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Geoffrey Norman

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2006 Guan Zi Zai Sheng Puerh Meng Ku Bing Dao from Life In Teacup

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Geoffrey Norman drank 2006 Guan Zi Zai Sheng Puerh Meng Ku Bing Dao by Life In Teacup

It probably didn’t help that I didn’t observe a typical gongfu prep for this. It also probably didn’t help that I was eating sharp cheddar-laden chimichangas at the time. That said, I brewed this as I would an oolong (but with boiling water), and it was a perfect sheng. Muscat grape notes, shades of maple leaf, pear, and some earthiness trailing on finish. When I think of aged sheng pu-erh, I think this. Flawless.

Thanks to seykayay for this little treasure.

2011-01-06 19:34:53 -0500

205 °F / 96 °C

4 min 30 sec

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Cloud Mountain Tea 雲山茶 2011-01-06 20:01:47 -0500

Mmmmm. Puerh Chimichanga. Maybe 52 teas will do something with that.

Geoffrey Norman 2011-01-06 20:47:26 -0500

@Seykayay – Do it! Right this second!

@Cloud Mountain – Y’know…I would actually drink that. Heck, I had their bacon tea and liked it.

Batrachoid 2011-01-07 12:37:06 -0500

How about arroz con habichuelas? What’s a savory dish more earthy and pu’erh friendly than the staple protein combo of the western hemisphere?

Geoffrey Norman 2011-01-07 20:44:56 -0500

Can’t say I even know what that is.

Batrachoid 2011-01-08 04:10:42 -0500

Sorry. I’m from Florida, so you might know it as arroz con frijoles? Also known as rice and beans.

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I moonlight as a procrastinating writer and daylight as a trader of jack. I appreciate good tea, good beer, and food that is bad for me. Someday I’ll write the great American novel. And it’ll probably have something to do with tea or beer…or both. In the meantime, I subsist.

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