This tea is beautiful – the dry leave are just amazing to look at – the wet leaves are just so pretty. I don’t think I should be drinking this one tonight. I was drinking another moonlight tea yesterday that was just spectacular. I think this is paling in the shadow of the other one rather than showing how good it really is. If I had tried this one first I would be raving about it, but IMHO it’s not as good as the other.

OMGsrsly recently wrote about this with words like savory and umami. While I’m not disagreeing with that – those aren’t the words I would choose. The problem is that I’m not quite sure what the right words are. Sheng, sweet, green. hay, lets start with those. Given a cup of this blind – there is no doubt it’s pu’erh – but it’s really mild and that mustiness goes away in later steeps. It is sweet, but later in the sip. It’s not astringent, or bitter, but these is a little sharpness to it.
I like it, I would happily drink more of it – but if I had to choose, the other one all the way.

Thank you so much OMGsrsly for sharing both these amazing teas with me. (I might need you to pick up more of these for me in the future….)
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OMGsrsly

No problem, really. I mean, I have a whole cake I can share. :D The amount of leaf I use ends up filling my gaiwan or pot after a couple steeps. Haha. That might be why I got different flavours.

Dexter

I used the whole 5g sample of this one in my glass teapot, have been drinking it all night – getting sweeter as it goes – I’m going to put the leave in the fridge to cold steep…

OMGsrsly

I’m still drinking mine from last night. If I get up I make Mandala Silver Buds (in the kitchen) and if I’m sitting, I make this one (on my desk). Haha. They taste very different and I think I prefer silver buds out of these two, but the Moonlight over both.

Dexter

This one just keeps getting better and sweeter… I like it more now than I did when I wrote that – it’s really getting grapey really fun.

OMGsrsly

Yeah, I’m noticing that as well. I wasn’t expecting as many steeps as I’ve gotten, and I’m quite happy.

Ubacat

Sounds like a good one.

sirturtletheknight

I was actually given a cup of this blind and thought it was white tea! Not sure which steep number but it was so sweet.

OMGsrsly

I would honestly consider it more of a white than a sheng puerh. I’ve read that these teas are more for drinking than for aging.

Dexter

Yep I agree – some companies call them pu’erh but I think of them as white tea (or aged white).

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OMGsrsly

No problem, really. I mean, I have a whole cake I can share. :D The amount of leaf I use ends up filling my gaiwan or pot after a couple steeps. Haha. That might be why I got different flavours.

Dexter

I used the whole 5g sample of this one in my glass teapot, have been drinking it all night – getting sweeter as it goes – I’m going to put the leave in the fridge to cold steep…

OMGsrsly

I’m still drinking mine from last night. If I get up I make Mandala Silver Buds (in the kitchen) and if I’m sitting, I make this one (on my desk). Haha. They taste very different and I think I prefer silver buds out of these two, but the Moonlight over both.

Dexter

This one just keeps getting better and sweeter… I like it more now than I did when I wrote that – it’s really getting grapey really fun.

OMGsrsly

Yeah, I’m noticing that as well. I wasn’t expecting as many steeps as I’ve gotten, and I’m quite happy.

Ubacat

Sounds like a good one.

sirturtletheknight

I was actually given a cup of this blind and thought it was white tea! Not sure which steep number but it was so sweet.

OMGsrsly

I would honestly consider it more of a white than a sheng puerh. I’ve read that these teas are more for drinking than for aging.

Dexter

Yep I agree – some companies call them pu’erh but I think of them as white tea (or aged white).

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C.S. Lewis – “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”

I needed to update my profile. I joined Steepster 03Mar13. I am just amazed at how much my tastes have changed since then.
When I discovered loose leaf tea about a year and half ago, I didn’t know anything other than my local Davids and Teavana/Teaopia. Stumbling onto Steepster CHANGED EVERYTHING.
Hello, my name is Dex I’m a tea addict.
I’ve been through the “I need to try every single tea out there” phase. I really hope the worst of that has passed. I’ve learned enough to know that I only need to try HALF of all the teas out there. LOL
When I started this journey, I was all about the flavored rooibos and fruity tisanes. Don’t get me wrong there is still room for dessert (chocolate/caramel/nutty) Rooibos teas in my cupboard and I still do enjoy them, BUT I am quickly learning to appreciate the some of the straight teas of the world.
Big bold (but not icky)pu’erh is suddenly my favorite, followed by woody/roasted oolongs. I’m just starting to explore straight black teas, and have found some that I really like.
Generally speaking I’m not into greens at all, only like the occasional green oolong, and white teas are just too mild for my tastes (unless they are fruit flavored). I still enjoy really good fruit tisanes, but am now cold steeping them.
I don’t like floral/herbal blends, and mint anything is not on my preferred list.
I am still exploring new teas, adapting to my changing tastes, understanding more every day how little I really know about tea. Ultimately I would love to find approximately 50 teas that I just “can’t live without” and always have them in my cupboard. That might not be practical, but that what I’m searching for. It’s going to be a fun journey.

All in all, I love this site. I’ve met some wonderful people, and have gotten to try some amazing teas because of them. It really restores your faith in humanity when you get a note saying “oh by the way I sent you some tea”. Wonderful, generous, people here.

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