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...

2017 Dayi 7542, hot vs. cold storage

I stored two cakes of 7542 for almost three years: both in mylar, both without added humidity. The only diference is that one (labeled H and on the left) experienced...

2001 Menghai Tea Factory 7542 Simplified Yun

I’ve been hoping to taste this tea for quite some time, and while the dry-stored version is way too expensive at more than 5$/g, this excellent traditionally Hong Kong stored...

2001 Dayi 7432, Hong Kong Storage

In the two months that I have owned this cake of Hong Kong Traditional storage 2001 Dayi 7432, it has rapidly risen to the very top of my collection in...

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