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It was fun playing detective for some miscellaneous gift mini tuo. My notes on the 2003 Yunnan pu'er of unknown origin:
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5.5g/205F/12s

Dry leaf was vaguely sweet. Brewed leaf smells smoky, and like lightly sweet, toasted bread.

Medium thickness, high astringency, low bitterness. This mystery pu'er enters with smooth, light smokiness which seems very slightly 'tobacco' in nature, and dips off with some rather understated, nondescript sweetness. Retronasal aroma isn't notable. The aftertaste carries both the sweetness and smoke equally, which is rather pleasant.

Increasing the brew time to 30s provided deeper consistency and stay. Longer infusions did the same, but rounded off the already low sweetness some, and increased smoothness very well. This suggests to me that it may be a shou pu'er. It isn't amazing me, but I am surprised to find a mini tuo that is palatable for once.
>>15961077
Feel free to read the text above. I posted the dry leaf because it is an unknown tea, so I thought some anons may enjoy seeing the contents inside.
>>15961121
If you get one again, post about it. It's not a rockstar or anything, but I haven't had a mini tuo that didn't immediately repulse me before. Kind of neat in that regard. Also of note, this is the oldest tea I have consumed to date.