The dry leaves smell of thick barnyard foresty deep odours…
I think this is going to be good…
The first infusion has a watery buttery sweet onset with a
nice pungent barnyard underbelly. There
is a soft icing sugar creaminess that is long on the breath. Melon bread mild tastes reveal themselves minutes
later. The profile is quite delicate so far
in this infusion but surprisingly long.
The mouthfeel is just mild mossy soft feeling.
The second infusion has a buttery bread sweet onset that is
decently oily in texture with a strong saliva producing effect. There is a faint throat opening with coolness
and a roasted nutty bread melon sweetness that is really long on the
breath. The Qi gives me a sense of clam
with some tingling behind the neck. Nice
soft chalky mouthfeeling and long delicate sweet flavor with strong expansive
aftertaste that is nutty, sweet bread, melon… mouthwatering. The sweet taste is constant throughout but
also changing- butter-bread to nutty-bread to melon.
The third infusion has a juicy fruity pear and foresty taste
that come initially then stretch into a cooling and then a beady-nutty creamy
taste with a long melon breath. The
taste is really delicious clear and mouthwatering. There is this nice calming mild Qi with a bit
of Heart pounding now.
The fourth infusion is left to cool and gives off a thicker spicy
peppery sweet caramel with a long sweet caramel finish in the mouth. The caramel sweetness is thick and long into
the aftertaste. There is some saliva
producing as this puerh has a nice mouthwatering effect. The mouthfeel is a pudding chalky mild but
full texture. The throat cooling is
long. There is a nice relaxing feeling
to this puerh.
The fifth infusion has a juicy vibrant onset with a peppery
note to it and a long bready melon that turns to caramel. There is a nice velvety mouthfeeling and not
too noticeable throatfeeling with a returning saliva thing happening. There are some super mild neck tingles
happening but overall just some solid relaxation happening.
The sixth infusion has a buttery almost floral peppery onset
that has an almost menthol like coolness and a sweet bready melon finish. The texture is oily and the mouthfeeling is a
velvety mossy feeling. The sweetness
really expands and lives long in the mouth- it’s a caramel melon type of
sweetness there. Nice relaxing and
calming Qi feeling with very faint Heart/Chest sensations. Almost a mild calm focused feeling.
The seventh infusion has a peachy but mainly pear like taste
with hints of caramel there is a slight peppery onset with juicy viscus pear
and a long cooling menthol. The
aftertaste is long and sweat with pear and slight melon nuances. Nice mossy velvety soft mouthfeeling. Not much going on in the throat but some oily
saliva retuning. No bitterness or
astringency at all in these infusions.
The eighth infusion has a juicy pear woody-peppery onset
with a coolness and long pear like finish in the mouth. There is a chalky pear kind of finish with a
melon that comes on in there as well.
The chalky velvety soft mouthfeeling is nice as is the nice relaxing
feel to this one.
9th has a buttery almost peppery floral sweet
bread onset there is a long coolness and a bready sweet caramel almost melon finish. Nice chalky mouthfeeling with some teeth
stickiness but not squeaky teeth feeling but more like chalky teeth. Nice relaxing vibe.
10th infusion has a thick buttery faint peppery
and more obvious caramel bready note.
There is some cooling throat and long sweet bread and almost mushroom
like aftertaste. There is still some
saliva producing over the thickening chalky mouthfeeling. Nice relaxing Qi in here although not much
for bodyfeelings.
11th has a more woody almost fainter floral
peppery onset there is still some cooling but not as much and much less sweetness
here. The sweetness mainly appears in
the aftertaste as a bread melon type of thing.
This infusion has a manly woody-peppery-floral-mushroom kind of taste
throughout. The chalky mouthfeeling
starts to develop dryness here. Nice
relaxing and even happy vibe to this puerh…
12th has a bitter, soapy, woody taste initially then
there is some cooling then a mushroom bready melon kind of aftertaste. The mouthfeel is becoming more drying and
even a bit tight.
13th has a woody almost mushroom peppery floral
then there is a coolness then a melon and bready sweetness. The mouthfeel is a dry chalky now. The Qi is beautifully relaxing and a bit
focusing.
14th is a bit more sweet juicy pear initiailly
but still quite woody-peppery. There is
a bit of cooling then some pear and melon sweetness but now mainly a dry woody
taste in the mouth that matches the dryer woody mouthfeeling.
15th has a juicy and still somewhat oily pear
onset with a woody-peppery base taste that carries the profile into the cool breath
and mushroomy woody bread and kind of melon sweetness. The taste profile is really enjoyable for me
and the balance of tastes is something I enjoy.
The peppery woody taste is a bot unique.
Qi continues to please- very relaxing and focusing.
16th is still at a flash infusion which speaks to
the stamina of this one going the distance.
It is more woody-peppery than melon bread sweet but the balance here
continues to be quite enjoyable especially as there is not much if any bitter
astringency. The mouthfeel is chalky and
there is a long melon sweetness in the breath minutes later.
I think this one could have kept going strong which is
pretty amazing for its price…
I mug steep it out overnight…
It gives off a very very sweet melon fruity note to the point of Starbrust candy like vibrant sweetness upfront. The texture is very viscus and oily here. A sticky texture that sticks to the teeth. Very oily and lubricating feeling with lots of mouthwatering and retuning saliva. Thick condensed candy sweetness. Very delicious here.
Overall, this is another really good puerh for its price! It has a nice relaxing Qi feeling with some
neck releasing and tingling bodyfeelings.
The strong saliva producing effect as well as the very distinct delicious
peppery and some times savoury mushroom with distinct Starburst candy sweetness
when it appears with notable oily
texture makes this one super enjoyable for the price.
Vs The 2021 Tea Encounter Gua Feng Zhai and this 2021 Tea
Encounter Tong Qing He are maybe not the highest quality or purist or oldest of
these areas but it can be sure that both of these really punch way above their
weight and a very nice teas for their price… The both have the combo of
sweetness, mouthfeeling/throatfeeling and Qi that very much make the experience
worthwhile. I already demolished these
samples… too delicious to keep around…
I think They both have a similar feel overall - the Guafengzhai has more complexity and the Tongqinghe more depth.
Another good one without killing the bank account!
Peace
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