2025 Puerh.uk Line Up Release!

 Okay last year Puerh.uk started to release their very own fresh puerh!  It really offered me a very nuanced Gushu puerh experience with each production really offering a very high quality product… I enjoyed some of the free samples sent for review more than others as a matter of preference but taken together they took me through quite a journey… the Puerh.uk 2024 puerh is all really comfortable in the body and mind and most of it is more on the, dare I say, ethereal end of the spectrum instead of having very grounded in the classic tastes and feels of a particular production area.  I loved the journey last year.

This year Puerh.uk sent me another batch of free samples for review of their recently released 2025 line up.  I’ve just tried two so far but they seem ever better than last years.  It’s always awesome when Puerh vendors I frequent strive for better year after year and it seems like that’s happening with Puerh.uk.

Join me in the next posts as I engulf the ethereal and beyond!

Peace

Hoshino White Tea Powdered “Matcha Platinum”

This is a unique production from Hoshino in Yame it goes for $45 for 20g tin at Cultivate Tea they call it “Matcha Platinum”.  It’s one I’ve heard about before yet never tried so I was really excited about this matcha made from a white tea varietal.

Powder has a roasted sweet almonds and slight floral background overall sweet smell. 

Sweet with nut shell bitterness that moves fast to a chalky sweet finish.  More chalky sweet tastes.

Nice focus high Qi mind.

Peace

Yame Matcha in the Springtime: Harmonizing Tea Drinking to Season

The last few years I have been doing better at drinking teas that harmonize my energy to the seasonal changes.  I have been drinking Yame matcha in the springtime…. These are the two that I enjoyed this year…

Hoshino Tea Yame “Hoshi No Tsuyu” Matcha

Sweet vegital,almost creamy, sweet broccoli sweetness onset.  Creamy dreamy vegital sweetness finish.

Fluffy light mouthfeel with a creamy sweet onset that develops and sweet green tea vegital slight roasted with sweet broccoli green tea long finish. 

https://cultivatetea.com/collections/matcha/products/matcha-hoshi-no-tsuyu

Hoshino Yame “Houju”

This is the absolute highest grade from Yame.upon opening the lid the fresh odour of flowers, green tea and a sweet high notes roasted smell fills the air…

Sweet fluffy with a very light sweet vegetal sticky mouthfeel onset.  Light lingering sweet almost floral and milky aftertaste almost berries sweet finish.  Spacy and relaxing body Qi feeling.

Peace

https://cultivatetea.com/collections/matcha/products/matcha-houju

2025 Zhong Si Long Xiang Chun Lin

I got a Zheng Si Long cake of Xiang Chun Lin from a few years back and really like this yearly production from them… this 2025 Zheng Si Long Xiang Chun Lin goes for $120.00 for 200g cake or $0.60/g.

Dry leaves smell very delicious of a very sweet and very pungent floral honey odour.

Rinsed leaves are a strong piercing cooling pungent minty floral honey sweet melon….

First infusion is left to cool and is a sweet but not too sweet and floral but not to floral honey.  Mouthwatering delicious honey coating return with creamy sweet and fresh cut flowers mild taste.

Second infusion is a pungent spice with flat woody and wildflower floral tastes there is sweetness but less so- Most of the sweet taste is in the return and on the breath.  The texture is an oily but has a sharpness like a powder ly chalky mouthfeel to it.  Long faint candy minutes later on the breath.  Some chest bubbling feeling.

Third infusion has a vegetal mild bitter onset with a floral breath finish and hard to grasp return of sweet taste. The mouthfeel is a sandy sticky feeling with. Spaced out mind feeling.  Face tingling.  Mild heavy head feeling. Most of the body feel in face and skull.

4th has a pungent wildflower onset with a creamy buttercup flower sweet returning on the breath.  Cooled down is sweet buttery with vegetal mild bitterness and pungent wildflowers. Chest fluttering head and face mild heavy sensations.

5th infusion has a mild sweetness wildflower chalky dry roof of mouth feeling chest and head heavy sensations. Mild relaxing lazy. Not much sweet taste.

6th has a watery wildflower taste bland woody mild bitter not that sweet mild cool breath.  Dry roof mouthfeel.  Mild heart flutters, lazy feeling relax, 

7th is left to cool and is a watery bitter woody with mild creamy return. Dry roof of mouthfeeling.  Spacy uselessness. Heavy face and head.

8th is a long mug steeping and it is mildly bitter woody stone taste. Not really any sweet taste. Lazy feeling qi with mild bodyfeel of heavy head and face.  

Peace

2025 Zheng Si Long Zhang Jia Wan

Again Zhang Jia Wan cakes from Zheng Si Long are high on the enjoyment scale for me … this 2025 Zhen Si Long Zhang Jai Wan goes for $59.00 for 200g cake or $0.30/g…

Dry leaves smell creamy sweet candy like with faint pungent wildflowers… yummy!

Rinsed leaves

First infusion has a pure watery creamy sweet taste with faint lingering creamy sweet. Soft mouthfeel.  Happy feeling. 

Second infusion has a sweet watery pure creamy almost melon with soft mouthfeel and happy spacy qi.  No bitterness no astringency just pure sweet long taste just what I suspected here… mouthwatering saliva producing with deep sighs of relaxing Spacy happy highs.  Cooled down it is a refreshing watery sweet melon with a soft oily feeling.

Third has a watery creamy sweet oily melon taste. Long sweet taste.  Watery almost woody pure long sweet taste. With soft sticky mouthfeel and light almost body floating feeling.

Fourth infusion has a pure sweet onset with creamy almost melon woody chest beats floating body and happy hi feeling. Long creamy melon taste.  Happy qi is stronger than average in this one with moderate limb and face lightness and body floating.

Sixth infusion has a wokdy long sweet sugar and moon taste with sticky soft mouthfeel and deep throat coolness. Strong happy highs develops now! Light mind and body with limbs and face light and numb!

7th has a pure sweet onset with long sweet almost melon taste.  Big happy feelings and floating bodyfeeling. Wet mouthwatering feeling with soft sticky mouthfeel. Big Qi build up with stronger floating body and mind and happy high floating feeling!

8th infusion has a sweet onset with a pure long sweet taste big chest feelings.  Still very full and vibrant taste very good stamina here with long sweet almost melon uninterrupted in a soft sticky mouthfeel. 

9th I get back to the leaves left in the pot overnight and they are a creamy long sweet slight melon sweet with mid cooling throat and breath. Wet mouthfeeling some mild saliva producing. Happy high feeling this morning.  

10th is a creamy oily wet sweet long sweet taste of mild melon sweet with cool breath and mid throat opening.  Happy fluttering chest with light limbs and bodyfeeling and happy mind. Soft sticky mouthfeel.

11th is a sweet long sweet melon woody oily taste with a soft sticky mouthfeel that is a bit sandy and a returning melon apricot sweetness.

12th is a long mug infusion …it comes out deliciously oily very sweet melon long sweet taste still very mild bitterness butter sweet mid profile.

This is a really nice Yiwu ZhengJiaWan puerh… great value to drink now or to age out!  I like!

Peace

2025 Zheng Si Long Mang Zhi

The Mangzhi area puerh that Zheng Si Long produces is always some of my most enjoyable from them… so I was excited to sample it after a few years… this 2025 Zheng Si Long Mangzhi goes for $67.00 for 200g or $0.34/g.

Dry leaves have an extremely pungent cooling faintly sweet odour.

Rinsed leaves have a sweet pungent almost faint candy odour

First infusion has a sweet pop of sweet sugar almost fruit then almost a metalic woody flat taste.  Long cool breath.  Chest expanding energy.  Slight very mild grainy woody base with sweet pungent overtop. Face is warming. Chest expand. Cooled down it is very sweet juicy fruity with a bit of wood spice. Smooth mouthfeel. Mid throat opening with hard to grasp nuances of candy on the breath.

Second infusion has a watery pungent sort of metallic woody flat taste.  Cooling breath goes into mid throat with an almost soapy candy finish. Chesty flutters and opening chest. Bodyfeeling is concentrated here. Slightly anxious feeling of uplifting energies.

Third infusion is a bit bitter sweet apricot flat almost metallic woody.  Sticky louthfeeel with sqeeky roof and comes with return of fruity peach taste and mid throat cooling opening.  Spacy but slight jittery anxious power buildup. Eyes feel soft lots of chest qi with flutters and expanding feelings.

Fourth infusion has a moderate bitter sweet pop of juicy peachy woody metalic taste with bigger chest feelings and flutters and a long candy peach finish big sighs and face flushing qi. Cooled down it is a sweet pop of woody metalic apricot underneath. Big chest energy with fluttering and expanding feelings.  

5th infusion is a sweet candy with moderate/mild bitter. Squeaky mouthfeeling. Sticky mild grip.  Return of apricot woody metalic with mid/ deep throat opening Dave qi with flushing and chest flutters and opening with a slight anxious spacy upitty feeling.

6th has a bitter moderate taste with sweetness flat wood almost like a metallic taste.  Sticky mouthfeel. Bigger chest opening with energy boost and some anxious energy. Cooled down it is sweet apricot woody metic sort of flat with a slight sticky mouthfeel big chesty feelings and energy boosting while a bit relaxing. 

7th has a sweet oily peachy expanding chest feeling.  Bitter can be felt in the Stomach now.  Cooled down it is a sweet bitter flat sort of metallic wood with a sweet return pop of apricot woody. Sticky mouthfeel. Mid deep thrust opening and cooling.  Chesty qi and eyes heavy relaxing but a bit energy boosting fluttering anxious.

I stop due to the bitter punch and put the rest into a mug for a long steeping….it comes out a flat woody vegetal sort of metallic with a moderate strong bitterness.  Big chest feeling Qi is quite strong.  Long lingering bitterness.

I like the power in here… not crazy power but just right.

Peace

2025 Tea Encounter Yi Shan Mo

 

The 2023 Tea Encounter Yi Shan Mo is one of my favourite Tea Encounters productions if you are considering value and I feel that this 2025 Tea Encounter Yi Shan Mo ($116.00 for 200g or $0.58/g) comes from the same garden… so good… 

Dry leaves have a sweet buttery creamy floral very vibrant…

First infusion has a watery clear buttery taste with sweet pop and long buttery floral sweet sugar taste.  Mouthwatering effect with happy uplifting energy boost.  

Second infusion has a buttery vegetal vibrant slight pungent floral sweet taste.  Sort of like buttery melon sweetness over a mouthwatering wet mouthfeel.  Happy high uplifting feeling with chest flutters and light shoulders feeling.  Revitalizing feelings.

Third infusion is a vibrant buttery oily sweet taste with mouthwatering effect.  Happy strong uplifting high feeling with shoulders heavy and face flushing.  Strong uplifting high feeling with heavy shoulders and chest rising feeling.

Fourth infusion has an oily concentrated sweet butter oil melon sugar sweet taste with mouthwatering wet mouthfeel effect.  Stronger happy high feeling. Long sweet dense melon buttery finish with chest glittering heavy shoulders and face flushing and happy high uplifting energy!

Fifth infusion has an oily very sweet very wet mouthwatering juicy sweet taste.  Chest up movement with heavy shoulders chalky soft mouthfeel mid- deep trust opening.  Dense sweet butter floral sweet taste and energy boost uplifting happy! Left to cool overnight in a cup it’s a buttery deep forest floral.

The next day the 6th infusion has a creamy buttery oily wet mouth sugary melon forest taste.  Big uplifting qi feeling. Flush face happy feeling. Chalky soft mouthfeel. Chest opening feeling. 

7th infusion has a wet sugar fruity pungent forest taste upfront.  there is Sticky mouthfeeling. And uplifting energy high m. Chest qi with face flushing.

8th is a sweet buttery creamy melon sugar sweet taste.  Nice concentrated sweet taste with oily chalky mouthfeel. Wet mouth salivating. Happy high qi with chest opening and sweating.

9th was a long thermos steeping it comes out with a sweet melon almost floral sweet taste with a bland stone mineral taste almost bitter at the finish but still melon sweet. Chalky mouthfeel and high feeling.

Peace