- Gua Feng Zhai and Tong Qing He old tree
- Very refined, with great intensity, sweetness and long aftertaste
- Deep, calming Qi
- Great Taiwan hot+dry storage
Chen Guang He Tang is the legendary Mr. Chen Chi-Tong (also author of the famous puerh cakes catalog books) early elite boutique producer of gushu teas. This is one of their best productions, same quality to the best CYH, BYH, XZH mid 2000s cakes.
A very fine tea made of old trees from Gua Feng Zhai and Tong Qing He which can really be felt in their strength and purity. It drinks super clean, complex, well evolved, well balanced, has strong aromas, goes on for a long time and gets sweeter and thicker with time passing.
Usually sells for more than this, and as you know this hot/dry storage (Mr Daniel’s in Yilan, Taiwan) is exceptional. Strongly recommended both for a cake and for a tong for long term, this is one of the earliest old tree Yiwu cakes available at this very reasonable price.
Excerpt from a review from Mattcha blog:
“One of the best examples of a clean pure ethereal Gushu puerh from the early GuShu era of puerh production. It has good stamina and subtle complexity and depth when pushed. I would have guessed this a few years older if sampled blind.”
Big 357g cake (minimal weight loss over the years).
Louis (verified owner) –
Going into this experience, my expectations are perhaps unfairly high. Many years ago, I was lucky enough to get my hands on a couple of cakes of Chen Guang-he Tang’s 2005 Menghai Yieh Sheng, which was amazing. Given that this tea is also from Chen Guang-he Tang, I find it too difficult to resist thinking in a comparative framework. This was very good, but my expectations set the bar high.
Of all dimensions assessed, complexity stood out the most. I noticed many different notes whose composition changed and developed over the course of the session. Different notes showed up later in the session that weren’t apparent early on. These included leather, tobacco/raisin, forest floor, malt, and caramel. The aftertaste was strong and long lasting, deep in the throat. I was less impressed with the strength of kuwei, hui gan, and qi.