Category: Yunnan Sourcing

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2020 Nannou Leaf Assamica White Tea from Yunnan Sourcing

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When I saw the leaf shape of the 2020 Nannou Leaf Assamica White Tea, I could not resist purchasing it. I enjoy teas from Nannou Mountain as I do not recall having white tea from there. Leaf and Steeping Method The 2020 Nannou Leaf Assamica White Tea is foil wrapped in 8 gram leaves. This tea has a fresh, juicy, and floral scent like freshly cut flowers. I had to break this pretty leaf to fit into my 1 gram to 20ml gongfu ratio. Steeped up with boiling water, the leaves have a bright and sweet scent. Tasting of Yunnan… Continue reading, hoot!

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2019 Ba Wang Shou Puer from Yunnan Sourcing

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Before Covid lockdowns hit, I had tea with TeaDB and he gave me a sample of Yunnan Sourcing’s 2019 Ba Wang shou. I enjoyed this shou so much, I ordered a cake, holding onto my review until I got my cake so I can have nice photos. Well, that package got lost in the Covid China Post shutdown nightmare, along with everyone else’s packages, tea or not. A year later, I reordered my Ba Wang cake and finally getting this review up! Also known as Badass King, 2019 Ba Wang is a blend of three Menghai villages. Leaf and Steeping… Continue reading, hoot!

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2020 Wild Tree Purple Moonlight White Cake from Yunnan Sourcing

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For years, I was hoping Yunnan Sourcing would make a cake of their Purple Moonlight white. I previously reviewed the 2018 Wild Purple Moonlight and the worst is the giant bag taking up too much space in my stash. Finally, the 2020 Wild Tree Purple Moonlight White is pressed into a cake and I purchased it when the Yunnan Sourcing US site got it in stock. Pressing certainly changes the flavor, so let’s see how the purple moonlight white is. Leaf and Steeping Method The leaf has a juicy floral and fruity scent. I used 1 gram of leaf per… Continue reading, hoot!

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Rehoot Review – 2016 Menghai Golden Fruit Shou Puer

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Back in 2017, I purchased and reviewed the 2016 Menghai Golden Fruit Shou Puer off Yunnan Sourcing. The description of this tea sucked me in promising a fruity peachy shou flavor experience. However, when I drank it in 2017 is was thin and funky, giving me stomach cramps. I’ve been in a shou mood recently, so I dug out this fruity shou from the back of my shou pumidor to give it a try. As I said above, I’ve had the 2016 Menghai Golden Fruit Shou since 2017. My shous are kept in an unplugged fridge with natural, but slightly… Continue reading, hoot!

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Yi Shan Tea Factory 2018 Spring Old Arbor Yue Guang Bai White Tea via Yunnan Sourcing

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I love a good Moonlight White / Yue Guang Bai white tea. Yunnan Sourcing’s Yi Shan Tea Factory 2018 Spring Old Arbor Yue Guang Bai is of unique interest as it has been left to wilt longer producing a darker white tea. Leaf and Steeping Method The leaf has a darker malty scent. The compression on this white tea cake was easy to break but you certainly need a tool to assist you. I used 1 gram of leaf per 20ml of vessel size, gongfu steeped in boiling water. The hot leaf smells like a malty black tea. Tasting of… Continue reading, hoot!

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2018 Warm Fuzzies Shou Puer from Yunnan Sourcing

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Yunnan Sourcing has some excellent house brand shou puer. With my last Yunnan Sourcing order earlier in 2019, I bought a cake of 2018 Warm Fuzzies as I was in the mood for inky dark shou. Warm Fuzzies is a blend of material from 2015 to 2018 from Lincang, Simao, and Xishuangbanna, in Yunnan China. Leaf and Steeping Method 2018 Warm Fuzzies shou cake is a subtly marbled gold and brown. The scent is sweet, earthy, and like opening a bottle of India ink. I do not detect any wet pile weird smells. I leafed harder for this shou, going… Continue reading, hoot!

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2018 Impression Sheng Puer from Yunnan Sourcing

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I was actually a fan of the last Yunnan Sourcing Impression sheng puer cake, so I caved and purchased the next 2018 Impression sheng puer cake. The 2017 Impression was a good tea for the price, so I felt it was worth a blind caking another one. At this time of writing, the 2018 Impression is $28 for a 400gram cake, so still a deal. The 2018 Impression is a blend of Mengku, Bang Dong, and Jing Gu tea gardens, constructed to be, “…a powerful blend that has strong mouth feeling, cha qi and a balanced sweet, bitter and astringent profile.” Leaf and… Continue reading, hoot!

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2018 Balance Shou Puer from Yunnan Sourcing

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On my last Yunnan Sourcing order, I bought a couple of their newer shou puers. The 2018 Balance Shou Puer caught my eye as I do like golden needle. I let mine rest a month in the open air before tasting. Balance is made of 2017 Lincang/Mengku material pressed in October 2018. Leaf and Steeping Method Balance sports gorgeous gold and brown colours. The cake has a light wet pile scent, smelling richly earthy and a little funky ground. 2018 Balance shou cake is on the crumbly side from all the fine leaves. Yunnan Sourcing goes overkill on bubble wrap,… Continue reading, hoot!

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2018 Cha Nong Hao Meng Song Village White Tea Cake from Yunnan Sourcing

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I purchased 2018 Cha Nong Hao Meng Song Village White Tea Cake on a whim, hoping Meng Song white tea will be tasty. This white tea is all assamica, harvested in April 2018 and pressed in December 2018. Cha Nong Hao is a small batch brand, though I purchased it from Yunnan Sourcing. Leaf and Steeping Method Unwrapping the cake unleashed a scent bomb of floral. After it settled, the white tea smells like tulips. Gorgeous colors on the Meng Song white tea cake, I especially love the autumn red leaves. I encountered a strange curly thing that isn’t a… Continue reading, hoot!

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2018 Jingmai Sundried Three Aroma Bai Mu Dan White Tea Cake from Yunnan Sourcing

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I purchased Yunnan Sourcing’s 2018 Jingmai Sundried Three Aroma Bai Mu Dan White Tea Cake back in 2018 of October, but I let it sit in airtight storage with other white teas for over 9 months. Drinking it now I was hoping to get some of the watery youth out of the pressing, so I get max flavor without the hitting the stale stage yet. Prior to my purchase, I bought and reviewed the same tea in loose leaf form. I decided to go in on the cake as it is inexpensive and I wanted to increase my white tea… Continue reading, hoot!