Received the package today and couldnt resist my jetlagged tea so I a drank the following in one day (2 batches of 2 teas)
2022 Kuzhu Shan
2020 Laowu Shan Gushu
1st round reminded me how clean and properly stored YC puerh teas are. Kuzhu shan is floral with some noticeable astringency due to the small trees, while Laowu shan is darker, slightly fruity and quality wise is slightly higher. Despite getting bored of both teas by steep 3, these are value-for-money teas which any puerh novice would do well to acquire. In Chinese theres a saying - wu wei zhi wei (no flavor is the only flavor). You get straight at the cha qi and understand the tea for what it is.
Next round:
2020 Wuliang Shan Danzhu
2024 Yiwu Bai Hua Tan
Now the real good stuff arrives. Both teas are much more durable than the previous 2, lasting 3x longer. I did 6 steeps of each before quitting. Wuliang Shan does have a smokiness from processing, so thats a minor flaw, but the base material is solid, tea soup is thick. Excellent quality. The Bai Hua Tan is even better - drinking it and comparing with some other GFZ, Wangong teas of this year (2024), I notice that BHT is darker and slightly more bitter. This sort of confirms that southern yiwu teas tend to be wilder (in taste profile) as compared to elsewhere which are fruity sweet to floral, as one travels farther north. This is, without a doubt, the best tea that Yunnan Craft has put out.
2022 Kuzhu Shan
2020 Laowu Shan Gushu
1st round reminded me how clean and properly stored YC puerh teas are. Kuzhu shan is floral with some noticeable astringency due to the small trees, while Laowu shan is darker, slightly fruity and quality wise is slightly higher. Despite getting bored of both teas by steep 3, these are value-for-money teas which any puerh novice would do well to acquire. In Chinese theres a saying - wu wei zhi wei (no flavor is the only flavor). You get straight at the cha qi and understand the tea for what it is.
Next round:
2020 Wuliang Shan Danzhu
2024 Yiwu Bai Hua Tan
Now the real good stuff arrives. Both teas are much more durable than the previous 2, lasting 3x longer. I did 6 steeps of each before quitting. Wuliang Shan does have a smokiness from processing, so thats a minor flaw, but the base material is solid, tea soup is thick. Excellent quality. The Bai Hua Tan is even better - drinking it and comparing with some other GFZ, Wangong teas of this year (2024), I notice that BHT is darker and slightly more bitter. This sort of confirms that southern yiwu teas tend to be wilder (in taste profile) as compared to elsewhere which are fruity sweet to floral, as one travels farther north. This is, without a doubt, the best tea that Yunnan Craft has put out.
Statistics: Posted by Sunyata — Fri Jun 28, 2024 9:10 am