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Yunnan Sourcing $5 for a 100 g tuo cha.
This is the first of seven from a recent order of some ripe puerh from
YS. The first inspection of this does not look impressive, small rather
chopped leaves with a moderately fishy smelling aroma. However it
pleasantly surprised me with a nice mild liquor and although not the
best smelling tea, it was not unbearable by any means. I was expecting
something overpoweringly awful from the look and smell of the dry leaf.
The leaves last a shockingly long time for how chopped the appear, I got
about 8 infusions without really trying. Overall it was very nice and
at $5 for 100 g easy to recommend as an everyday tea to get the morning
going, as it will do for me for the next few days.
This one seemed more like a fairly average black tea instead of puerh. I could have mistaken it for a black tea based on taste and aroma, but that is me. Average liquor and aromas, not at all offensive but very mild and safe. Everything about this was too muted for my taste. 
I believe this was included gratis with my last order from YS. Thanks. It comes in at about 1 to 2 LBs. (LB is the leather boot ranking, it is based on a scale from 1-5, 5 being an 5 minute boiling water extraction of 5 g of a well conditioned logger/foundry workers 2 year aged leather boot). Reminiscent of the 2006 production of the same type, but a bit better.
In the past I have had some really nice V93s so I thought I would give the 2010 vintage a try. It was not that impressive overall, although not bad; firmly in the middle of the road. It was fairly one dimensional and smooth. The tiny leaves make it fairly short lived. This would be suited for some pu on the go, but I felt like it was not worth gongfu time. 
