One Good Puerh
One Good Puerh deserves another. hahahaha. Yesterday’s experience with the Bada had me promptly decide to check on the ’12 Dragon, CMS. There’s a whole five-year difference between the two. Still, they bear some similar qualities, referenced in the missive linked above. Amidst the welter of the past year, the Puerh Junky seems to recall that the Dragon has been in his possession for a year now, perhaps slightly less.
I guess One Good Puerh is about being able to make calls about where a production is going as much as where it is. At 500g the Dragon is a decent value provided one’s in storing and aging. It’s certainly getting better, thicker and sweeter. It’s lasting longer too. Over the three days, there are moments where vanilla is starting to express. It maintains its sweetness even as it pushes into more astringent territory. The storage on it is very good with no detracting notes to be detected.
Then there’s that grapefruit. It’s a certifiable Yiwu sensation, but Bada is Menghai so it’s not confined to Yiwu. Furthermore, certainly not all Yiwu is grapefruit, thank God. I went to the Dragon because the Bada started going grapefruit in later infusions. I wanted to compare the two. It’s an interesting comparison, not off mark. There are clear differences of course. These may be mostly attributable to age, but there’s not even a hint of copper in the Dragon. Furthermore, the Dragon is pure Zen whereas the Bada Peacock expresses an aged Zen like a vanilla confection.
The Dragon has bling factor. It comes from a bling factory. In some sense I reckon it to be in league with YPH. They’re both highly regarded Yiwu factories. This is not contradicted in my own findings. The best production that I’ve ever tasted is CMS. That tea is perfection, though the thought of it turns my stomach. It’s just plain weird and perfection. A horrible aroma, not wet-stored. It smells as it would taste horrible, but it doesn’t. I digress. . .
I’m quite pleased with the development of the Dragon, CMS at its one-year mark and posted in Feb of 2021. It certainly lives up to the brand reputation. Now that the sweetness is really starting to express, it is drinkable now. At such a huge size, you can also stash a good amount for aging. Those serious about Yiwu should give this serious consideration.
