TKO 2024 Nanben Raw Puer
$3.75 – $144.00
- Description
- How to Brew (Dragon Balls)
- Additional information
- Reviews (4)
Description
Made from Nanben village untended/left to grow material, this tea is our sole offering from Mengsong for this year. If you enjoyed our previous years’ Plum Beauty or Natural Habitat from nearby areas, then this tea serves as a great stand-in, sharing many of the same traits.
Those traits include a gentle kuwei (pleasant bitterness) that is accompanied by a floral fragrance and mineral sweetness. This tea exhibits a slight roughness, but while remaining quite pleasant and without being too abrasive. One notable difference with this tea is a slight citrus peel note that stands out compared to any other Mengsong teas we’ve experienced.
Overall, this tea continues the trend for the area of offering high value, coming from an excellent environment, but at a very accessible price.
$0.16/gram
Region: Nanben, Mengsong, Xishuangbanna Prefecture
Picking Period: March 22-26
Many of our samples for spring 2024 are in dragon ball form. While these balls will perform the same as the cake, they can be slightly trickier to brew. Here’s how we do it:
Additional information
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Billy Galvez –
This tea is more like a 3 stars but i give it 4 for the price. Very strong fragrance and very good amount of flavor. mineral/floral/fruity. Does not last long. I would prefer other puers as a daily, but this is a very good option as a weekly or as a side drink instead of a full session.
Alexandra Verville-Paris –
The flavours are getting stronger with the brews
//Smell : Incredibly flowery (can’t stop to put my nose in the gaiwan), clean house, herbaceous, perfumed humid hay, lemony water, fruit salad
//Texture: Thick texture, generous mouth covering, sticky, makes the saliva evaporate, liquor goes straight in the cheeks
//Taste : Creamy sweet, mineral, pleasant astringency, steamed dumplings, dry hay, library
//Body sensation: Heat production, emerging energy, increased heartbeat, heavy head, dry mouth
Tsuh (verified owner) –
Great floral aroma and nice texture. Astringency builds in the latter part of the session but still balanced. Great daily drinker for the office!
CB (verified owner) –
I think this is very good tea. At this price, there’s always a trade off, and for this one it’s stamina as others mentioned. That in my opinion is the best thing to compromise for a budget tea. Flavor and aroma are great! Reminds me of some of the best years of Plum Beauty for the first 3-4 steeps, turning to pleasant minerals for 5 &, 6. I am happy to pull this one out when I don’t have a lot of time for a session because I know I will get 5 good steeps and a nice pleasant 6th.