Element 2023 Yiwu Raw Puer
Price range: $4.50 through $15.00
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- Reviews (9)
Description
For many, raw puer can be one of the more difficult teas to approach, so in selecting a representative from this series, going with an Yiwu tea was a straightforward choice.
Yiwu teas are known for their more approachable nature, focusing on fragrance, sweetness, soft soup texture, and with less bitterness and astringency. This tea exemplifies just that, with an enjoyable fragrance, slight honey sweetness, and approachable character.
For gongfu brewing, we recommend brewing this tea similar to a dragon ball or other single serving format, either extending the rinse to 30 seconds or so, or performing a second rinse to help open the leaves a bit. This biscuit also performs well when western brewing, for which we advise rinsing for 10 seconds, then brewing for up to 30 seconds in a 350-400ml vessel, then adding 20-30 seconds (or to taste) per brew after that.
Each of the convenient single-serving biscuits contains 7g (+/-1 gram of tea).
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Alexandra Verville-Paris –
Makes you thirsty for ice-cold water. Easy to drink. Good introduction to sheng puers
//Smell: Small flowers, clean clothes, honeyed water, humid hay, summer day heavy heat,
//Texture: Heavy and thick, makes the saliva disappear, oily, smooth
//Taste: Honeyed water, dry hay, clean clothes, sweet, plain dough with comestible flowers, mineral
//Body sensation: Heartbeat sensation in the neck, light sensitivity, silence, energy
TSUH88 (verified owner) –
Great tea in a convenient package. Very fragrant and gentle tea with minimal bitterness. Mouthfeel was silky smooth with great body and thickness. I also found it very forgiving in terms of steeping times. Soup looks like honey water with crisp clarity.
Alexewallace64 (verified owner) –
The moment I opened up this little package I was met with vibrant floral honey and bright citrus on the nose. Wet leaf brings those aromas back, but with this almost funky apple juice nose that’s nice. The palate brings light florals, rich honey, dry hay, dried apricots, and tropical citrus. The texture is nice and creamy, the bitterness is low, the sweetness is there, and overall it’s very balanced and approachable. This is a lovely, easy drinking sheng puer that I think is a great introduction to this category while also offering plenty of comfort for frequent drinkers.
Billy Galvez –
Very sweet and gentle sheng, not very long lasting but still a lot of flavor adn energy to offer.
[email protected] (verified owner) –
A solid raw puer, notes of stone fruit, apricot and grapefruit peels, nice sweetness and minimal bitterness. easy to sip all day.
jade –
I really love this sheng. Of the teas in the elements set, it’s probably my favorite. The first few times I brewed it I wasn’t exactly sure what temperature to use, so ended up with a few pretty bitter steeps, but once I got the hang of it it became such a sweet, fruity tea. The smell is really lovely too, reminds me of honey and red fruit. Definitely an excellent choice for a first introduction to sheng puers at an excellent value.
mineralitea_E.C. –
Bumping up my rating to 5 stars considering the price and value. Good introduction to young shengs, and a convenient choice for a simple sheng. Light honey and floral notes, and dry hay. A drying tea with pleasant astringency.
mysticfire1111 –
A excellent value sweet yiwu sheng with enough going on to keep you interested, i actually liked this better than the year of the snake yiwu. A great ol reliable if you gravitate toward sweet yiwu shengs. Great tea.
Alen D (verified owner) –
I like this one quite a bit. It starts with a clear fruity note (peaches and papaya I think) and then turns into a mineral, fizzy, sweet thing, that both draws out saliva but also makes the mouth dry. It doesn’t get bitter at any point, but it has its own character. It’s really easy to drink. I’ll be getting more of this one.