I’ve noticed my review queue has a lot of pu’er in it, I hope no one minds. I don’t mind – the more pu’er in my stash the better! Today’s pu’er is from Single Origin Tea – a 2011 Sheng. Upon further reading into this pu’er, it is a Bu Lang mountain tea.
Dry Leaf
I have a sample, to the leaf is broken up into loose bits. The tea is softly scented.
Steeping Instructions
I went with 190f water temperature. I did one rinse and started with 20 second infusions using a gaiwan.
My new tea pet quite enjoyed paddling through the rinse.
Tasting of Single Origin Tea’s 2011 Sheng Pu’er
First Infusion: The 2011 Pu’er is clear with a tint of gold. The scent is mild with just an esscence of sweet.
The sip has a creamy thick texture with notes of straw and fruity sweet. It is light for a pu’er (so far) and I could mistake this for a strongly steeped shou mei white tea. On ward!
Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Infusion: The colour developed a deeper orange tint.
Now we are drinking sheng! The texture is creamy thick like my mouth is full of cotton. The flavor is lightly sweet. There are notes of copper metallic with a light acidity that reminds me of cooked granny smith apple skin. After each sip there is a peachy floral aftertaste. With each sip the aftertaste gets stronger eventually taking over the flavor, followed by a light dryness. By the way, there are no smoke notes in this sheng.
Sixth and Seventh Infusion: Single Origin Tea’s 2011 Pu’er is mellow and light. The thick mouth feel is still going strong. There is a strong peachy floral with a bit of dryness to keep it going. So peachy! I mostly just taste the aftertaste and hint of dry apple tart.
Feeling really chill and mellow too. I have stopped being anxious about waiting for my FedEx package to arrive.
Eighth and Ninth Infusion: I increased the water temperature to boiling to milk a bit more out of the tea. Increasing the water temperature turned out to be a good move as the pu’er got back to tasting similar to early steeps but much drier.
Tenth and Eleventh Infusion: The pu’er quickly dropped off in flavor. It’s now really light with a mineral flavor and pretty dry. I think it’s dead Jim.
Comments
Single Origin Tea’s 2011 Sheng Pu’er is an easy to drink light tasting raw pu’er. I liked the middle infusions and the peachy flavor. I’d recommend this one for someone new to pu’er as its friendly not too dry and does not have any smoke flavor. A white tea drinker would enjoy this one too!
(tea provided for review)
