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>>17847044
young tea shoots vs larger the older leaves for normal puerh, pic is white leaf buds. 'green' puerh would either be the first leaf or green as in the cake is still young and hasn't oxidised and aged yet. ripe is wet piled i.e dumped on a factory floor, wetted and covered with a tarp for 2 months and was made to mimic the taste of really old aged raw puerh

>>14266386
Jinggu Sun-Dried Silver Needles White Pu-erh Tea Cake * Spring 2020
90c 4g/100ml 10sec wash, 45sec infusion then +10, did 10 then 5mins with boiling

full disclosure no idea how to brew this, meileaf seems to do their bud white teas this way. i think white leaf typically you'd want 10-15sec. i know a few of us have brought this so if you all are brewing it differently let me know
plain white wrapping, cake felt fuzzy and almost tacky, smells like hay and sweet
drank the wash was sweet and lingered for a while, wet leaf smells like honey and nectar

1st floral and a little green. sweet slick and a little cooling
3rd thick, sweet and a little bitter at the end, cool tingling mouth feel
6th mostly bitter now but not over powering, sweetness has dropped off but theres still that green undertone
10th just bitter but still not over powering
5min same as before but easily drinkable

i normally prefer heavy dark teas but this is nice it will be interesting to see how it changes as it ages as its intended to be aged. came with a silica pack so it keep it with that in the back of my tea cupboard until i've drank through my hoard and i'll see how its changed