Processing/Aging: W2T Tuhao AF vs 1701-7542

Checking in on some cakes in heated storage from around 10 years ago. First we have the W2T Tuhao AF, which has continued along the trajectory I described here (2018),...

2003 7542 Hong Kong Commission

I just attended a conference where I met a good friend (and great mathematician!) from Hong Kong who happens to be a long time puerh drinker. I asked if she...

Heated Storage 2017-2024

Here we see the same tea, Dayi’s batch 502 of the 2005 8582 recipe, stored for 11 years in Taiwan, followed on the right with 8 years of room temp...

Dayi 7542-1203, 5 year storage comparison

Two cakes of Dayi’s 7542 from 2012, third batch, one stored for five years at 32C and another stored at room temperature (23C approximately). Toronto filtered tap water in two...

2005 Dayi 8542

5.3g/85ml gaiwan, Toronto filtered tap This is a cake I bought a little more than 5 years ago. It was very harsh, still somewhat smoky, bitter, and with a pronounced...

2007 Dayi 8542

thick cake, very strong compression, and small leaf grade. mild resin wood on dry leaf Light wash, clear, and thick. Wet leaf has mild aroma. Maybe some apricot Strong plummy...

2011 Dayi 7742

Dry leaf is a bit pungent! cat pee! resin. raisin wet leaf, sweet jam and wood. sweet aftertaste, a bit roasty, and a quick uplift, tippy and alerting but very...

2001 Simplified Yun 7542, Dayi Mark

The 2001 Simplified Yun 7542 is widely known as one of the top 7542 recipe productions from the Menghai Tea Factory in the last 25 years. A tea that would...

2012 Silver Dayi

I was asked by a friend to evaluate the 2012 Silver Dayi sold at Generation Tea as a possible fake. The vendor does not have a good reputation, but from...

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