Aged Sheng from the 1980s

A rare sheng pressed in the 1980s by a small private workshop in Yunnan. The stamp carries lucky characters, but no factory name and no recipe number. These cakes were made in tiny runs.

On paper it is sheng; in the cup it is already close to shou: almost no bitterness or astringency, a deep sweetness, honey, dried apricot and caramel, a soft enveloping body. A mystery for a collector’s shelf.