Saturday, March 30, 2013

2011 Yunnan Sourcing "Ai Lao Mountain" Wild Arbor Pu-erh

From Yunnan Sourcing $32 for a 400 g cake

This was a free sample from Yunnan Sourcing, thanks for the sample. This did not really have much, reminds me of this except a little more plain. It is not something that I will get more of.



Wednesday, March 27, 2013

2011 Yunnan Sourcing "Nan Po Zhai" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh

From Yunnan Sourcing $82 for a 400 g cake.

Sample was provided gratis from Yunnan Sourcing, Thanks! This was what I don't like in young raw puerh. Very green and tannin loaded, complex without anything that I really like. I won't be keeping this around.


Tuesday, March 26, 2013

2009 Yunnan Sourcing "Yi Wu Da Qiu Feng" Pu-erh tea

From Yunnan Sourcing $57 for a 357 g cake.

This is a great raw puerh. It reminds me of  this tea I have from J-tea at a fraction of the cost. To be honest it is one of the first raw puerhs that I have really liked from Yunnan Sourcing. It seems really well balanced with some of my favorite camphor notes and complex enough to keep me interested in what is going on. For being so young it has a surprisingly dark extract. I will be trying several of the remaining samples I have in the coming days. I will defiantly have one or two cakes of this in my cabinet soon. Kudos for this one Yunnan Sourcing, keep em coming.