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“Gongfu! Yesterday, I steeped up BLT’s Year of The Snake sheng pu’erh, and today I’m brewing up its black tea counterpart with a session of their 2025 “Black Snake” Yiwu sun dried black paired with...” Read full tasting note
Using the same left-to-grow material as our annual Year of the Snake Yiwu raw puer, this tea leans towards a floral fragrance, layered over a sugary sweetness. This year’s pressing continutes to serve as a solid daily drinking black tea.
Similar to its puer counterpart, this tea demonstrates the difference a good environment and well-tended (or rather untended) land can make in terms of the final product.
Pick up both the raw puer and white tea versions in order to compare the same material with different processing.
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Yesterday, I steeped up BLT’s Year of The Snake sheng pu’erh, and today I’m brewing up its black tea counterpart with a session of their 2025 “Black Snake” Yiwu sun dried black paired with some juicy, ripe strawberries because it is berry season here in Quebec. This was a pleasantly medium to full-bodied tea with an almost syrupy, sweet tasting liquor – but I’ve not surprised because it’s made of the same material as the YOT Snake zodiac pressing, and that was a rather sweet tasting tea too. Definitely very honeyed in flavour, with soft floral undertones and a bit of a spun sugar sweetness to the backend of the sip. Pushing the steeps brought out a bit of a red fruit note, sort of a maple-y pecan kind of note, and a subtle creaminess. I’m sure I was influenced by my strawberry pairing, but I kept thinking of Eton Mess. Though maybe not QUITE that creamy.
Tea Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/DLP_zOHRQUB/?img_index=1
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QFIHPJKWU8&ab_channel=MamaDuke-Topic
