Pure Ancient Trees – Tier 5

nd patience. The ageing is really excellent, whilst the wet sheng leaves are pillowy soft in the pot throughout the session. Nixe. It’s not the most complex tea ever, for sure, that’s not what it gets 5 stars for - whereas it is a comforting, impeccably processed benchmark value tea, perfectly stored and aged, that isn’t easy to find. There’s one minor cosmetic fault which is that the soup is a little opaque. Just look at the value price ratio for this age of tea, however. It’s a buy.
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eat deal of subtlety and complexity. It develops a silky texture and lingering aftertaste. This is pretty much an archetype of semi-old pure gushu great tea. Thanks!
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residual acidity that's palate-cleansing and provides a cooling sensation. Perfume lightly scents the bowl as the soup darkens, before the fresher, cooling character comes to the fore without losing any of its textural interest. I like the way this tea combines the savoury-sweet flavours of very old tea with the cooling and calming character of much younger teas. It’s fun, with a lot of the tea's evolution happening within the first few brews, yet then keeps going and remains enjoyable into double digits.
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subtle way with hints of classic secondary puerh notes along with citrus and orange blossom. Light to mid amber in colour. You can really smell the powerful charge of phenols in this tea, though the bitterness can be very well regulated by initially short brewing times. The peachy sweetness that the tea is imbued with is checked by the tannins, and makes for an elemental tasting experience followed by a deep persistent cooling sensation. Very durable, starts to really smooth out around the 7th steep. Very cleansing, and exceptionally calming. Pretty marvellous now, but, tasting for the second time, on my own, I think this has all the elements to develop wonderfully over the next decade.
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is probably why it's a bit rougher, but I can't wait to see how the tea transforms over the years.
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ble with aged notes starting to peek through the top notes that surprisingly remain. Early steeps are robust with woody camphor and a nice returning sweetness. Middle steeps are my favorite as strong notes of heather honey that I typically only get in the finest young Chawangshu and WanGong teas emerge. The stamina of this tea is incredible even when pushed hard and the qi is almost narcotic (without the negative side effects). For a tea of its age I can’t imagine it getting much better.
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, but its worth every penny if you can afford it. I've never had another puerh that made me feel quite as good as this one did.
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Smells good, tastes good and feels good! Indeed this a pungent tea, and it is still young, but I like it as it is. There is complexity and the tea keeps evolving, in the cup and with the huigan. Nice relaxing qi.
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