2006 Hong Tai Chang Ripe Pu-erh Tea Loose

like other reviewers wrote- this is maybe the softest ripe I've had, but at the same time had a complex taste, good body, many steeps, calming qi.. as you'd expect from old tree material

this makes this tea unique and worth a try,
though for me it is perhaps too soft.. but maybe it'll grow on me

From the opened package there was a smell ... of nothing. Well, that is, almost nothing, because the chocolate wrapper flavor is still present, albeit in the distance. Once the steamed leaves woke up, it smelled of old chest, bark and autumn leaves, in the distance - either with milk or cream.

I would call the taste strict, even too strict, and even the solidity of the old tea is present, I could not decompose the taste into components. I tried to boil it, the tea became more interesting, density and sweetness appeared, calm dried fruit was added. This Shu adjusts you to a calm pacifying wave, slightly slowing down the time passing by.

Good Shu from interesting raw material.

One of the softest shu that I have ever tasted, I really liked the taste - cream, baked milk, walnut, sweet velvety aftertaste. And at the same time, the effects seemed to be quite powerful. I couldn't even fall asleep for a while, although I drank tea 3 hours before sleep, in such cases I usually fall asleep without any problems. I will try to drink it in the morning. Very dense leaf, even in the "tea bottom" retains this density.

I liked it. I tried Thai shu for the first time, it was interesting. Soft, good, clean. No dust, though the tea is old. I can recommend.