Liming Puerh Lamentations
Liming Puerh Lamentations is an intentional biblical reference. There’s a book in the Bible called Lamentations and the Puerh Junky’s lament is nothing short of biblical.
“How now, Horatio?” sayest thou if you’re of the king James, Shakespearean bent. I’m quick to note that my name is not Horatio, but that I get what you mean. The problem is that you don’t get the Puerh Junky’s meaning.
Repent! Liming is here now. There is no need to await the second coming. The Puerh Junky is the true messenger. Seek ye now no longer. Those with tongues to taste, taste ye now.
Yeah verily, this is a jeremiad. Behold the 2017 musings of the Wisconsonian Cwyn. It’s a solid appraisal. It’s actually glowing from one who is most begrudging and her assessments. She’s a solid source with a demanding standard. I sent her something that she tried to source on her own, but I had already told her that I couldn’t get more and that I bought when in KM in ’13. She certainly has head strength. Anyway, that was years ago.
That said, she likes the ’07 Golden Peacock, LM. I purchased that production in ’16, about a year before she posted. That’s because I’m a peacock kinda Puerh Junky. As early as ’15, I had come into contact with the Peacock Brick. Aye, I lament, because those with the slightest clue would instantly beat their breast for neglecting this treasure.
’06 Peacock Brick, LM
I recently read where the Hobbes character had commented upon a Liming brick of unbelievable pleasure. I cannot speak to this, but this Peacock brick is unbelievable. It defeats any other brick of the Tobacco Class, but to speak of it in the light of a brick is to do it no justice. It is a positively sick production. Sick, I say.
This week I drank the ’07 OG Square. The production is flawless. It actually tastes aged, but not in the sense of being rushed and lifeless. In fact, this production is full of life. It gets overlooked because it’s so cheap and doesn’t have a fancy peacock with it. However, it’s fantastic. The material and age make it a stellar price performer. The deathly compression does require some practice but with 100g one should be able to get up to speed in terms of how it responds to varying approaches.
Liming Square: Power compression!
Even the Liming productions I hate, at least at this point, I can recognize as being real quality. I just visited the ’07 Golden Peacock and it was seriously flawed by storage. I’ve had it since ’16, so I consider it all my fault. It tastes of cardboard even though it’s never been in it. Ayei-fie! I’ve entered into yet another zone of uncertainty. Tinning seems in order, we could also say bagging. The Water Blue Mark, KMTF from the same year comes to mind. (Note: the next the the experience was more up to standard.)
Water Blue Mark
The Water Blue Mark is an imposing KMTF production that was too smoky for drinking when first received it in ’19, but as it emerged from its slowly aged coma, remarkable colours emerged. I served it to a pair of gypsies en route to Las Vegas in the summer of ’21. Both positively adored the bagged version I served up.
Recently, I reached for the ’05 Peacock Country
Not all peacocks bear a peacock
Acquired in ’15, its taste was nothing short of sonorous until Jan ’22. Here “sonorous” refers to a caustic floral racket, bitterness, and general bad manners. No amount of fiddling in terms of brewing parameters could tame it. It’s the type of expression that those who like Earl Grey go for, I suppose. In any event the most surprising thing about the most recent tasting was the absence of any brashness. It also lasted for four days, never bottoming out.
I recently ran across a Liming lament of another sort, where the drinker complained of how horrible it was. However, it was a ’18 production and as the case of the ’05 somewhat illustrates, Liming isn’t cutting corners that would make young productions instantly appealing.
