Camphor Class production offerings feature the most distinctive puerh attribute. The profile taste ranges from a light mouth-cooling sensation to dark tones of petrol, pencil shavings, and peat moss, characteristics common among the Tobacco Class. In actuality, Tobacco Class notes are a camphor expressions, which one expert divided into 120 different iterations. The difference between the two is purely arbitrary, with a tendency categorize offerings with greater explosiveness, possible medicinal attributes like Vicks Vapo Rub, as being Camphor Class. One thing for certain is that expressions at the darker end of the spectrum reflect considerable transformation. It can also reflect something about the actual age and soil of the raw material, as it takes both a rocky soil base and a mature root system to reach it. This may account for why heicha which cannot develop such a root system due to its latitude of production. However, this is just conjecture.
’08 Cam-fleur
Slate-peat, vanilla sweet. Tweak, tweak astringent cheeks. Honeysuckle huigan. Guangdong stored. Baoshan, Lancang, Xishuangbanna, and Simao 100yr arbor autumn material. Stored in LA since Nov ’23.
’06 Silver Pekoe
The ’06 Silver Pekoe stored with a moderate amount of humidity, giving rise to tippy camphor. This tuo possesses a pleasing measure of depth and complexity. Very aggressive mouthfeel. Wuliang material from Xiaguan lineage Tulin brand. Stored in LA since ’19.
’05 Root Beer Comfort
Root beer nose, cream broth with hint of dank graphite. Astringent finish with some bitterness. Strongly sedating qi. Yiwu old arbor. From the Five Flower of Menghai Ruan Dian-rong’s respected factory Six Famous Tea Mountains. Stored in LA since Mar ’21.
’05 Mekong Attar
Lily-of-valley top note that instantly swoons into vanilla, patchouli, sandalwood, cardamom, and nutmeg. Husky warmth sweetness. Bitter and astringent, sour hints finish. Piques salivation. Reverberating huigan. In Los Angeles since April 23.
‘04 Silver Bud Tuo
Sweet peat and honey nose. Minerality mixed with light aged notes. Floral bitterness forthrightly present, resonating mushrooms, green melon, and flowers in the huigan. Moderate viscostity and moderately building qi felt mostly in the brain. Stored in LA since May ’21.
