TruemorsI'm not opening this one up for a long while. I plan on getting a lot more. From my extremely limited experience with the 7532 recipe (I've tried the 07, and a 1999), it needs a lot of time to really start mellowing out. The flavors are complex, and definitely among my favorites to find in pu'er. Hopefully 08's provides as much pleasure as the others have brought me.
2008 (801) Menghai 7532 357g
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at 15:19 on January 5th, 2009
This is an 08 release from the Menghai Dayi tea factory, batch 801 (first batch of 2008) using an average of grade 3 leaves. This is a raw or sheng Pu'er tea cake weighing in at roughly 357g.
I don't particularly agree with seeing tea as an investment, as this has led to a lot of problems for us tea fanatics who want to be able to locate and afford older examples of some teas we love. This was the whole reason the Pu'er bubble prevented a lot of people from enjoying the aged classic teas such as Hong Yin, and 88 Qing Bing.
Also, anyone willing to sell off tea they've aged themselves must be crazy, or not love the particular tea enough to keep it.
Tea has been said to be the cheapest luxury in the world- let's try to keep it that way. The bursting of the Pu'er bubble was great news to all of us, and hopefully leading into 2009 will provide us with a new attitude of quality over quantity. Here's to hoping.