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2009 Guan Zi Zai Xiao Man Shu

Brand:	Life in Teacup
Style:	Pu-erh Tea
Caffeine:	Caffeinated
Region:	Yunnan, China
Loose/teabag:	Compressed
Product page:	2009 Guan Zi Zai Xiao Man Shu

This tea's info last updated: Dec. 17, 2014

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80 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 4/5
Amanda (338 reviews) on Dec. 16th, 2014

the aroma is so evocative of a coniferous forest that for a moment I can transport myself to the forest I used to romp in as a teenager. It was a mixed forest, but since this was the South, a large portion of the forest was pine, so I am very familiar with the at times almost intoxicating aroma of pine loam, wet pine wood, resin, needles, and sap. That is what the aroma of this tea evokes, it is like a hot, wet, rainy day in a pine forest where all those smells waft out of the earth and the trees around you.

The first steep is rather delicate and sweet, with a slightly sharp and tingly mouthfeel, almost like the sensation of eating pine sap (yes I have done it and I am a weirdo.) There are flavor notes of wet pine, rich molasses, a bit of loam, and a finish of anise. That anise is quite unexpected and fun!

Many steeps did happen

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