High quality material from Mengsong with perfect CYH brand storage.
Mengsong, beeing the region where places like Naka, Huazhu and Baotang are located has it’s very own kind of bitterness which even after 15 years gives this tea it’s main character.
Excerpt from the review on puerh.blog:
The Cang Qing is quite bitter when dosed accordingly – as described above for Mengsong – typical of a bitterness that is not hidden behind a bit of velvet (like a Bulang bitterness) but clear and direct – I love that, if you don’t like it, you can of course reduce it a bit by adjusting the dosage, temperature or choice of ceramic, but that would be a shame. On the other hand, the tea has more to offer than just bitterness: on the one hand, you are greeted with a really great “dark” aroma, in which you can recognize the well-progressing fermentation better than on the taste level. The bitterness is accompanied by a slightly menthol-like note and together with the aroma and the sweetness creates a lovely, bitter forest honey character. And the energy of the tea is also a bit “louder” than the other two: strong and stimulating in nature, you can clearly feel it in the middle of your forehead – which of course immediately brings to mind a certain Naka-portion.
