This is an interesting tea - I tasted it around a year ago and was unsure whether to stock it on the web store. The initial taste wasn't special, but I loved the chaqi of this tea. At the time I decided not to buy more, but to buy one cake for myself and drink it a few more times and make up my mind later. I bought a cake, put it away amongst the other cakes in my collection and forgot about it amongst the travelling and moving I've done in the past year. I rediscovered this tea recently and brewed it up again to see how it was. The taste, as I remembered, wasn't special in the beginning - a little woody amongst the first few infusions, but it mellowed nicely as it progressed through the infusions into the deep aged sweetness that I love in old puerh. The chaqi was excellent, building throughout the tea session, leaving me calm and still and definitely more than a little tea drunk at the end. The storage has been good and the leaves are clean, without even a trace of frosting. This cake is a lot cheaper than most cakes from the 70's since the taste is not as refined as the famous factory productions. Nevertheless it makes an excellent choice for those wishing to drink a 1970's bing without paying three or four times the price for a cake.
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Enjoyable old tea Review by RC
While the dry leaf has a hint of wet storage in it and there is a touch of white as well, there is really no discernable wet storage in the brewed tea. While the tea doesn’t have much complexity from steeping to steeping, it offers the sweet taste of a very old tea. The tea is very durable as well. While I haven’t counted I seem to get very many steepings from this compared to most other young or old puerh. I just wish I could afford a bing or two. (Posted on 08/12/2011)
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well stored, mature, and affordable Review by DBJ
TQH is a very good intro to truly aged pu-erh cha. It has a lot of the things one looks for - decent huigan and aftertaste, good mouthfeel, excellent qi and good durability. The only negative that really stands out is the flavor profile is pretty simple and does not evolve much, though what is there is IMHO very tasty.
Given the fact that this tea is valued at about a fifth of the price of other more complex teas from that era and the storage has been excellent, this tea is worth a try. (Posted on 29/09/2011) -
Tong Qing Hao Review by Elliot
While I won't attempt to comment on this tea's qi, I found it to be a pretty good "bargain" aged pu-erh. If you want to experience a tea that's pretty much reached full maturity and isn't in loose form, this is probably your least expensive option. The taste is smooth, relatively clean for an aged tea, and free from the harsh notes that even still accompany many 80's teas. It's certainly not very complex, but always a comforting and enjoyable aged pu-erh experience. (Posted on 20/09/2011)
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A litlle woody, but nice Qi Review by Žiga
This tea is not the most complex aged puerh I have tried and the flavor is a bit woody, but the cha Qi was great and price is good for such an old tea. (Posted on 07/09/2011)