This tea stood out among the teas of my most recent order. It's crisp, fruity, floral, but still has all the aged characteristics and minimal bitterness. Very enjoyable -- it's turned into a once a day or every other tea for me. I wouldn't say it can stand up to the higher-end productions, but within its own category, it's very enjoyable. I will add that I believe the 2005 production is better than this 2006, but both are quite nice.

At such an affordable price, you of course shouldn't expect anything fancy or refined from this tea. Still, it's quite strong, smoky, fruity, and pleasant to drink after the amount of aging it's had. I'm quite happy with this purchase, especially in comparison with other teas in the similar price range of 10 cents per gram or so. Relative to its own category, this is a great tea.

While not a particularly complex tea, it has everything you'd expect from an aged Shoumei.
My favourite way to brew is in a 100ml yixing pot or gaiwan, with about 10g of leaf.
Flash steeps will produce a light gold liquor with pure honey sweetness and a slight cooling after-taste.
Longer steeps see a darker red liquor closer to hong cha, and show more of the aged flavours.
I have yet to over-brew this tea, with even "death brews" yielding very little bitterness.
Even if you prefer so buy smaller samples like I tend to, I would recommend picking up a whole cake because it's just such good value.

I came into this session thinking that there was no way any tea could be worth $3-4 a gram. I wanted this to be overhyped. And it is, but just barely. This is honestly a phenomenal young sheng. If it were a buck a gram, it would probably be my go-to for that one time a month where I can have an hour-plus to myself just to drink tea. But ⅔ of the price here is for the name and provenance.

Flavor was bright, green herbal notes, paired with fast-fading bitterness, and lingering fruits and sweetness. There was nice evolution between steeps, worthy of a thoughtful and extended gongfu session. It checked every box of what I want in a young sheng puer.

Will I spend the money for a full cake of this? Not unless I win the lottery. Will I splurge from time to time for a special occasion gong fu session? Absolutely!

Great tea for every day. I brew it in the pot and have it on an empty stomach instead of coffee.

Very elegant tea. Lovely floral taste with some very gentle smoke. Wet leaf aroma is beautiful.

Thick and sweet when pushed, with pleasant bitterness underneath. But nothing exciting or spectacular.

You need to push nothern teas, otherwise they're too weak - my two cents.

Besides another solid Mengku Rongshi product, a trustworthy brand, clean and neat.

The leaves smelled like chocolate and raisins.
The wet leaves smelled like raspberry, hay and freshly baked pastry.
The tea soup was bright and medium-thick, with a rose gold colour.

The brew tasted like black cherries, cocoa nibs, plums, allspice and rose water. It was extremely aromatic and tasty.
The empty cup smelled like dark chocolate.
The tea had a lingering sweetness with a long-lasting forest berry aftertaste.

I used 5g of leaf in a 100ml gaiwan with boiling water.
On average, a session lasted for eight brews.

The dry tea smelled like ripe tamarind and cornel jam. The smell of the wet leaves was simple, fruity, plum compote and lemon zest. The tea soup was medium and extra brothy; it had a vibrant citrine colour. The taste of the brew was fruity, like ripe plums, apple peels, slightly astringent, slightly bitter. The empty cup had an amazing muscovado and honeysuckle smell. The mouthfeel was nice and zesty. The bitterness quickly turned into juicy sweetness.

I used 7g of leaf in a 100ml gaiwan with boiling water. On average, the sessions lasted for 9 brews.
As always with MengKu RongShi, the tea did not disappoint, and on my next purchase, I will acquire a full cake.

Nice one for a young sheng.

This is one of the best budget shous ive had. Red fruit scent on the wet leaf is very noticeable after rinse and stays for first couple infusions. There is a definite twang of red fruit sour hints on the first and second infusions for sure. Smooth and milky texture. Slight vanilla like sweetness dayi shous sometimes have. Definetly a tongable tea. Gone through half a cake in a couple of weeks.

It's a very nice tea, it smells like honey when brewing even if you don't add any. Pretty nice

I really like that there isn't a massive markup to the price like some other vendors tend to do

J'adore ce thé ! / I love this tea ! The culture of the soil, so green.

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Great taste for this price. Tasted for several times to be sure :). Loose cake, easy to separate. Very big leaves. Thank you!