Sure everybody says they’ve got great tea, but how are they really? See what our customers think (completely unfiltered):
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Timothy P. (verified owner) –
A very cleanly stored tea kept surprisingly (for its age) youthful by the compression of the iron cake (though it is now easy to extract leaves. One of my favourite “daily drinkers”.
Paul –
It’s a great tea, but the price is too unapproachable, e.g. if i had 1k$ and would spend it on old tea, i would choose a beeng of the Fu Lu Gong and a beeng of the Hk Henry, instead of only one of this one.
A month ago i started with this one; embarking on a journey through the world of old tea. And just today – coming back to this 8582 – i realized that my expectations concerning old teas were too high. You can’t expect the same intensitiy of flavour per gramm from these aged leaves, as compared to younger ones. That’s why you have to ramp up the amount of leaves you brew – as Paolo suggest – to get a more intense flavour; yet making the price even more unapproachable… 😀
Thanks again for providing the brew puerh like a pro package, it was very educative, especially regarding high class gushu as well as lao cha.
Paul (verified owner) –
YYT is a not that widely known Boutique, yet their quality is top. As the story goes the owners of CYH and YYT used to be business partners/friends and used the same factory, that’s why you can expect a similar quality level.
If the price were a little lower the rating’d be higher; yet this cake shows no signs of Huang Pian, which can’t be taken for granted. Happy that i own one of these well crafted cakes.
Chris Richardson (verified owner) –
It has initial dried fruit notes. It is more of a coversational tea, has a calming qi. Settles in middle jiao.
Nicholas (verified owner) –
Very good dry storage. This is a decent tea for the price. Not easy to find tea this old and cleanly stored.