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),...
2016 W2T Bosch
5.5g/90ml Toronto filtered tap. Starts with a strangely cloudy liquor, bubbles. Initial steeps are bitter, mushroomy. After rinse and first steep, liquor clears up, bitterness increases. Cup aroma is mildly...
2017 W2T Pussy, 6 years’ storage at 23C/64RH
Dry leaf still has a strong pungent flowery/honey fragrance, but the sweetness is now darker than before. Wet leaf is sweet with a slight tomato vine green pungency. Not woody...
2007 Yexiangwang Naka (W2T)
5g/85ml gaiwan, Toronto filtered tap. Medium-strong compression, small leaves blend. Yellow wash, looks quite dry stored. Slight vinegary aroma on wet leaf Sweet semi-aged profile. Clean taste. Medium thick liquor....
2016 W2T Last Thoughts
5g/85ml gaiwan, Toronto filtered tap. This was kept in a sample bag and put into heated storage at 32C *with* added humidity at 72% Boveda, and it developed quite a...
2021 W2T Hotline Space Coyote
5.3g/85ml gaiwan, Cedar Springs Water. Loose compression, large leaves, some vinegary sweet vine aroma on the dry leaf. There is a bit of a rubber note that jumps out in...
2017 W2T Anniversary Cake, 5 years storage comparison
3.6g/60ml in two identical gaiwans. Left side was aged at 32C for five years, Right side at room temp. Both stored in Mylar. Part of a series on hotbox storage....
2016 W2T Tuhao AF, 5 years heated storage
Following up on this storage experiment, this tea has been in 65% RH 32C storage for more than five years now. On the left we have the heated tea, and...
2016 W2T Treachery II
Stored in Mylar at room temp. Dry leaf is pungent, high pitched sweetness with sharp tomato vine pungency. Quite thick, clearly gushu, slightly juicy, smaller leaves with a significant proportion...
2016 W2T Bosch, with 4 years of heated storage
This is another post in the series starting with the one-year test and the two-year test. I stored some of the W2T 2016 Bosch, a raw puerh, in two different...