60ml gaiwan, with 5g and flash steeps. Overall, I thought aroma and flavor were boring. Basement, bourbon cement, old corn, lots of dust. There's some talc in the finish and accompanying mouthfeel slickness, which is nice. Way back there's some bitterness lingering. And overall, it's pleasantly and generally calming, but it's not quite what I would hope for a of tea this aged and of this cost.

Most of the experience of this tea comes across as not being a good value. The aroma and flavor are incredibly flat and dry, mostly tasting of old paper, basement cement, and dust. There's a tiny bit of talc and the accompanying slickness on the lips, but not much. The front steeps were unexpectedly raw and bitter for a tea of this age, certainly preserved by the dry aging. Overall, it has a sensation of just being desiccated and dead. The redeeming quality is the qi, which is pleasantly, mildly drunkening, nothing overly intense, but it's also pretty noticeable. If it wasn't for this quality, I would have given this tea 2 stars.

I just tried again one of my beengs that i opened a year ago to try. It was still a little green and bitter, I was so excited to see the change in color and then to taste, ITS BETTER THAN THE 88 GREEN MARK BY FAR AT 24 YEARS OLD, I CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE AT 30. So sweet and smooth and Plummy leaving an amazing flavor on the palate. I predict a steep rise in price on this tea, and because of the quality, i think prices may go higher than the 88'.

This is definitely my favorite Aged Ripe Pu-erh so far. Very well aged, deep and rich flavor with no unpleasant aftertaste, enticing aroma, and a feeling of well-being after drinking it. I highly recommend this tea.

I would recommend this one as a sample for someone interested in what a smooth aged ripe puer can be. It is so smooth and elegant, i think if you don't like this, you probably won't like other ripes at all....