Puerh Junky Visits Twin Dragons
Puerh Junky Visits Twin Dragons offers a quick review of an ’05 production from a factory listed in the Puerh Yearbook, Jianmin. This is the first of Jianmin’s productions tried and was offered by a seller from whom I’d been buying since about ’18. Their pickin’s have grown rather slim now and April ’21 was about the tail end of buying from them. They tend to favour heavier storage but nothing ever requiring tuicang, 退仓. Overall, Puerh Junky considers their storage consistently excellent, but definitely on the heavier side.
The feature foto was taken in Jun ’21. Aug ’22 constitutes my second tasting. Twin Dragons forms part of the cast included in the Menghai Terroir sampler set over at Sampler U. It is in the dark register, not altogether dissimilar to the BZ Peacock in taste but even more complex.
Infusion 15?
I cannot recall which infusion that was. Around 5.3g went into my tiny tomato pot, 90ml. Each round stacked three infusions, all flashed. Twin Dragon is durable, in other words. There’s a bit of camphor that sneaks here and there in the mouth. The overriding taste is wood, with compliments of incense and pencil shavings. There’s a hint of bitterness but all the notes hit perfectly.
This is the same infusion along a different backdrop with the tiny pot I used. Yes. The clarity on this is excellent between 4 and 5 outta five through every infusion. The texture is rich and coating. Many people pick up on a mushroom note when drinking puerhs, which I usually don’t notice. I’m not sure if it’s the humidity, those microbes, that they’re associating with mushrooms or something else. In any case, the huigan and moments in the broth are extremely mushroomy. This is definitely the mushroomiest production ever tasted. It’s not the humidity either or the humidity is hitting perfectly with the wood. It’s certainly not a dry production but there aren’t humid notes really jumping out either. Like previously stated, that seller chooses the very best form of storage, also evident in the Yiwu Princess, Marquis du Green Mark, and Drury Lane.
Infusion 11?
One of the things with these woody productions is that they tend to be on the non-sweet side. Twin Dragon is pleasantly sweet in such a way to balance the heavier notes. It’s a really nice touch to such a complex offering.
First-rate clarity. Infusion 11?
I didn’t pick up much on the qi tip but while I type this, I’m still tasting the mushroom, oh yeah and there’s a cinnamon note too. It’s so next-level complex that it’s actually a relief to not have to deal with the additional burden of a buzz.
Cashed leaves
That it for ’05 Twin Dragons and its fabulous turquois wrapper from Jianmin.
