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 +=====Niklas Tasting=====
 +   * 1 BW (20 XI 24): Yiwu, quite old. Mahei 2009, typical Yiwu, not a moist, clean aging. Leaves still quite compact, peppery; very pleasant, round, balsa wood and wood polish, maybe even olive. Cup honey amber, very timid nose, maybe apricot skin. Hay. After a while also Alpenkräuter. Mouth light, no astringency, little body, just a suggestion of sweetness. Quite long echo. Again, Alpenkräuter-Tee, especially the mint. A rocky-ness, a tart honey on the sides. Now there's a little astringency on the sides, after all.
 +   * 2 BW (20 XI 24): Guafangchai (like Chawanshu from ML is from there, quite hyped). Huangpian means big, older leaves, which makes the tea milder and more ageable. 2005. A bit of a moister aging, less clean. Quite bit leaves, dark. More of a shou nose. Kerzenziehen, dried raisins. Slightly darker cup, wood floor nose, mushrooms (dried shitake); katsuboshi big time! Dried apples? Slender cup, a faint sourness, also no astringency at all. Dashi taste, again, bonito, wood. Black garlic? Dried roses?
 +   * 2 BW (16 XII 24): deep orange-ocre colour; a bit of a shou nose, very ripe apricots, squid ink. Old ship, duck shit, nut oil. Very tame cup, a bit leather, old temple wood.
 +   * 3 BW (2 XII 24): Manzhuan Taozi 2016. That's north of Yiwu. Supposed to have a peach note. Yiwu, quite old. Woody, waxy, velvety, sweet nose. Like nougat or Turkish delight. Cup: So sweet and light. Like drinking Japanese water. Good texture. As it chills a bit more flower water, dried roses again.
 +   * 4 BW (2 XII 24): Bangwei 2013. Not from Sichuanbanna, also by Jo. Rocky, dark green bitter, also sweet, tobacco? Cup again quite sweet and full, a bit more waxy, but no bitterness at all. As it chills more woody substance.
 +   * 5 BW (16 XII 24): LBZ 2016. light amber honey colour, very dense nose. Slightly sweet, pain de mie, a bit sea tang, tar in the sun, blonde tobacco. Hello bitter cup! Green, rocky. Lots of returning sweetness. Quite heady!
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 =====Summary===== =====Summary=====
    * **History**: Oldest trees around 1000 years old, puer produced since a couple of hundred years; shou since the 70s.    * **History**: Oldest trees around 1000 years old, puer produced since a couple of hundred years; shou since the 70s.
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-   * Wishlist:  
-         * MLs Yiwu Gushu to compare the others to, and MLs MED (2018), which is fucking insane (but not so long). Maybe rather the Mi Bu the cool kids talk about? 
-         * factory teas to compare / to replace the Blue Mark 
-         * MLs jubilee LME 
-         * WLS 13 
  
  
-====Lincang====+=====Lincang=====
    * Northern-most puer producing region, Bingdao comes from here. Green and bitter.    * Northern-most puer producing region, Bingdao comes from here. Green and bitter.
    * I had one a ST: floral, representative of Lincang, not good for aging, Maiglöckchen. I liked this, very drink-y tea (17 VII 18)    * I had one a ST: floral, representative of Lincang, not good for aging, Maiglöckchen. I liked this, very drink-y tea (17 VII 18)
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-====Puer====+=====Puer=====
  
 ===Puer, Lancang, Jingmai=== ===Puer, Lancang, Jingmai===
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    * **Blind Western** (27 IV 20): juicy oranges! And sugared saffron? Cup has washing detergent and fizzy orange peel, quite broad and easy drinking, but a bit meh.    * **Blind Western** (27 IV 20): juicy oranges! And sugared saffron? Cup has washing detergent and fizzy orange peel, quite broad and easy drinking, but a bit meh.
    * **Blind Western** (28 IV 20): Slight swimming pool. Cup slightly astringent. Really rather plain. Agressively plain.    * **Blind Western** (28 IV 20): Slight swimming pool. Cup slightly astringent. Really rather plain. Agressively plain.
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 +===Puer, Lancang, Bang Wei===
 +   * It borders to Mengku, and in style, it's closer to Lincang
  
  
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    * **Blind Western** (22 IV 20): such a fruity nose! Then, it pales, becomes uniform. Cup somewhat fruity. I would've said w2t Jingmai, but it's in fact Bangwei.    * **Blind Western** (22 IV 20): such a fruity nose! Then, it pales, becomes uniform. Cup somewhat fruity. I would've said w2t Jingmai, but it's in fact Bangwei.
    * **Blind Western** (22 IV 20): Hint of piss. Cup sweet, inconspicuous, elegant. BW. It is a bit of a boring, gentle tea.    * **Blind Western** (22 IV 20): Hint of piss. Cup sweet, inconspicuous, elegant. BW. It is a bit of a boring, gentle tea.
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 +===Puer, Lancang, Bang Wei (邦崴) (2013) (ST)===
 +   * **Western** (3 VIII 21): nose: full, tropical forest on rock, some pineapple gum sweets. aroma. full body, quite fruity; some green ivy stalk and a decent minerality. as it chills, the elegant green minerality pops up a bit more.nose: full, tropical forest on rock, some pineapple gum sweets. aroma. full body, quite fruity; some green ivy stalk and a decent minerality. as it chills, the elegant green minerality pops up a bit more. Quite nice!
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 +===Puer, Lancang, Wuliangshan (無量山)===
 +   * mountain range. historically produces green tea, lots of wild varietals.
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 +===Puer, Lancang, Wuliangshan (無量山) (2013) (ST)===
 +   * **Blind Western** (27 IV 20): pleasant warm nose, very familiar; reminds me of a black tea I've had (WLS?). DXS-style, deep and slightly smokey, but less burnt than DXS. Minty and full black. Cup just the same, awesome! 
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 +===Puer, Lancang, Wuliang Shan (2010) (ST)===
 +   * **Western** (3 VIII 21): Nose smokey and very pleasant, dark cupboard and dry cacao, red resin. full body, red currant marmelade. as it chills, it really goes near a hong cha, with a resinous, slightly woody echo that reminds you it’s a puer.
  
 ===Puer, Jiangcheng: Grenztee (1990) (ST)=== ===Puer, Jiangcheng: Grenztee (1990) (ST)===
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    * **Blind Western** (22 IV 20): old tea, dusty old barn, deep. Cup supple, round. Grenztee.    * **Blind Western** (22 IV 20): old tea, dusty old barn, deep. Cup supple, round. Grenztee.
  
-===Puer, Wuliangshan (無量山) (2013) (ST)=== + 
-   * **Blind Western** (27 IV 20): pleasant warm nose, very familiar; reminds me of a black tea I've had (WLS?). DXS-style, deep and slightly smokey, but less burnt than DXS. Minty and full black. Cup just the same, awesome!  + 
-====Xishuangbanna, Menghai====+ 
 +=====Xishuangbanna, Menghai=====
  
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    * **Blind Western** (15 IV 20): Marginally tamer, still a great tea.    * **Blind Western** (15 IV 20): Marginally tamer, still a great tea.
          * In subsequent GFC it shows more floral notes and substance. Philip Glass 5?          * In subsequent GFC it shows more floral notes and substance. Philip Glass 5?
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 +===XSB, Menghai, LME (Yu) (2018)===
 +   * **Niklas' Brown Mystery 3 on 22 VI 21**: quite light, cooked cucumbers and roasted almonds. Indeed petrified cucumber in the cup; and some char, too. Slightly fruity, slightly bitter. Quite cloying, stone soup.
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 +===XSB, Menghai, LME (2018) (puerh.sk)===
 +   * **Niklas' Brown Mystery 4 on 22 VI 21**: very similar, maybe a dash more piss, in the cup this has lots of errors. It tastes watery and unbalanced.
  
 ===XSB, Menghai, BLS (2018) (ST)=== ===XSB, Menghai, BLS (2018) (ST)===
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-====Xishuanbanna, Mengla====+=====Xishuanbanna, Mengla===== 
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 +===XSB, Mengla, Yiwu Xiaoshu Mini-Tong (2020) (ST)=== 
 +   * Western (17 VI 22): Not much of a nose, very bright and easy primary aromas of petrified peach, clay rock; chlorophyl bitterness and honeyed licorice. Leaves a nice tingling on the tongue; decent texture, very centered to the front; quite lacking in the back. Quite round and nice, a bit easy and young.
  
 ===XSB, Mengla, Yiwu, Man Zhuan (蠻磚 / 曼庄) (2014) (ST)=== ===XSB, Mengla, Yiwu, Man Zhuan (蠻磚 / 曼庄) (2014) (ST)===
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 ===XSB, Mengla, Yiwu: Spuren der Goldenen Zeit (1960) (ST)=== ===XSB, Mengla, Yiwu: Spuren der Goldenen Zeit (1960) (ST)===
    * 29 III 20: Nose a dusty orange., spiced prunes and port wine. A fishy cinnamon. Fantastic nose. Cup extremely silky; candied pineapple.    * 29 III 20: Nose a dusty orange., spiced prunes and port wine. A fishy cinnamon. Fantastic nose. Cup extremely silky; candied pineapple.
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 +===XSB, Mengla, Yiwu, Yibang: Guoyoulin (2021 Frühling) (ST)===
 +   * GYL means state protected forest
 +   * Western (25 X 21): Beautiful nose, a bit rocky, a bit candy; a bit kernels. Warm mountain minerality. Cup quite mineralic, but with long-lasting sweetness. Very quite excellent!
 +   * Blind Western (31 X 21): sheng nose, quite dense grass and rock, a faint diluted cat piss note. Cup pleasantly bitter, very nice concrete structure. Tremendous! I want to pair it with a CdC perfume! On top of the concrete there is some succulence, Sauerampfer vielleicht, a hint of apple flowers, too. Supremely balanced! (And discernable!)
  
 ===XSB, Mengla, Yiwu, Yibang: MED (2016) (ST)=== ===XSB, Mengla, Yiwu, Yibang: MED (2016) (ST)===
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    * Small leaves, hence the name (Katzenohr)    * Small leaves, hence the name (Katzenohr)
    * 25 III 20 (steeped possibly more than 5m): nose flat, a bit rocky, a bit alpine; tree bark, vomit. Cup quite thick, actually quite powerful. No astringency, just honey thickness. Pleasantly surprised by this. A bit of reflux taste, a bit minerality, a gentle tingling on the tongue. As it chills ever so slightly, a tremendous sweetness is revealed in the nose. Rocky violet dough! This must be MLs Yibang, it is young and powerful, but also so sweet and substantiated! Wow, it has really a fucking insane presence. Apricots, but I find it doesn't hold out so long in subsequent GFC.    * 25 III 20 (steeped possibly more than 5m): nose flat, a bit rocky, a bit alpine; tree bark, vomit. Cup quite thick, actually quite powerful. No astringency, just honey thickness. Pleasantly surprised by this. A bit of reflux taste, a bit minerality, a gentle tingling on the tongue. As it chills ever so slightly, a tremendous sweetness is revealed in the nose. Rocky violet dough! This must be MLs Yibang, it is young and powerful, but also so sweet and substantiated! Wow, it has really a fucking insane presence. Apricots, but I find it doesn't hold out so long in subsequent GFC.
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 +===XSB, Mengla, Yiwu, Yibang, Mibu: Mao Er Duo Gushu (2019) (ST)===
 +   * **Western** (19 X 21): rocky Chestnut water, Turkish delight?, slightly leathery! Cup slender and elegant, quite sweet and rocky. 
 +   * Blind Western (4 XI 21): sheng dryness in the nose, dashes of sherry and mushroom. Cup very linear, petrified wood, dry, resinous wood. Quite pleasant, but nothing too crazy.
  
 ===XSB, Mengla, Yiwu, Yibang: Mibu (2020) (Yu)=== ===XSB, Mengla, Yiwu, Yibang: Mibu (2020) (Yu)===
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    * CDH is a tea factory in Yiwu (also called Man Luo)    * CDH is a tea factory in Yiwu (also called Man Luo)
    * **Blind Western** (27 IV 20): old nose, some shou fishiness. Very full-bodied though, so it can't be terribly old. Quite sweet in the nose, too; prunes? Cup is also quite sweet, not as dusty as you'd expect. Demerara sugar, and petrolised prunes. Same as it chills. EoT Yiwu from 00?    * **Blind Western** (27 IV 20): old nose, some shou fishiness. Very full-bodied though, so it can't be terribly old. Quite sweet in the nose, too; prunes? Cup is also quite sweet, not as dusty as you'd expect. Demerara sugar, and petrolised prunes. Same as it chills. EoT Yiwu from 00?
 +  * **Western on 23 VI 21**: Ji Pin means high quality, from the CDH factory, Guangzhou storage. Old forest, quite old, quite nice in the nose. Almost shou like, some leather and fish sauce. Great clarity in the cup, some colophonium, some truffle oil. Nice energy.
  
 ===XSB, Mengla, Yiwu, Bo He Tang (薄荷塘) (2016) (ST)=== ===XSB, Mengla, Yiwu, Bo He Tang (薄荷塘) (2016) (ST)===
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    * **Western** (13 VI 20): Nose the idea of apricot marmelade, rock candy. Cup very subtle, but good structure and some huigan. Actually, I'm not too impressed.    * **Western** (13 VI 20): Nose the idea of apricot marmelade, rock candy. Cup very subtle, but good structure and some huigan. Actually, I'm not too impressed.
  
-===XSB, Mengla, Yiwu, Chang Da Hao: Ji Pin (2000) (ET)=== +===XSB, Mengla, Yiwu, Guoyoulin (2019) (puerh.sk)=== 
-  * **Western on 23 VI 21**: Ji Pin means high quality, from the CDH factory, Guangzhou storage. Old forest, quite old, quite nice in the nose. Almost shou like, some leather and fish sauce. Great clarity in the cup, some colophonium, some truffle oil. Nice energy.+   * **Niklas' Golden Mystery 2 on 21 VI 21**: Nose tamer, some cellar and dried rucola. Cup decent, clear, less cloying than 1. Also some fruit drops, and cloying-ness more to the back? As it chills some yellow grass and urine. Body clearer, retains some grassiness and some lime blossom elements (or is it me starting at the bottle?). It falls slightly off towards the back.
  
  
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    * **If you're reading this it's too late** from white2tea (24 VIII 19): nice, classy, young puer nose. Petrified apricots, cut grass in the sun; hay barn honey. Good aroma, certain vibrancy, honeyed texture; hot rocks. Lasting sweetness. Recommended as a easy peasy, sustained puer. Proprietary white2tea blend.    * **If you're reading this it's too late** from white2tea (24 VIII 19): nice, classy, young puer nose. Petrified apricots, cut grass in the sun; hay barn honey. Good aroma, certain vibrancy, honeyed texture; hot rocks. Lasting sweetness. Recommended as a easy peasy, sustained puer. Proprietary white2tea blend.
    * **2019 Dangerfield** (white2tea sample) (28 VIII 19): quite bitter and woody, but powerful. They say it's a blend to represent the poor man's naka.    * **2019 Dangerfield** (white2tea sample) (28 VIII 19): quite bitter and woody, but powerful. They say it's a blend to represent the poor man's naka.
 +   * EoT 2021 Club Cake (Honey & Razor) (24 XII 21): A blend from Yiwu, purple variety, with contrasting Lao Man E and Man Xin Long from Bulang. Spring and autumn material. Tinned peaches in the nose, but very light, present, clear. Sandy beach. Fried broccoli. Cup nice tension, some sweetness, some bitter clay structure. Very nice tea, very round.
  
 ===Unsorted=== ===Unsorted===
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    * **Yibang 2018** (ST, Western tasting 29 IX 19): dry, stoney, almost a tad dried fish nose. Licorice bitterness, but dried mangos also. Very thick soup, sweetish and behäbig.    * **Yibang 2018** (ST, Western tasting 29 IX 19): dry, stoney, almost a tad dried fish nose. Licorice bitterness, but dried mangos also. Very thick soup, sweetish and behäbig.
  
-===Blind===+===Mangzhi (2021 Spring) (ST)=== 
 +   * Western (7 XI 21): leicht speckig, bacon, mineralic; irgendwie auch Wundkruste, körperlich. Cup quite dry, but lots of tannins, lots of tingling, very long presence. As it chills, it does get an oyster leaf note, a certain basic-ness akin to seaweed. Jasmine?
  
-   * **Niklas' Golden Mystery 2 on 21 VI 21**: Nose tamer, some cellar and dried rucola. Cup decent, clear, less cloying than 1. Also some fruit drops, and cloying-ness more to the back? As it chills some yellow grass and urine. Body clearer, retains some grassiness and some lime blossom elements (or is it me starting at the bottle?). It falls slightly off towards the back. +===Manzhuan Gushu Guoyoulin (2021 Spring) (ST)=== 
-   * **Niklas' Brown Mystery 3 on 22 VI 21**: quite light, cooked cucumbers and roasted almonds. Indeed petrified cucumber in the cup; and some char, too. Slightly fruity, slightly bitter. Quite cloying, stone soup. +   * Western (7 XI 21): ganz leicht rauchig, a bit of demure also. Cup light, cucumber water. As it chills it thickens, decent, long-lingering minerality. Slightly salty. 
-   * **Niklas' Brown Mystery 4 on 22 VI 21**: very similar, maybe a dash more piss, in the cup this has lots of errors. It tastes watery and unbalanced.+  * Western (4 XI 21): quite faint, a bit of plum cake? Cup also sweet, but a bit more structure, bitterness, woodiness to it. It's marginally more bitter than the Banghwei. 
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 +  * Western (17 XI 21): EoT club 2008 Bulang, very compressed, pure old trees. Oh, this smells quite shou-like, but also slightly fruity, prunes, kyara, fish sauce. Dark certainly; cup quite round, not too conspicuous, but pleasant and with a long lasting spicy incense presence. Somewhat watery (but maybe my retronasal pathway is just blocked from the cold?) 
 +  * Western (17 XI 21): Lao Cha Tou, tea nuggets from shou processing which aren't suitable for pressing. Nose quite intense, Laphroaig iodine, puss and shit. Cup less problematic, quite mellow and round.
  
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