Crème de la Crème 2025 Yashixiang Dancong x Ripe Puer
Price range: $5.50 through $165.00
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Description
Yashixiang (lit. duckshit fragrance) dancong and shou puer shouldn’t work together on paper – but they do. Spring ’25 dancong brings a high fragrance and strong florals to the front, while 2024 Huazhuliangzi shou puer (from the same producer as our Maestro shou puers) grounds the tea with a smooth texture and full body.
This tea leans heavily into its floral fragrance in its current state. A notable minty/cooling quality is also present, making this a unique pressing compared to previous years.
Pressed several months in advance this time, this year’s cake comes to you in a pre-rested and more cohesive state. Normally we would note that the flavours will feel separated at first and gradually meld into “one tea”, but this pressing feels like it’s already there.
With that said, it will develop further with more rest, and we highly recommend doubling up for the sake of storing for the long haul – or as a backup for when the first cake runs out, which may be sooner than you expect.
$0.17-0.22/gram
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2 reviews for Crème de la Crème 2025 Yashixiang Dancong x Ripe Puer
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Eric Branchaud (verified owner) –
This is a blend that sounds like it should not work, but it is great every time. The 2025 version is extra good. The two teas have already melded perfectly. The shou fills in the low end with walnut skins, earthiness, and chocolate. The mouth is also filled with floral notes and stone fruit aromatics from the dancong. On top of it all, there is a tingly mouth feel and a nice coating on the tongue to go with it all. Phenomenal tea!
DKB (verified owner) –
A delicious and fun blend! The mix of low, dark notes from the shou and the high aromatics from the dancong is great, and in this year’s blend the two teas have already melded really nicely. And yet, in the end, it feels more like a novelty that won’t become part of my routine: delicious though it is, it’s not quite dark and comforting enough to scratch the shou itch, nor energetic enough to satisfy a dancong craving.