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Late 1980s 8592 Purple Sky | ||
| Genre: Compressed Sheng/Green/Uncooked/Raw | ||
| Factory: Menghai | ||
| Vendor: Generation Tea | ||
| Reviewed by Mike Petro on 02/11/2006 | ||
| Background | 80s Zi Tian (purple sky), a 1:1 mix of ripe and raw Pu-erh leaves. | |
| Dry Leaf Appearence: | Darkk brown small leaf well compressed | |
| Water to Leaf Ratio: | 4.66 gr of Leaf in 120 ml of water | |
| Brewing Method: | Gungfu in 120ml Yixing pot. Rinsed tea with boiling water for 3 seconds. 10 second rinse. Used Boiling mountain spring water collected at the source. | |
| Wet Leaf Appearence: | Dark chestnut red brown broken leaf and stems | |
| 1st Steep | 45 seconds: Must, wood, mildly sweet, mild flavor overall. | |
| 2nd Steep | 45 seconds: More wood, mulch, forset floor after a rain, tad sweet and slightest hint of vanilla in the finish. | |
| 3rd Steep | 1 minute: Thicker vanilla, darker color, less wood, weaker flavor overall | |
| 4th Steep | 90 seconds: A little more wood this time, more sweetness in the finsh, flavor still mild. | |
| Subsequent Steeps | Subsequent Steeps were mellow and smooth. Th finish was pleasant. The tea faded after about 12 steeps. | |
| Conclusion | These "Purple Sky" cakes are good, but not as good as some other puerhs of the same age. While they are worth a premium, they are not worth the premium that the Vendors are asking these days. I am not singling out this particular vendor but the Market as a whole. The other thing I noticed about this tea was a lack of "QI" as compared to other teas of this age. The tea was good but not great. | |
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