2020 Cha Ping Gushu

Wet Leaf Aroma

Faint: forest, resin, animal, honey, green grass. Unobtrusive overall.

Tasting Notes

Starts off with a honeyed sweetness, a wild herbs basenote and a silky feel. The taste is fresh, clean, and a little crisp, with green and herbal notes and barely any bitterness. There is a brisk green liveliness that feels fresh and a touch of youthful astringency can remind of freshly cut green grass. Retro-nasally there is a note like peeled potatoes. Overall the taste is rather quiet, with a soft character, gentle sweetness and hunches of fruity and flowery notes.

In a Sentence

Medidative, soft Yiwu treat.

What it feels like

A stroll through the virgin forest.

Quick

Sheng ★★★★ Nannuoshan FAV

Details

Entry Date

28.02.2026

Region

Yiwu, Guafengzhai, Cha Ping

Season

Spring

Price EUR/50g

Link

nannuoshan.org

Properties

Kōu Gǎn i Mouthfeel: texture, density, softness, or dryness.

Soft, silky, coherent and eveloping - yet texture remains “watery” light

Hóu Yùn i Throat resonance — the depth and length of the finish.

Clear clean and with a soft feel

Huí Gān i Returning sweetness after bitterness, perceived after swallowing.

Slightly mouth-watering, feels lively and soft, with gentle sweetness remaining.

Qi (1-5) i The tea’s felt effect on body and mind.

4.5 — The energy feels pure and reaches deep. Slightly fizzy in the head, spreading through the body. Sedating, calming effect, creating a meditative feel.

Journal

2026-03-03

The tea has a rather light character overall, but with great depth — and that depth comes not through strong flavour, but through a softness that I really like in Yiwu tea (and puerh in general).

There is a good sense of depth noticeable right from the first cup. The Qi is felt in the head area, and later relaxes the whole body, with a mind-stopping, calming quality. This is definitely a strong point that this tea makes.

The liquor already has a nice orange tint.

The mouthfeel is twofold, somewhat full and soft while also ‘light’: The Character is soft, and silky throughout, though not super thick; the texture is more watery, yet very clean and clear. (Edit: the lightness is more a sense, than a trait of this tea, - ethereal maybe? Long steeps reveal a sense of oily thickness, also in the texture to a degree) This kind of softness is hard to describe, but hard to miss, as it announces itself right from the first sip, something I love about good gushu material and Guafenzghai in particular.

There are no off-putting traits; everything appears clean and properly aligned with this tea. A little shining star:) - reminding of some of the more ethereal types of tea that do not shout their flavour, but instead shine through in soft depth.

A lovely treat. ——

I feel the description at Nannuoshan is quite spot on and tangible. You can check it out here: https://www.nannuoshan.org/collections/puer/products/cha-ping-2020