SOTD- sheng of the day

[GN?]

Mix master menghai here with a heavy lbz blend. Dropping three grams of 06 xzh black label in with two grams of the white label and five grams of 05 gan en lbz to seal the deal. All packed inside a hundred ml Gaiwan.

[P_K]

Mix master menghai here with a heavy lbz blend. Dropping three grams of 06 xzh black label in with two grams of the white label and five grams of 05 gan en lbz to seal the deal. All packed inside a hundred ml Gaiwan.

Are you still alive?

[EricBNC]

Today we have a Xiaguan tea in the pot - it's just now entering those teen years, full of angst, self absorption (but hopefully not any acne), and a strong liquor.

[shah8]

Not sure I would have mixed the Gan'en in though, but you really want the smack-down, huh, GN?

I had XZH 7542. Aromatic, but simple taste. Some energy, pleasant. No punch. Almost like an 8582 in its way, sorta like the HK Henry 7542.

Yesterday, I had a reasonably pleasant time with Zhaizipo '04, a little more active on top, creamy tastes, decent qi.

[EdoB]

SOTD: 2010 EoT Manmai - I often mention how yellow or orange the soup of a tea is. I have also often commented on how green some cakes are (when new) relative to others. I always think of the EoT cakes as being very green, or unprocessed, with a very yellow soup when the cakes are newly pressed. Well this cake was like that as well when it was new but today, after not drinking this for some time, I could start to detect the impact of age. The soup has become slightly orange and the cake also doesn't look quite as green. The tea was rather light in flavor although after increasing the steeping times 4 or 5 steepings in, the tea gave very strong hui gan with an apricot like taste. I didn't particularly notice any qi today. I used just over 6 gms in a 125 ml gaiwan.

I wonder, do "greener" puerhs age faster?

[GN?]

Edob I noticed the a same thing the last time I tried the Manmai. It gives me hope. That this tea can change so much so quickly.

Today eot bangwei. I was really let down. I used an obscene amount of leaf and still got a very lack luster performance. It even seemed a little wattery. nothing very interesting going on with any aspcect of this tea today. The banpen I had the other day was a better session. I have had good experiences with this tea. But this was With out a doubt the worst experience I ve had with an eot production so far.

[shah8]

Ah, what a coincidence! Like minds drink bangwei. Well, I had some dust, some leaf--made sure to clean out the wrapper today, and wound up with a lovely session. I had some awesome fruity aftertaste after the rapid bitter transformation from that dust. I have not had a bad bangwei session in a long time, now. It's never a flavor wallflower any more, so I get entrance of aromatics and nuts that resolves to sweetness and soapy (generally the good kind today) florals and fruit. Usually a nice feeling in the throat after the swallow. Drank it all day.

Manmai has a little bit of qi, but not nearly as much as Bangwei does. I do consider it to have more than Mansai.

[GN?]

Yeah idk what was up with that tea yesterday maybe it was operator error
Sotd 00 cnnp tie Bing Nanning stored from norbu. This tea started very sour . But once it calmed down there was some nice plum flavor and a healthy huigan. I got samples.of all his older non kunming teas. This one while decent and possibly in the long run anbetter tea would probably be my last choice of the three. The his hong kong stored shu is really interesting full tobacco more in the vein of mandarins ripe raw brick than any sort of modern menghai production.

[GN?]

Yeah idk what was up with that tea yesterday maybe it was operator error
Sotd 00 cnnp tie Bing Nanning stored from norbu. This tea started very sour . But once it calmed down there was some nice plum flavor with hints of tobacco and camphor . and a healthy huigan. I got samples.of all his older non kunming teas. This tea while not as aged as the other two being a tie Bing is a bit more complex. The his hong kong stored shu is really interesting full tobacco more in the vein of mandarins ripe raw brick than any sort of modern menghai production.

[GN?]

Wow cant believe I'm the one bumping this.

Recently 04 changtai Qian Jia Zhai hk stored pretty good better than the 03Yi Chang Hao xiao bing. Has that chang tai mellow taste but is much more interesting than others ive tried from this time period. Yesterday eots Nannuo which has nevdr disapointed I am well over half way through my first cake.definitely graving another one of these now that there back on sale along with 2011 gfz Mannuo and 2010 bulang.

Sotd chen gaung he tang 09. This tea has a very enjoyable woody flavor. But the mouth feel is abrasive leaving me to sit and ponder images of pesticide clouds being sprayed on Lao shu and taidi cha alike

[nff]

1st 10s creamy oolongish


2nd 20s smokey lightly astringant


3rd 30s: earythy mushroom some astringancy smokey


4th 40s earthy


5th 1m: earthy astringant smokey


and leaves:


still lots left in this but it was basically a expeirment on how it is to photograph in the light box.

[netsurfr]

nice pics there my friend!

[P_K]

06 Youle Shan Ye Sheng -

Mostly wood and camphor with a little spice note. No sign of storage flavors. A little simple, yet still kind of tasty.

[nff]

nice pics there my friend!

thanks. im trying to improve my photography ( i may have a small job doing it soon)

[GN?]

Yesterday 03 bada cake . This tea is special I think I might start saving for a tong. I can't see myself getting tired of drinking this.
Sotd 92 xiaguan shi fu Lu xi this brick has been stored in the us for much of its life hence it taste more like a dry stored ten year old cake. But there are some huge flavors camphor leather wood menthol. It has a strong cha qi. If I didn't compare this with with photos of the 99 I would suspect it as being that. Maybe it will reach some form of maturity by the time it's forty.

[shah8]

GN?, you can't actually save for a tong of it. Well, I don't think it's wise, but it does look like Sunsing won't sell out anytime soon, as they pretty much have the same thing for years on end...Anyways, I said that because popular early 2k Dayi seems to have gone up a wee bit more. 2001 simplified 7542 is now probably north of $350 @ Taobao for a well preserved cake. Makes one goe hmmm...on what sampletea's price for their cake.

I did have Manmai today. None of that hongcha feel today, very little original grassiness, some nice licorice notes along with mushroom and fruit shengyness.

[grasshopper]

Sheng of Last Night and Tonight:
80's Wood Mold Pekoe
Vendor: Yat of GrandTea

I bought some eight years ago and shared it with a friend who bought some and sent it to me. Drinking this gift tea from a little Sutra gift pot. It is delicious. We've stored this tea chunked in zisha, a method I cannot suffiently praise. 100g will fit in a covered zisha tea mug. This wood mold pu'er is for drinking now. Eight years ago it cut out after seven infusions, but now it gives many, many infusions.

BTW--I bought some traditional HK-aged 2000 #7542. A New York tea-loving friend, An Esoteric Magister of the Arcane Eastern Chastablishment, will visit in mid-June. At that time, we'll compare the HK sheng cup2cup with the same vintage and recipe aged here in controlled atmosphere under my own unceasing supervision. That will be fun!

Best to all,
~grasshopper

[nff]

Sheng of Last Night and Tonight:
80's Wood Mold Pekoe
Vendor: Yat of GrandTea

I bought some eight years ago and shared it with a friend who bought some and sent it to me. Drinking this gift tea from a little Sutra gift pot. It is delicious. We've stored this tea chunked in zisha, a method I cannot suffiently praise. 100g will fit in a covered zisha tea mug. This wood mold pu'er is for drinking now. Eight years ago it cut out after seven infusions, but now it gives many, many infusions.

BTW--I bought some traditional HK-aged 2000 #7542. A New York tea-loving friend, An Esoteric Magister of the Arcane Eastern Chastablishment, will visit in mid-June. At that time, we'll compare the HK sheng cup2cup with the same vintage and recipe aged here in controlled atmosphere under my own unceasing supervision. That will be fun!

Best to all,
~grasshopper

pics are needed for that. maybe even video

[shah8]

Well, if you want a bit more porn, google wood mold pekoe cha dao geraldo. He couldn't have been more lascivious in describing the pleasures of this tea.

[nff]

i ment the little tea get together