2003 Silver Needle Beencha Puerh | ||
| Genre: Sheng/Green/Uncooked/Raw | ||
| Factory: Unknown | ||
| Vendor: Silk Road Teas | ||
| Reviewed by Mike Petro on 03/29/2004 | ||
| Background | wild arbor tree tealeaves from menghai county | |
| Dry Leaf Appearence: | Green stringy leaf | |
| Water to Leaf Ratio: | 10g gr of Leaf in 475 ml of water | |
| Brewing Method: | Boiling water - Aria Teapot. I used a little more tea than I normally do because of previous experimentation with this tea. | |
| Wet Leaf Appearence: | Small leaf all whole- lots of white tips, many remained floating in the pot. | |
| 1st Steep | 2 minutes - Sweet spicy aroma. Mild green tea taste with slight sweetness, very subtle flavor. | |
| 2nd Steep | 1 minute - More vegetal, more pine like woodsy flavor, more spicy, more chocolaty sweetness as the tea cooled. Reminds me of a Christmas spiced tea. | |
| 3rd Steep | 2 minutes - More vegetal, more chocolate, some sweet. | |
| 4th Steep | 3 Minutes - Getting much more mellow now with a chocolaty sweetness. | |
| Subsequent Steeps | ||
| Conclusion | They simply called this Puerh Green Beencha (High Quality) but it is the same as other silver needle or white tip puerhs I have seen recently. This appears to be a relatively new style of Puerh, I don’t think anybody really knows how it will age yet. | |
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