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Dorothy drank 40 kinds Flavour Puer Tea by Acupspring Tea

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Tonight I tried green tea and raw puerh (绿茶生沱). Unfortunately it was a disaster and I’ll need to redo the steep parameters sometime for the last tuo.

First steep after the rinse was ok, it had a grassy flavour with familiar young raw puerh character.

With the second and third steeps the tuo broke apart and all I could taste was bitterness.

If anyone has suggestions on how I should steep this, please leave a comment.

100ml gaiwan, 1 tuo, 3 steeps (rinse, 30s, 45s, 1min)
Individual rating: 40s

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Boiling 0 min, 30 sec

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TeaBrat
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did you use boiling water? sometimes when green puerh is too bitter I lower the water temp, you could also lower the steeping time. It could be that this just isn’t a very good tea though, heh!

Dorothy
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How low should I be going, like 75 c?

TeaBrat
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that should work… or maybe a little bit higher

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TeaBrat
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did you use boiling water? sometimes when green puerh is too bitter I lower the water temp, you could also lower the steeping time. It could be that this just isn’t a very good tea though, heh!

Dorothy
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How low should I be going, like 75 c?

TeaBrat
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that should work… or maybe a little bit higher

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I don’t log tea every time I drink it. Tasting notes tend to be about either one style of brewing or a new experience. It is helpful for me to look back on my notes and see what a tea tasted like or which steeping parameter worked best for me. I try to mostly short steep tea unless it only tastes better with a long steep. I’d rather experience what a tea tastes like over 3 or 12 steeps than just 1 to 3 long steeps.

When I write “tsp”, the measurement I use is a regular western teaspoon. Not a tea scoop

How I rate tea:

99-100: Teas that blow my mind! An unforgettable experience. Savoured to the last drop. I felt privileged to drink this.

90-98: Extraordinary, highly recommended, try it and you won’t be disappointed (and if you are, mail me the tea!)

85-89: Wonderful, couldn’t expect more but not a favourite.

80-84: Excellent, a treasured experience but not a favourite.

70-79: Good but could be better. Above average.

60-69: Average, unexceptional, not something I would buy again. Slightly disappointed. I’d rather drink water.

50-0: Varying degrees of sadness

No rating: Mixed feelings, can’t decide whether I like it or not, not enough experience with that sort of tea to rate it. A dramatic change of heart.