels a soft, 'yin', downward flowing energy. A nice energy. A spring energy.
Further on, the fruitiness develops a distinct plum taste as the intense creamy and sweet tones drop off a bit.
Soon a lingering bitterness all but drowns out this tea's delicate taste. Fainter, tougher notes like licorice and a woody-caramel are sometimes present latter into the session under good brewing conditions.
A very nice tea.
Peace
This one emits a mild aroma from leaves that are well defined- a nice mix.
The kettle and mind are prepared, the tea steeps. After a while this is nothing special, that's why its special.
This tea leaves a tingle on the lips as it enters the mouth. A tingle which lingers. A good tingle. The feeling in the mouth also follows suit. This pale yellow liquor is excessively creamy and sweet with hits of fruit in the nose. It is light, soft, smooth puerh but its mouthfeel is fuller than most with this profile. This is what one would expect from organic, old growth trees.
The next few infusions carry a sweetness that comes on fast then slips into spicy, banana-sweet creaminess. A dryness only begins to approach after the first few infusions and emerges after sweetness and flavours come and go.
This tea is a delicate one in flavour and in qi. This teas gentle nature unravels a soft, 'yin', downward flowing energy. A nice energy. A spring energy.
Further on, the fruitiness develops a distinct plum taste as the intense creamy and sweet tones drop off a bit.
Soon a lingering bitterness all but drowns out this tea's delicate taste. Fainter, tougher notes like licorice and a woody-caramel are sometimes present latter into the session under good brewing conditions.
A very nice tea.
Peace
I see the Nannuo has met its match in the rustic white cup in the photograph!
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Hobbes
Hobbes,
ReplyDeleteThis little white cup is an eye stopper deserving a post of its own some time soon. You've seem to notice how its become a favourite when brewing young shang.
Peace