2005 Nan Zhao "Hong He Yuan" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

Name: 2005 Nan Zhao "Hong He Yuan" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
Brand: Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop
Price: 109.0 USD
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by Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

$11.25 - $109.00

$11.25

$11.25 - $109.00

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"Hong He Yuan" 红河源 mark is a made by a now defunct Nan Zhao Tea Factory 南诏茶厂 (not to be confused with Xiaguan's Nan Zhao sub-label). This is entirely Wei Shan area wild arbor teas pressed from Spring 2005 tea leaves. Wei Shan is south of Dali, West of Nan Jian and just northeast from Feng Qing. A mountainous area with tea growing at 1500-2000 meters.

This particular cake brews up an enjoyable grainy and smoky tea. The tea is strong and pungent, with good mouth-feel, early infusions are smoky, but there is sweetness and a thick body to the tea as well. It's a very rustic "northern" style pu-erh that offers a totally unique and enjoyable tea drinking experience. It's not a refined tea, but it puts out a strong full-bodied brew with a nice pure cha qi.

Stored in Kunming since 2007.

357 Grams per cake

Overall rating: 4.714286 / 5 from 7 reviews.

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the smoky history

"I wrote ukrainian review ***chainka.leaflet.***/3mg7u2esges2v it is amazing deep tea with strong tea energy . sad that manufacture is closed it is outstanding light smoked tea"

— wolodymyr P. (5/5)

Smoky But Thin

"This tea is smoky, a bit sweet, a bit bitter and thin. The mouthfeel is thin with this tea, which makes it hard to pick up an after taste. A good tea for its price, but I don't think it's for people searching for a complex after taste. It's for people that look to try a smoky tasting sheng."

— Tomer (4/5)

Tastes like a cigar smells

"Really delicious if you like full bodied, strong and grainy flavors."

— TiredChef (5/5)

Smokey Pu-erh broken into nice

"Smokey Pu-erh broken into nice big chunks"

— Justin B. (5/5)

Soothing

"Pleasant smokiness, enjoyable sweetnes. Soothing, like in a grandma´s kitchen."

— Peter S. (5/5)

Smoky!

"I am still on the fence about the general concept of a smoky puerh, but this is a strong, thick, and very smoky tea. If that's your thing, you can't do much better than this. As the smoke mellows it is a great tea, but that smoke lingers for a long time."

— Nathan D. (4/5)