Puerh Junky Visits Fohai
Puerh Junky Visits Fohai turns out to be the first missive of 2023, all fresh and shiny with the resolve a new year. Ole PJ decided on pulling down a couple 6FTM productions for the first week of limbo, that period between the calendrical new year and its lunar consort.
The ’06 Fohai, 6FTM rests broken up a bit in a tin, doing so for the better part of two years. The lid is not afixed, an accommodation which presumably affords brewing on moment’s notice. As previously noted FH is next to the opposite of Poison, the latter being smoky, camphor-y, bitter, some sour. Now, FH is mostly Zen, at least the broth is. The brightness of this tinned version is completely gone. The end result is a broth with texture, sweetness, and bitter edges but nearly no taste. Then. . .
It’s not an uncommon feature of some puerhs to showoff more after having been swallowed. The huigan on the Fohai expresses a fascinating degree of complexity, part of which sheds light upon the broth. Perhaps initially there is orchid but deeper in there is the unmistakable “delight” of fresh narrow tan rubber band that’s been chewed prodigiously. This note lingers. Furthermore, it’s important to note that it’s not the broad white dura rubber band. It’s the thin tan translucent fresh rubber band.
Next is its intimidating qi, rating 5 on a scale of 5. Early heart pound and pleasant warming sensations quickly take backseat to a serious and enduring headiness, the kind that makes the eyes itch. The qi sensation overall seems to be more keenly observed in the morning irrespective of production. That said, it is exceptionally strong with the Fohai, lasting strong more than an hour on only three 150ml pots.
Fohai Yedi 2023
Finally, Fohai possesses noteworthy expectorant properties. Sometimes the inner ticket/neipiao of puerhs will include health information referencing fat and digestion, less often phlegm. I generally take such info with a grain of salt and cannot recall Fohai‘s neipiao; you’ve read one neipiao, you’ve essentially read them all. When a raw starts to exhibit behaviors more commonly associated with ripes, well it’s distinctive at the very least. Fohai sits very nicely in the stomach, while scouring a good deal of muck.
Fohai is a next-level puerh. It doesn’t cater to taste, rather delivers hugely on huigan and qi. A sweet Zen broth with slightly bitter edges has usurped its former spry orchid broth. With age has also come durability. It continues to perform well at each stage of its evolution.
