“So, first thing, credit where due: I posted two images taken from Yunnan Sourcing’s website since that’s where I bought this CNNP-brand of tea, and the vendor description posted by Hukman exactly...” Read full tasting note
“5g 100ml 210f flash steeping at first then lengthening slowly. (going by feel. i never time sheng) color of liquor is golden brown wet leaves are barbeque along with something like brown sugar...” Read full tasting note
An unusual tea in terms of it’s origins. Yunnan-grown pu-erh was pressed in Yunnan and then packaged and sold under the “Chongqing Tuo” Brand (a sub-brand of the CNNP Chongqing Branch).
The tea was aged in Chongqing for 4 years before being brought to Kunming and stored there. Overall, the taste is that of a semi-aged Kunming (dry) storage raw pu-erh. Compression of the tuo is medium-tight, but despite this the tea has an aged taste and aroma but does not sport a particularly dark tea soup.
The taste is smooth with little or no bitterness/astringency, instead it’s sweet and spicy with a floral and fruit after-taste. Good body, rich and thick in the mouth.
100 Grams per tuo
2002 Pressing (no date stamp on wrapper though)
Company description not available.