From the same tea garden as 2020 Yiwu #8, which is surrounded by forest on the Yiwu-Lao border.

This tea is currently a bit less fragrant than 2020 was at this time of year, but on all other respects it is very much the same tea.

The wet leaves have a petrichor/woody/herbal aroma.

The 'gong dao bei' gives off a sweet, honey aroma with maybe a hint of ripe fruits.

The 'ru kou' is smooth but quite bold. The tea has some bitterness which transforms very quickly to sweetness and produces a good mouth-watering 'sheng Jin'. The mouth-feel is smooth and dense. The flavour is fulsome yet very well balanced, tending more toward woody-herbal notes with only a slight astringence.

The broth is a clear mid-yellow.

The tea has a good amount of depth and a 'hui gan' that is good, but is not overly sweet.

The hou yun is decent with some sweet, herbal notes.

Overall a well balanced, rather intense drink that shows good stamina.

Unless stated otherwise, all my Puer teas are hand picked, fired and rolled. They are then sun dried. Cakes are stone pressed.

Please be aware that raw Puer tea is in a continual process of change - over time, with the seasons, and the weather, as it oxidised and ferments - so descriptions of teas (and the accompanying photos) are a snapshot of a certain moment in time. I try to make sure descriptions are simple yet accurate and give a feel for how the tea was experienced at the time of tasting.