Sunday, April 13, 2008

One-Off Pu-Erh

A friend of a friend, visiting from Yunnan, passed on some tea for me to try: (Xie Xie Ni)
Da Ya, a Gold Medal Tea, from the: Ming Hai factory. Golden Needle White Lily, 2007 tea. An interesting package with the New China Food safety Stamp and Seal. np3
Outer box is a bit mundane, the inner wrapper is of good quality paper. The "Inner Ticket" compressed with the tea has a "gloss" finish and is easily separated from the tea (this is a first)np1
np2 A well formed Shu-"Cooked" brick,(250gms) nice strong colour. The resultant tea is strong with a wake-up kick and seems to produce brew after brew. The tea delivers a strong first brew (after a single rinsing) The taste is very pleasant, simple, insomuch it maintains as it first delivers. Never having encountered this tea in any of the places I visit, (I'm thankful for the gift).. just as well as it is a tad on the "potent" side.

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