2016 Pu Muen Jungle Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

- This is a second review, to see how different the tea now that it has had a decade in aging period -
Brief (5-10 seconds) steeps in 90 Celsius water. 

Liquor is clear amber in color. 

Taste is slightly woody with vegetal bitterness, followed by an aftertaste that has a faint fruity sweetness and a long finish.
The bitterness is more prominent in the first few steeps, before it mellows down nicely by around the 4th steep and starts to show a slight fruitiness in the aftertaste.
Mouthfeel is slightly dry and sticky, encouraging salivation. 

Wet leaves are bronzed olive green in hue, giving off a sweet aroma similar to ripen fruit and light brown sugar. 

Strength of infusion starts to mellow down by around the 5th/6th steep, thus a longer infusion is recommended by the 6th steep onwards.
A longer (1 minute) steep gives a darker amber hue and a flavor that has an additional vegetal bitterness, but no astringency detected.
The difference between the 2021 review versus now is the surprising absence of bold sweetness that I experienced when I first tried the sample.
I'm guessing the 5-year further aging of this same sample batch what contributes that change, enhancing the existing vegetal bitter aspect of the flavor that I never fully noticed before and considered it as a simple 'green' taste.
This tea is probably not for a beginner to enjoy, more for sheng puerh enthusiasts who can appreciate the diverse flavor experiences one can get from different varieties of raw puerh.

This is a pleasant sheng puerh with a medium body mouthfeel and plenty of sweetness.
Its now a 5-year aging period has wonderfully minimised a whole lot of its 'green' taste that most sheng puerhs of the same age still have.
This is an easy drinking sheng, as the taste is gentle. Suitable for beginners too.
There's a slight dryness in the mouth. No tartness nor bitterness. A honeyed fruitiness in the aftertaste.
Wet leaves smell of burned fruit with sugar.

If you like vegetal puers than give this one a try!
Personally a vegetal falvor profile puers are low on my list,
but this one is very cute, and the material is of high quality.
It is very different though from the reagular Thai puer, so it makes sense it's "jungle" puer.