Pure Ancient Trees – Tier 5

better than the 2001 CYH Yiwu pure gushu. Without a doubt one of the very best Pu Erh teas I have had the chance to taste.
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feel, the Gold Mark (probably) the most overall Performance, yet i enjoyed the Chwangshu the most, due to more interesting flavour. Not sure if Chawangshu or Gold Marl is superior, have to try that again.
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unming) storage character. Good value for the quality. Looking forward to trying the older teas!
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you account for the aging potential this tea still has without a doubt. Quite deep, complex enough, it's a bargain. I strongly recommend it.
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ce of processing, and excellent depth to the soup, which is shining dark amber. Just enough underlying phenolic structure - oh so comfortable and providing a touch of firmness to the tea that emphasises its persistence that cools the palate. There’s a retuning sweetness and a developing texture along with a savoury autumnal leaf note and another savoury note that’s hard to put a finger on (but very alluring!). This is a tea that goes on and on, with qi that calms the senses. The interaction of tastes, structural elements and aromas are absolutely coherent. It might be semi-aged but the storage has darkened the leaves and it’s a delight already.
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mas out of the bowl with a touch of camphor and moss resolving to peachy/ pandan sweetness and a vein of freshness that adds a mouthwatering kick. As the session progresses an underlying firmness from the polyphenols builds up, offset with a nice thickness to the soup. I imagine there’s room for this to develop further over the next few years, and accordingly I’m going to tuck it away for some time. Lovely semi-mature tea, seemingly from natural storage, that feels like there’ll be a few more layers to reveal in time, and that’s already aromatically very expressive. Good value.
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