1990 CNNP "9016" Aged Ripe Pu-erh Tea Tuo Cha

Best ripe ever

The taste is massive, thick, abundant, absolutely clear, it surrounds you, the experience leaves you coated in calm and overjoyed by a dark and irresistible serenity. The bird’s nest itself is hard but the liquor it produces is crisp, harmonious, almost fruity, as layers of tastes, sensations and emotions flow from the leaves straight to your deeper you. This tea is different from all the ripes I ever had, it beats the "73 Brick" and it’s even better than some +400$ a beeng ripes I had elsewhere. This is the tea.

Sweet dry earth

I brewed about 5g of my sample in a ~250ml glass teapot with intervals of 10-30s . Sweet dry earth, that is how i would sum up my initial experience of sipping this tea starting from the "rinse steep". The liquid is clear and aromatic. It makes me think of being in an old dusty cellar. The only minus i can think of is the price. Worth a sample!

Great

What can I say... best I’ve had. Smoooooooooooooooooth! Creamy at 7th steep. Drank with a bunch of rough necks in the oil field... they appreciated it and mellowed like butter on hot toast... I’ll never forget that session. Worth the price for the experience and for them to remember for a lifetime.