2025 She Graduates

Type of tea: Raw Puer

Brewing method: 7oz tea coin in gaiwan, boiling water (2 min soak rinse to start then steep as usual)

A tea coin... this seems to be a popular style of convenience packaging for a few manufacturers lately. It's undeniably more convenient to have the exact amount you need rather than having to break up and weigh parts of a larger tea cake. However, I was hesitant about the long soaking, given that I usually just rinse leaves and then do quick steeps, starting at 10 and adding 5-10 secs each time. My delicate scents and flavors!! I usually break up the White2Tea minis by hand rather than soaking them too. But in this case I gave it a try. The rinse water was very light and the tea overall seemed to respond to a session of several steeps like I expected... so I guess it's fine?

This tea is surprisingly smooth and subtle from the start given the freshness of the material, alongside the typical raw puer grassiness, and has a bit of a creamy, earthy undertone that surprised me. The huigan also has some nice fruity and floral elements to it.