Roughage

Mengku Palace Ripened Golden Buds Loose Pu-erh Tea 2007 from Teavivre

Roughage drank Mengku Palace Ripened Golden Buds Loose Pu-erh Tea 2007 by Teavivre

Free sample from Teavivre.

Yum yum yum. I love this tea. The liquor is dark, rich and full-bodied. The mellow earthy flavour is right there without any fishy taste. It leaves my tongue tingling after each sip. I think this is a tea that I could drink all day. It makes me happy to drink it and I am struggling not to gulp it down just so that I can reinfuse the leaves and start all over again. This one is definitely going on the shopping list.

2012-04-22 12:23:23 -0400

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kOmpir 2012-04-22 18:08:41 -0400

How many infusions/fl oz total?

Roughage 2012-04-22 18:46:38 -0400

I’m not sure about fl/oz, because I generally work in ml but have been online to the converters! My ripe puerh pot is 200ml (about 7 fl/oz). I put 8g (0.3 oz) of tea in it and have had ten or twelve decent infusions so far out of the one pot. I should also add that my pot loves this tea.

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I am a professional Vikingologist and I like tea! To be honest, I have always liked decent tea, but in 2011 I started working at learning what good tea really is. I am busily expanding my tea horizons quite significantly, much to the chagrin of my wife, who despairs of my enthusiasm. My favourite teas are Darjeelings and sheng puerhs, but I struggle to find black teas (other than Darjeelings) that really float my boat. My absolute favourite teas at the moment are Anji Bai Cha and Dong Fang Mei Ren both from Canton Tea Co, neither of which are shengs or Darjeelings. Seems odd, but that’s the way it is. I do wonder if the scores I give out actually reflect my predilection for Darjeelings and shengs.

I am slowly adding to my experience by trying as many different products as possible. I like to think that I am developing my palate and becoming more learned about tea, but I suspect that may be wishful thinking!

I find rating the teas difficult. Often a particular tea will appeal to me because of my mood, even though it does not get a top rating on here from me. As a general guide, I use the following ratings:

0-25 Undrinkable
26-50 Really not to my taste
51-75 Ok to good
76-99 Always welcome in my pot
100 – There ain’t no such thing as a perfect score!

As I rate teas, I try to revisit my scores and check that my old scores are in line with the new ones.