2005 Yang Qing Hao Ting Chi Pin

This 2005 Yang Qing Hao Ting Qi Pin goes for $520.00 for 500 g cake or $1.04/g.  It’s also referred to as 2005 Yang Qing Hao Dingjipin…

Dry leaves have a creamy sweet odour pure odour with a faint wood.

Rinsed leaves have a creamy sweet layered high notes almost cherry strawberries.

First infusion has a watery soft creamy taste that turns into sweetness.  Soft gentle energy with a chest swelling feeling.  Wet mouthfeeling. Somehow reminds me of Wangong.chest opening calm perspective.

Second infusion has a soft chalky watery almost strawberries taste.  There is a bit more sweetness in the return of light sweet strawberries.  Very gentle in taste with a prominent watery/wet mouthfeeling. Some swelling chest feeling. Calm. Perspective feeling a touch out of body feeling.  Soft calming with chest swelling.  Cooled down it has a watery almost faint mushroom and more soft taste creamy with a mild sweetness that develops in the return. Sticky mouthfeel.

Third infusion has a watery creamy wet taste almost a light melon taste that is hard to grasp with slight background mushroom the sweet taste comes out in the return. Very subtle and gentle. Some chest swelling.  Maybe the lightest and most subtle of all Yang Qing Hao.

4th has a watery almost melon sweet taste there is some faint mushroom background that might be more Yang storage notes than coming from the material I’m not sure.  It’s so clear in taste that it’s noticeable.  Cooled down it has a creamy chalky sandy melon taste with a fine sandy mouthfeel subtle cool mouth.  Swelling chest feeling.  A gentle relaxing feeling not that more perspective altering if the first few infusions. 

5th infusion has a mild sandy creamy sort of taste with subtle mushroom spice and melon sweet returning.  Wet mouthfeeling with a sticky sandiness slight dry roof of mouth.  Swelling chest feeling and calming feeling.

6th has a watery creamy sort of mushroom onset.  Swelling chest wet mouth with a dry roof of mouth.  Swelling chest expanding feeling.melon is very faint in the return.  Sticky almost drying feeling.  Peaceful calm.

7th has a watery mild flavour of creamy melon swelling chest feeling calm kind feeling.  Cooled down is a clear watery subtle melon sweet taste.  Swelling chest feeling.

8th infusion is left to cool and is a creamy sweet melon mild tasting with some breath coolness and calm feeling stick roof of mouth is always very mild but noted.  Chest swelling.

9th has a watery onset with background tastes a returning sweet mild melon is there as well. Chest swelling.  This puerh is very consistent infusion to infusion with more of a purity of a single area rather than a wider blend like most other Yang Qing Hao it’s also very subtle and gentle for an earlier Yang Qing Hao.

10th is becoming very watery still some Qi in there but is starting to fade….

11th is us a long steeping of spent leaves and is a creamy cherry sweet taste.  Smooth oily mouthfeeling with nice oily sweet fruity tastes.  Oily very sweet fruity stays in mouth lingering sweet taste.  Happy floating feeling.

I put it into a days long mug steeping and it is fruity oily smooth with a fruity cherries and strawberries taste.  Nice clean sweet and very easy to drink.  I like this for what it is… easy pure gentle Yang Qing Hao.

Peace