Puerh Rating: OG Gangsta
The Puerh Junky Rating System (PJRS) takes on the OG Gangsta, an organic production from ’05. The factory is Gu Puerh, which the Puerh Junky had erroneously associated with the Simao TF, evidently. The long name of the factory is Simao Gu Puerh TF. I’m not convinced they’re not the same.
After three rounds the results were as follows:
- Aroma 9
- Clarity 10
- Sweetness 9
- Viscosity 8
- Astringency 4
- Huigan 10
- Qi 12
Reflections
The OG Gangsta introduces many nuances to brewing. This tasting was brewed in gaiwan, contrary to the opening picture. Second, the opening shot is of a selection that has been more transformed than the 2020 shot. Let’s take up each matter.
Brewing old productions in gaiwan eventually has diminishing returns. After eight years of age, irrespective of storage type one needs to consider the employ of a clay pot. Before posting, I tried the OG Gangsta in the bell pepper pot pictured above. The astringency turned to glass, what the Puerh Junky describes as a sublime smoothness. Clay makes young productions rough, but it has a way to do the opposite with older puerhs. In gaiwan, the Gangsta is noxiously astringent. This is reflected accordingly in its astringency score.
The second picture shows a deeper progression into the 500g machine-pressed brick. The material at deeper levels is obviously less transformed as evident from the second picture. This will also translate into a rougher experience but so perplexed by the astringency experience, I retried within the month.
Conclusions
OG Gangsta is one puerh on its way to full root beer bliss. Atomic compression spells more root beer at the edges than deeper in. The ferocity of taste is matched by its qi, It shows a quality of selection that isn’t matched by its cost. We’re talking a tobacco class selection on the road to root beer. Qi-geeks who are just looking to get knocked on their you know what. . . This score is deceptively low. Puerh Rating: OG Gangsta
62/105, C
