So I finally got my Crimson Lotus Tea package, it took an ungodly long time to arrive a whole two days. I decided to start off with one of the samples Glen included rather than one of the 2015 cakes I’ve been lusting after since this is one of CLT’s teas that I’ve been avoiding. I’ll admit I am slightly prejudiced against puerhs not pressed by vendors, while I have had a lot of good factory cakes at the same time I had quite a lot more bad factory cakes. At the same time I am rarely disappointed with cakes pressed by the vendors themselves, but then again CLT is a small curated store so they must really believe in this tea. Anyways Crimson Lotus Tea describes this as: