Aged Sheng Pu’er 2004 – Yiwu Chun Jian

Take your time with this exquisite Aged Sheng Pu Erh. Examine the dry leaf, lustrous and silky. Take in their aroma before and after popping them into your warmed gaiwan. Absorb the antique woody aromas. Carefully observe the amber liquor color, starting off on the golden side and deepening with each infusion. Notice how the liquor aroma becomes “greedy” as you continue to infuse it, the early infusions are quite obviously aromatic, but later that aroma seems to sink into the liquor, only fully revealed when sipping the smooth liquor. Smell the smokey sweetness of the hot gaiwan lid and note the transformation to a more evergreen woody sweetness as it cools. Breathe in and out over every sip, allowing the flavors and aromas to caress you. Integrated, so hard to describe, lingering. Sweetness. Something bold and sturdy but not biting, a real presence. Thick, smooth and so satisfying.