Our family is a tea fan, and all eight of us, old and young, drink tea.

Shupu has been one of our family’s staple teas for 7.8 years.

My dad has a tea shop that he regularly goes to. After the boss recommended a "little gold cake", the whole family fell in love with it and kept eating it all year round.

In addition, I heard people say that Dayi 7572 is a benchmark product in the cooked food industry, so I also stocked up on 7572 and 7552 with slightly better ingredients, although the whole family is still more accustomed to the taste of "little golden cakes".

In the past 7.8 years, I have basically been drinking these two types of cooked Pu’er.

The understanding of Shupu’s aroma, taste, leaf base and other aspects is also based on these two products, and has its own subjective definition.

I have never thought about trying other cooked Pu’er dishes. I always feel that I have already encountered the most classic and delicious ones.

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Until last week, when I went to Maliandao for a stroll with my friends, I discovered an even more amazing one - a 2018 Icelandic ancient model. Cooked Pu made from pure tree ingredients.

A friend wanted to buy cooked Pu'er, but the boss served him some tea. I wanted to drink it casually, but as soon as it entered my throat, it completely subverted my understanding. She is not at all like the "old man temperament" of her family, but rather like a cultivated woman - soft and pure. Besides, why doesn’t it smell like warehouse?

I debated for a long time whether to buy it or not. After all, once I buy this home, it means that all the cooked food in my home will be wasted. But in the end I couldn't hold it back.

The next day after I got home, I couldn’t wait to “make love” with each other.

Icelandic Ancient Trees: Unpacked

The brewed tea is 7552 brewed in 2014:

Dry tea comparison:

Iceland The ones are fatter and more even, and the cakes are pressed loosely. 7552 is a blend of ingredients and has been cut, so the cake is very firm.

Soup Color Comparison

Because 7552 is pressed tightly, it precipitates more slowly. If the soup is produced at the same speed, the color of the soup will be full in the third dish.

The shapes of the two fair cups are different, so it has a slight impact on the color of the soup. The actual color of the soup is almost the same, but the one in Iceland is redder and brighter.

Comparison of leaf bottoms

The leaf bottoms clearly win out from Iceland, with the appearance of pure materials from ancient trees, plump and even, black and shiny.

Taste comparison:

Although we have become accustomed to it after drinking it for several years, in this comparison, 7552 still has an obvious earthy smell of warehouse flavor, and the astringency of the leaves that have not been fully fermented. gas.

Iceland is smooth and mellow, with no unpleasant smell, nor the harsh and domineering flavor of ancient trees. To describe it as a human being, it's like the kind of friend who doesn't have a bad temper or is a good person, but has a gentle personality and is extremely comfortable to get along with.

But there are also people in the family who feel that this tea has no personality and is not strong enough. It’s true that everyone has their own preferences for radish and green vegetables.

Summary:

Benchmark products can be used as entry-level products to anchor the taste, but there is no need to stock up on them, and there is no need to be like our family, sticking to the same products for many years without trying them. other products.

The output of big brands is huge, so in order to ensure stable quality, materials of different grades and production areas are used for blending. to achieve overall stability standards.

Small-volume pure tea does not have the quality assurance of big brands. It may be uneven and difficult to identify, but if you encounter a good one, you will be really surprised.

Each has its pros and cons.

Everyone has his own place.

This is the Tao of one yin and one yang.