I picked up a bunch of these cakes in early 2021 when Yang was clearing out the last of his cakes and offered them at a special clearance price because some in the tongs had damaged wrappers but none of mine were even damaged. This 2004 Yang Qing Hao Zhencang 400g cake unbelievably sold for $250.00 for 400g or $0.63/g. I like them so much I grabbed a few more from Liquid Proust who bought up the last tongs and immediately turned them around for $325.00 for 400g or $0.81/g he too sold out fast. It should be noted that there is also a 500g version of this same material.
A lot of the older reviewers seemed to place the 2004 Yang Qing Hao Dingji Yesheng and the 2004 Teiji ahead of this cake but age has treated this one very well and it might be the favourite cake I own…
Dry leaves smell of creamy sweetness.
First infusion is vibrant honey floral fresh fruity clearer taste than Dingji YehSheng. Sweet fruity honey clear taste. Mouthwatering and vibrant. Slight rubbery soft mouthfeel. Slow heat beats and face numb with happy feelings.
Second infusion has a vibrant resin honey taste. There is an overarching sweet taste that becomes creamy in the aftertaste. There is a pure long creamy honey slight woody aftertaste with cool breath. Nice resinous woody balances the sweet. Doesn’t have the typical washed out Yang feel is a bit clearer and purer. Happy Euphoria feeling with face and shoulders tingling. Long honey creamy taste. Slight sticky rubbery mouthfeeling.
Third infusion has a vibrantly sweet onset with a mouthwatering effect. The sweetness is a pure honey almost fruity and almost purfume floral. There is a resin base to it. Silty mouthfeeling. Really nice honey layers and resin base with spacy happy feeling. Slow chest beats and happy floating feeling. Long honey resin finish that fades out. Face and should numbness and lightness.
Fourth infusion has a creamy sweet pop of flavour with a resin woody mid and honey creamy sweet finish. The mouthfeel is a bit drying. Creamy chalky sweet taste left on a slightly pasty dry tongue. Happy space feeling.
5th infusion has a sweet creamy resin woody pure honey taste. Mouthwatering chalky sweet taste with honey fade out in the mouth. Silty chalky mouth coating. Spacy happy vibes. Light floating bodyfeeling.
6th has a woody resin sweet creamy taste with honey sweet finish that fades out with resin dry woody. Slight dry silty mouthfeel.
7th has a sweet woody resin with a sweet fade out finish. Silty slight mouthwatering. Happy floating feeling.
8th has a pop of coco bittersweet honey that fades quickly into a woody resin onset with less sweetness now- there is some and it lingers as a honey sweet in the background. Honey sweet fade out. Happy floating feeling.
9th has a honey sweet resin onset with pop of initial sweetness almost bitter pure and vibrant still. Silty faintly dry mouthfeel. Happy floating qi.
10th has a honey woody clear taste initially with a creamy chalky return. Clear pure tastes with a silty mouthfeel.
11th is a long mug steeping and has a woody resin slight bitter honey taste. Slight dry mouthfeel with some cooling throat. Big slow heart beats with floating bodyfeeling and spacy happy high feeling. Some faint candy under the dry woody aftertaste.
…. So good had a session yesterday and it makes me feel so so good every time…. Maybe it’s the best puerh produced in 2004!
Peace
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