I purchased this sample a while ago from Tea Urchin and just tried it this
spring. This 2011 Legend of Puer Da XueShan (Snow Mountain) goes for $64.00 for 200g or $0.32/g.
The dry leaves smell of vegetal dry leaf… nothing too
exciting here.
The first infusion has a mild dry woody almost but not that
mint-pungency with a faint distant floral.
The mouthfeeling is empty a faint moss on the tongue and the
throatfeeling is slightly opening in the upper- mid throat with a dry
sandy-sticky feeling in the mouth. There
is a candy faint aftertaste minutes later and some mild mouthwatering effect.
The second has a nice floral and candy onset over a mild
mossy mouthfeeling that evolves into something stickier. There is a very subtle vegetal and coolness
but mainly this is just a long floral coolness in the mouth. It then expands for minutes in the
mouth. Nice long perfume floral and
candy with not much other tastes to restrict or complicate these nice top
notes. The mouthfeeling is interesting
as it thickens in the mouth as the flavor expands. Nice dry storage on this cake.
The 3rd has a floral vegetal sweet perfume onset
with and expanding candy floral finish.
This puerh has really light pure flavours that really expand in the
mouth with little base flavours to distract from the single estate high-noted
feeling. The mouthfeeling continues to
thicken as you swallow. Nice dry storage
allows for nice expanding and very long candy and floral initial, mid, throat,
then aftertaste. There is a mid-throat
opening and very long profile. The Qi is
very subtle and focusing in the mind and clear in the body.
The fourth has a very incense perfume onset with a vegetal
and candy finish. The mouthfeeling is
more dry sticky and the long uninterrupted candy and floral nuances are
slightly muted by these other notes. There
is a bit of astringency now with a slight drying pucker with no more saliva
producing effects. The Qi is really soft and almost light in the body and
focusing relaxing mind. Very harmonious
Qi.
5th is a vegetal syrupy floral woody onset. There is a subtle sour taste that pops with
the initial tastes and moves fast. There
is a subtle cool throat then some candy expands on the breath. The mouthfeel is soft and sticky the
mid-throat opens a bit.
6th has a vegetal sweet syrupy floral taste there
is a candy like sweetness that emerges and returns with a faint cool subtle
throat opening. Nice soft mossy
coating. Slight focusing mind Qi.
7th is much the same with a subtle incense note
and much longer pronounced candy taste that is long on the breath.
8th has a floral perfume onset with a touch of vegetal
underneath there is faint very faint woodiness and the mouthfeel is a bit
puckering and dry with a bit more astringency to this infusion. The few infusions with more astringency,
although subtle, also have a tighter pucker mouthfeeling and less candy and
sweetness throughout. These infusions
can also be felt on the empty stomach.
Qi is really mild in the body with a focused mind.
9th has a woody floral kind of watery onset with
some vegetal slight rubber that comes up.
There is a faint deep throat cooling then a returning faint candy taste.
10th has a juicier fruity sweet onset of mango,
with a slight floral and slight tart nuance to it. The sweet mango tastes is long in the profile
and stretches onto the breath. The
mouthfeeling is soft and mossy with a mid-deep open throat feeling and focused
Qi feeling.
11th has a woody, flat almost bitter-astringent
floral fruit. The mouthfeeling is a bit more gripping. There is a slight puckering mouthfeeling with
a more pronounced cooling in the throat.
Nice focusing Qi.
12th is a cooled cup and more of an orange peel
taste comes up initially with subtle sweet and fainter bitter note that returns
as a candy-like coolness on the breath.
Focusing Qi.
13th I add 10seconds to the flash infusion and
let it cool down… the results is a faint fruity almost woody bland taste with
very little returning sweetness.
I go to the mug steepings and start pushing this one hard…
It is pretty much spent now with a bit of bland woody,
slight earthy incense.
This is a really pure and simple but still refined offering
of Da Xue Shan from a producer know for its smooth puer - Legends of Puer. It offers a clean and pure highnoted floral
sweetness and a nice long cooling candy finish.
The Qi is unimposing and harmonious.
The dry storage on this sample has done these qualities well. Very nice in its pure simplicity very easy to
drink.
Peace
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