MATTCHA'S BLOG
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This a blog that is authored by Matt but is yours and the teas as much as it is his. Mattcha's blog shares all about tea through his blog posts. He educates in life and tea, by talking about different teas that should be used for when, how and why.
MATTCHA'S BLOG
2d ago
This 1999-2003 Mr Chen’s JaiJi Green Ink sample came free with the purchase of the 1999 Mr Chen Daye ZhengShan MTF Special Order. I didn’t go to the site so blind to the price and description and tried it after a session of the ZhongShan MTF Special Order…
Dry leaves have a dry woody dirt faint taste.
Rinsed leaves have a creamy sweet odour.
First infusion has a sweet watery onset there is a return of sweet woody slight warm spice. Sweet, simple, watery and clean in this first infusion.
Second infusion has a sweet watery simple woody watery sweet taste. Slight woody incense and ..read more
MATTCHA'S BLOG
4d ago
Paolo was excited about this find and offered it to those who bought into the Tea Hunter package at a reduced price. I had sampled through the previous dry stored aged puerh offered by Mr. Chen that were released over a year ago (here and here). I enjoyed them all but yet not enough to cake. This 1999 Mr Chen’s Daye ZhongShan MTF Special Order is at a level above the others. Over a year now Puerh.uk has been releasing some 8582 recipe versions from Mr Chen’s dry storage. Like Mr Chen I’m a big fan of the aged 8582 so I hope to sample them at some point….
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MATTCHA'S BLOG
1M ago
This is the second part (first part was the 2017) of the 2017/2011 Jin Dayi comparison sample set from Liquid Proust that goes for approx $57.00…. This 2011 Jin (Gold) Dayi is quite famous and expensive but it really blew my mind. They still have a few of these sets left and I recommend it to try this one…
Dry leaves are a faint plum smoke hay.
Rinsed leaf has a subtle smoke and tobacco and faint banana odour.
First infusion is smooth oily lubricating mouthwatering feeling with a subtle smoke and creamy custard banana nuance. Creamy oily mouthfeel. Taste stays in the ..read more
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1M ago
This sample comes from a comparison testing sample set from Liquid Proust which goes for approx $57.00 for the 2017/2011 Dayi Jin Sample set. I sampled the quite amazing 2011 the following day in the next post.
Dry leaves have a very tobacco wet smoke tobbacco odour.
Rinsed leaf is superisingly sweet amongst strong wet dark cherry tobacco notes.
First infusion has a watery Smokey metallic mild chalky sweetness. Nice sweet returning taste almost melon that builds in the aftertaste with some salivating. Feel it in the chest. A bit of acidity left behind in th ..read more
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2M ago
I got to thinking about the early Autumn Gushu productions produced in the earlier Gushu era by the big Taiwanese Boutique producers. Before 2005 they didn’t market Autumal puerh. These were also the very early days of the Gushu movement. And with the puerh demand increasing and the bubble ready to pop there was all of a sudden a bunch of Botique puerh producers quite interested in good Autumal material. So, as a result we start to see these high quality Yiwu Autumal Gushu productions around this time.
I tried my first back then which was a blind sampling of a fresh im ..read more
MATTCHA'S BLOG
3M ago
This free sample came complimentary from my last purchase from Puerh.uk. It’s not yet listed on either Puerh.uk site or the ChenYuan Hao site yet. A bit different than the other 2023 ChenYuan Hao I sampled a few months ago as it is in a dragonball shape not sample from cake, and it is a blend. You can’t help but wonder if this has any resemblance to the famous 2005 Chen Yuan Hao Shanzhong Chuanqi when it was fresh off the press?
Dry leaf smells mildly woody pungent sweet.
30 second rinse the rinsed leaves smell really spicy and pungent with a really sweet mouthwater ..read more
MATTCHA'S BLOG
3M ago
This is a rather expensive cake apparently- it’s the spring version of the famous Autumn 2006 Chen Guang-He Tang Autumn Yiwu Chawang. Paolo Of Puerh.uk has some if you are looking to sample it…
The dry leaves smell of a sweet fruity odour no smoke at all.
The wet rinsed leaves have a woody sweet almost mesquite almost barnyard pungent odour.
First infusion has a bright sweet taste with clear watery feeling. Fuzzy/ mossy mouthfeel.
Second infusion has a light clear woody sweet taste. With a mossy slight dry gripping salivating mouthfeel. Peaceful ..read more
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4M ago
As stated in the comments here, this puerh is sort of historical in the West. Like many puerh that have become popularized in Western puerh lore, it had an early fresh off the press release from Houde. I remember when it was first released and the stir that it created with the early online puerh community. As I stated in the comments of an introductory post on this puerh,
it’s historical in the West because you get all these super famous puerh people/ bloggers trying to decipher something that no one really has much experience with- Phil Sheng, Vlad, Tho ..read more
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4M ago
As I sampled the 2014 ShengChun Hao XiGui yesterday, it really reminded me a lot of this 2012 Legend of Puer Bangdong Shen Gu You Lan (Orchid In the Valley). It goes for $121.00 for 357g cake or $0.34/g. They both have a similar processing, location, quality, and age. I hit this one pretty hard many years ago and I definitely don’t regret it. It’s aging well in my super dry storage…
Something that caught my eye when I was reading the description on the site many years ago is that the Legend of Puer observed auspicious astrological dates when they ..read more
MATTCHA'S BLOG
4M ago
This 2014 ChengShun Hao/ Zizai XiGui (approx $390.00 for 250g cake or $1.56/g) was one of the three cakes offered exclusively for those who bought into Puerh.uk TCE2 Hunter Package the days before Black Friday. I still can’t believe I did that! There was another 2014 ChengShun Hao / ZiZai which I was less interested in and did not purchase a cake it was a 400g ManZhuan Gushu for approx $310.00 or $0.78/g. Paolo mentioned that the processing is maybe similar to Tea Urchin cakes on these ChengShun Hao/ ZiZai . All three cakes were favourably stored by” Ol ..read more