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I have a few small quantities of various young sheng puerh teas and I agree with the other commenters that the very recent young sheng teas (2008-present) are tough on digestion and tend to show powerful and unbalanced astringency to my palate.
However, just now I am drinking the 2003 Yi Wu sheng and it has such a nice balance of taste and color, moving from pale straw color with a mild flavor of smoke and earth on to a deep amber golden hue and a sweetness in the back of the throat that really pleases me. I wish I could obtain more of this tea!Thank you, tea soul. I figured it was a generic Li Shan packaging but thought it worth a try. Either way it’s quite good tea for the price.
Thank you both for your advice. I tried the the longer infusion times and a slightly higher amount of tea, about 3g to 90mL. Indeed, the character of the tea shifted quite a bit towards the black tea spectrum, with a good deal more astringency balancing out the sweetness of the insect bitten leaves.
With these parameters, I found that I most enjoyed a two minute infusion, which yielded a rich and well balanced tea liquor without overwhelming the sweet and fruity notes.
