A year or two ago Scott added a bunch more Bao He Xiang factory puerh offerings at Yunnan Sourcing. At that time they caught my eye for a few
reasons. First was the fact that these
are all mainly unlabeled region and often unique blends that were Guangdong
stored. To me this sounded an awful lot
like what white2tea is doing. This was
also at a time when the Yunnan Sourcing brand didn’t have all the different
blends that it has this year. To
me it was a move that offered a challenge or different option to the stuff that
white2tea was releasing- some good clean competition.
The second thing that Yunnan Sourcing is doing with these
Bao He Xiang puerh is only stocking a few cakes in Yunnan Sourcing’s dry
Kunming storage and reordering them as they go from Bao He Xiang’s clean medium
humid Guangdong storage. This means that
Scott is basically letting the Guangdong storage, for which this tea was
intended to be aged, impart its aging influence instead of exposing it to his
drier Kunming storage. I like this idea. I also assume that the pricing and price
rises of these order-as-you-go Bao He Xiang depends mainly on the price
increases from Bao He Xiang. I imagine this
is similar to Yunnan Sourcing’s pricing of other premium offerings from Hai
Lang Hao discussed in the last post.
In a list of recommendations for puerh with strong Qi and throat
and mouthfeel, Scott listed many Bao He Xiang offerings and said they were all
good. They are his picks of Bao He Xiang
afterall. He told me that the price of
these cakes is closely tied to quality.
I decided to go with some of the pricier/ premium Bao He Xiang that
Yunnan Sourcing has on offer. The next few
reviews will feature these Bao He Xiang….
Peace
8 comments:
I like where this is going...
ShadAdams,
... the perfect segway into....
Hi Matt,
I was wondering if the "list of recommendations for puerh with strong Qi and throat and mouthfeel" you mention was something public, or from a private conversation you had with Scott. In all cases, if you were willing to share it. I was thinking of ordering some samples from YS, and you know this is exactly what I'm looking for.
David,
Nice to hear from you as always.
Yunnan Sourcing's extensive puerh catalogue is intimidating even for me, never mind someone new to puerh. I think its a smart idea to contact any Western vendor to help narrow things down.
I first asked Scott to let me know his personal favorites or puerh he thinks is his best but he doesn't like to pick favorites amongst his babies... hahaha
I pressed him further in an email and it was a rather lengthy list that Scott sent me. I picked some that looked interesting and other that weren't even on that list. I just looked back at the email..
"regardless of producing year, region, price? I would say I value qi sensation and throat feeling the most?" I said to Scott.
The list that he generated was pretty big.
Peace
David,
Scott may have modified his selection to my tastes a bit, maybe, because as I know he is a reader of this blog.
Here you go...
2018 Bao He Xiang "Wu Jin Hao" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2019 Yunnan Sourcing "Wa Long Village" Yi Wu Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2018 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Nan Po Zhai" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2018 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Ai Lao Secret Garden" Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2018 Yunnan Sourcing Impression Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2018 Hai Lang Hao "Cha Wang Shu" Ancient Arbor Yi Wu Raw Pu-erh Tea
2018 Yunnan Sourcing "Long Tang Gu Shu" Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2018 Yunnan Sourcing "Yi Shan Mo" Yi Wu Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2017 Bao He Xiang "Peach Cake" Raw Pu-erh Tea
2017 Yunnan Sourcing "Nan Po Zhai" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2017 Yunnan Sourcing "Na Han Village" Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2017 Yunnan Sourcing "He Tao Di Village" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2017 Yunnan Sourcing "Zhang Jia Wan" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Da Qing Gu Shu" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Bing Dao Lao Zhai" Raw Pu-erh tea cake
2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Han Gu Di" Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh tea cake
2015 Yunnan Sourcing "Da Qing Gu Shu" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2015 Yunnan Sourcing "Huang Shan Gu Shu" Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2015 Yunnan Sourcing "Wa Long Village" Yi Wu Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2015 Yunnan Sourcing Impression Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2015 Yunnan Sourcing "Man Zhuan" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh tea cake
2015 Yunnan Sourcing "Mu Shu Cha" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2015 Yunnan Sourcing Wu Liang Mountain Wild Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea cake
2014 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Mi Bu" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2014 Yunnan Sourcing Autumn Bing Dao Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2014 Yunnan Sourcing Qing Mei Shan Old Arbor Pu-erh Tea Cake
2014 Yunnan Sourcing Bangbao Village Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2014 Yunnan Sourcing Autumn Ku Zhu Shan Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2014 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Mu Shu Cha" Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2014 Yunnan Sourcing Impression Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2014 Yunnan Sourcing "Ye Xin" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
Peace
*this list was generated before the full 2019 production was released*
Many thanks for this. Qi sensations and throat feeling are my top criteria, with cleanliness I guess, but they often are linked. I will follow your upcoming reviews with great attention.
David,
A bunch of these Yunnan Sourcing brand puerh are reviewed starting here:
https://mattchasblog.blogspot.com/2019/08/
Peace
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