After one year, the 2019 Green Hype has changed quite a bit. It starts out sweet with a citrus touch and changes into a more bitter brew towards the end.
ANMO’s 2005 Master Loo Tea Brick is shou puerh with a woodsy flavour profile. It went from visiting a sawmill to walking through a camphor forest.
Terre de Ciel’s 2016 Menghai Parfum de Jujube ripe is such a good shu puerh. It offers sweet flavours that are full of dried fruits.
The 2013 Bingdao Gushu sheng puerh from Nannuoshan is a subtle tea that offers a pleasant fruitiness. It’s the perfect tea to calm down after a long day.
Over the last few months, my tea drinking habits have changed. Instead of green tea and oolong tea, I now prefer Puerh tea for various reasons.
The TdC NAKA 2012 is a sheng puerh that has potential for future ageing. It starts out fresh and vegetal, but changes into a sweet and fruity brew.
ANMO’s 2010 Yiwu Ancient Trail is a remarkable sheng puerh. It makes you feel energised while being very calm and composed.
Brewing White2tea’s If You’re Reading This was a challenging experience. It offered sweet and floral notes and had more bitter flavours in the middle.
ANMO’s 2013 Sunsing Aged Tree Shou Pu-Erh tea is a perfect harmony of wet leaves, mushrooms, cherry wood and a sweet earthiness.
The 2019 Tea Encounter Gua Feng Zhai is a complex tea that is perfect for a hot day in Spring. You get a fruity sweetness with the freshness of green pears.
Tea Encounter’s 2013 Fangmingyuan Nannuo started out with dominant tobacco flavours and changed into a really sweet brew with a bite in the finish.
Tea Encounter’s 2015 Nannuo Duo Yi Zhai is an interesting and fun tea to drink. It is a journey into the unknown that offers a subtle sweetness and tobacco.
Pu-erh.sk’s GuShu HeKai ’16 is a wonderful sheng puer that takes you on an adventure. Flavours go from sweet to herbaceous and back to a fruity sweetness.
Yunnan Sourcing’s 2013 Yong De Blue Label Ripe Pu-er is a good everyday shou. It starts out earthy with notes of camphor and becomes really sweet.
Tea Encounter’s 2019 Bang Dong is one of the most fun sheng puers I have ever tried. Discovering the different flavours was a true adventure.
