2017 Old Reliable

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Brand:white2tea
Style:Ripened (Shou) Pu-erh
Caffeine:Caffeinated
Region:Yunnan, China
Loose/teabag:Compressed
Product page:2017 Old Reliable

This tea's info last updated: May. 23, 2018

Commercial Description

...Our infamous house blend; a solid daily drinker ripe Puer tea that you can count on. An excellent combination of value and quality, the Old Reliable is a blend of several years of material, so despite being pressed in 2017, it is ready to drink now and will only continue to improve over the next few years. A smooth, sweet, thick ripe Puer tea with a classic Menghai character.

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Reviewer pic78 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 5/5
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At first, this mostly smells and tastes like generic ripe pu-erh: wood, leaves, earth. It's sweet and syrupy, but the interesting flavors aren't immediately obvious. It does have subtle, non-generic-shou flavors that can be brought out depending on how you brew, though: caramel, cherry cola, dried fruit. Typical gaiwan brewing parameters for shou will give you unremarkable tea, so experiment or brew it western style, which I've had good luck with.
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