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Here's my favorite tea...

I've been exploring the world of tea for about 5 years and have tried just over 200 teas of nearly all tea types. There is one tea that I've consistently gone back to since I have discovered it. It is a sheng puer from Yunnan Sourcing. I have an interesting relationship with this tea. I have never thought of this tea as wildly complex or as an experience. Instead, it has balance with just the right amount of intrigue to work as a daily drinker. I'm always happy to drink this tea.

2020 Wu Liang Mountain (the pic of this post)

https://yunnansourcing.com/products/2020-yunnan-sourcing-wu-liang-mountain-wild-arbor-raw-pu-erh-tea-cake-1

Tasting notes: Thick texture; mineral, wood, and sweet body; citrus and herb high notes; a bitter-to-sweet aftertaste transformation.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Any dan cong oolong, really. I also love Yunnan blacks, and a good keemun is something special. It's been awhile since I've had a truly good keemun, though, I'm afraid it might be a casualty of climate change at this point.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I do enjoy the experience of a good Dan Cong. I just wish they resteeped more times, so the vivid taste experience doesn't end so soon. ๐Ÿ˜‹

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know, I usually get 4-5 steeps out of them. Though they do end up closer to a nuttier oolong by the end, they taste distinctly dan cong for the first three.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Agreed. I wish those first 3 steeps kept going. But I do still enjoy the journey.