2005 “TEASIDE 0381” Raw Pu-erh Tea

Nice tea! Sweet woody taste. Beautiful deep gold broth. Even-tempered and steady, long-lasting feeling.

Brief (few seconds) steeps in 90 Celsius water.
Liquor is clear and dark golden in color.
Taste is smooth and fruity sweet, to the likes of raisins and honey.
Aftertaste is sweet with a clean finish.
Mouthfeel slightly dry and sticky, encouraging salivation.
Wet leaves are large, dark olive-green and brown in hues, and give off a woody burnt sugar in aroma.
This tea is less bold in character than the 2006 but gives much clearer brews, while also withstands many infusions.

Very good tea. Tastes of apple and oak flavors. I would recommend.

This loose semi-aged sheng is on par with the other mid-2000 HTC cakes,
which is to say it is great!

It is also very similar, and share the beautiful aroma and the fruity plummy flavor notes
(also, good relaxing qi and high longevity)

In differs in some ways, such as saline background notes, which remind me of the excellent TS '93 loose,
and generally a different feel.

I like it :)

This tea is a lot more about the mouthfeel and cha qi, but there are some unique flavors that come from this tea. I tasted a lot of fermented pears and apples that was accompanied by a strong pungency in the back of the mouth. Towards the middle steepings it was very bread pudding like with the pungency smoothed out a lot more and the mouthfeel becoming a lot more apparent. In the end was sweet mineral water with some dark chocolate sort of vibes. The mouthfeel was strong until the end and created a calming sensation throughout my body and mind.