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“Brewed gongfu in a 120ml yixing dedicated to sheng, starting at 195F, planning to move up to 205 later. Steam scent: Honey and flowers/rose(?) Rinse (15s): Liquor is orange-green, a bit cloudy. No...” Read full tasting note
“Gongfu! It’s a sheng puerh kind of afternoon and today I’m dipping into a fresh cake of Demon Slayer. I think the 2018 pressing was pretty slept on; the unique combination of punchy lemon rind...” Read full tasting note
A new take on our high end huangpian blend from 2018 Demon Slayer.
Stab your personal demons in the face with our blend of high end huangpian [the large leaves of raw Puer production]. Thick, enduring tea with strong feeling and heavy complexity. A great opportunity to drink high end old arbor material within the confines of a reasonable budget. Age or drink now as your inner demon slayer desires.
Pressed in 2020, each cake is 200 grams.
Brewed gongfu in a 120ml yixing dedicated to sheng, starting at 195F, planning to move up to 205 later.
Steam scent: Honey and flowers/rose(?)
Rinse (15s): Liquor is orange-green, a bit cloudy. No aroma from the pouring out the fair cup. Pot aroma is young floral sheng and a tobacco note. Tea is still reasonably compressed. Sipping the rinse is mostly water and vague floral sheng.
First steep (15s): Liquor is gold-orange. Pot aroma is citrusy, tobacco, floral notes futher back. Tea is mostly loosened, still a bit of self adherence. Flavor: Bit astringent, light honey floral flavors.
Second steep (10s): Pot aroma: lemon-citrus. Liquor is gold-orange. Flavor deepens a bit, less astringency with the shorter steep. Flavor is lemon-floral sheng, mild sweetness. Previous steep has more honey, this steep is a bit more floral-hay ish.
Third steep (12s): Liquor is gold-orange, maybe a touch lighter. Lid aroma is similar, lemon-floral-tobacco. Flavor: Astringency up again. Honey-floral notes are more forward in this steep
Fourth steep (15s): Same color, pot aroma is almost same, maybe a bit deeper. Flavor has balanced astringency, slightly deeper flavor is a bit rounder this steep, similar notes
Fifth steep (20s): Same color. Flavor is less astringent, the body takes precedence – same floral sheng notes with a bit of honey in the background.
6th steep (30s): Slightly lighter color, slightly lighter flavor.
7th steep (30s, up to 205F): Color is vibrant gold. Pot aroma mostly floral with some lemon in the back. Flavor is less bright, makes the florals less prominent, with a bit more honey and hay.
8th steep (60ish?): Brain farted on this steep and likely over steeped it. Liquor is again vibrant gold. Flavor is surprisingly not that astringent. Bright notes are even more supressed.
9th steep (60s): Slightly lighter gold. Flavor lightening up – both less astringency and less body.
Going to do a couple more steeps but I think the tea is on the way down now!
Overall – pretty decent sheng, nothing mind blowing. A Little on the astringent side – I guess at 5 years of age, it’s at the “awkward” stage, but still enjoyable. Mostly floral with a bit of honey and lemon-citrus.
Flavors: Citrus, Floral, Honey, Lemon
Gongfu!
It’s a sheng puerh kind of afternoon and today I’m dipping into a fresh cake of Demon Slayer. I think the 2018 pressing was pretty slept on; the unique combination of punchy lemon rind notes with vegetal bell pepper undertones isn’t something I’d have thought I’d enjoy but I love it dearly. This more recent pressing really channels a lot of those same flavours, though more sweetly lemon in the early steeps before shifting into the more pithy lemon zest I’ve experienced from the 2018 cake when it was younger. I’m enjoying the more green and astringent vibe it’s settling into as I hit the climax of the session – never too much for me, as someone who usually opts out of vegetal and bitter flavours.
Tea Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/CaIWXk1OHjy/
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEoVBwa-4xk
