This is my afternoon tea. I’ve been trying to drink more of my shus in the cold weather because that’s when I seem to crave them the most. According to Chinese medicine pu’erh tea is a good antidote for dampness so maybe that explains it.
I have about 1/2 the cake left. In comparison to the Zi Yun cake, this isn’t as creamy and smooth. It has more of a woody and cherry flavor in my opinion. It is a beautiful color and brews up to a nice reddish-brown. I don’t seem to get sick of this one. If you think shu puerhs all taste of fermentation and fish, you should really check this one out. It hardly has any fermentation flavor and tastes more like a really good black tea. I would even drink this as a breakfast tea.
Steeped about 8 times today before it lost flavor and I gave up on it…
I feel like I should go through my puerhs and log them into the cupboard. I have 2 shoeboxes full of puerh and I don’t think they’re all there. I’ve heard of people complaining that Steepster dropped some teas out of their cupboard recently and that makes me wonder if I should spend the time. Is anyone still having problems?
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The drop down menu in the cupboard still isn’t working for me. I haven’t added any of my new teas yet, but maybe I should.
My drop down menu doesn’t work either. :-/
Add those teas in there! This is a good one. I sometimes get pepper notes in shou as well. P.S. enroute.
@mrmopar, I just added a few more. I have some puerhs that I got from local tea shops and I’m not sure what the names of them are, which isn’t helping!
The drop down menu in the cupboard still isn’t working for me. I haven’t added any of my new teas yet, but maybe I should.
My drop down menu doesn’t work either. :-/
Add those teas in there! This is a good one. I sometimes get pepper notes in shou as well. P.S. enroute.
@mrmopar, I just added a few more. I have some puerhs that I got from local tea shops and I’m not sure what the names of them are, which isn’t helping!