Subtly fruity, Creamy, Vanilla
If you were like me, at the beginning of your ripe puerh journey, and heard people describe these earthy, mushroomy brews with words like "Creamy" or yet, "Vanilla"(WHAT?), your irritation may have gradually increased as you sampled more and more ripes. Clearly this is just embellishments to describe an otherwise homogenized tea genre. ...Until, I tried this brick. There really is some sort of fragrant, vanilla like, cream-like/buttery essence to this ripe tea. I don't get the camphor so much as others describe, but perhaps some subtle fruit and creaminess. Agree with the other reviewer about overbrewing. I find the best parameters for this tea is larger amount of leaf, and short infusions.
On 2013 Huang Ying Menghai Ripe Pu-erh Tea Mini Brick
