"the world stands upon 'Tea' things"- 2017 lao ban zhang sheng
4 tevet 5781 this is the young puer my coworker bought at Uwajimaya. he gave me some to take home and im finally ready to try it. i added some moisture to the bag it was in and had it stored where im keeping my aged sheng so it now has taken on an aged smell. i am not mad about this because i like aged tea but it will be curious to see how it tastes now. just from that small time with the aged puers, its taste has changed. even its leaves have darkened. its smell still carries that smokiness but it is now more like a hickory smoke and smells like good barbeque, including thick, sweet, and sour barbecue sauce that has been cooked on in the smoker. the taste also has left behind a lot of the young flowery, fruity, sweetness. it is mellow with a hint of smoke, tobacco, and wood. there is some bitterness that coats the roof of the mouth, but it is not over powering. the mouth feel is pretty thin, the taste doesn’t have a lot of complexity, and the flav...