Having only put a small dent in my Golden Moon Tea sampler, I figured it was time to really get to work on here. I must confess, that though I will try anything and usually do not have any trepidations about anything, I was a little nervous trying this. You should be happy to know, that my concern was unfounded!
The leaves smell sweet yet earthy. I brewed it hot, with no additives. The aroma of the brew smells fantastic: earthy and woodsy and like early spring when you are getting all sorts of fresh nature smells that you haven’t smelled in a long while because of winter. I’m rambling, but the scent is so difficult to describe. The taste somehow combines all of these different fragrant notes into a flavor: it is earthy with a little smoke and a little sweet.
Overall, this tea played to the senses, fantastic aroma both brewed and dry and delicious flavor.
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I’m still amazed by steeping times in this range. I’m so scarred from my 1st pu erh experience seeing steeping times like this actually make me shudder. It’s funny how reading something can trigger a physical reaction. I had the same trepidations w/ retrying pu erh. While our preparations are vastly different, I’m glad you had success as I did!=D
Yay! Thanks! I think it’s probably because it wasn’t one of the cakes of tea compacted with things I don’t want to think about. I think because GM sells it loose and already cleaned, if you will, that you can steep it for that long.
My 1st experience was loose as well. Steeping that long brings back memories from my aunt’s farm. I just can’t handle that so I prefer shorter steeps.
Ah, I know what you mean, I’m sorry you had a bad one, which one was it (?) so I know to stay away!
It was Adagio’s Pu erh Dante, but steeped using Carolyn’s preparation instructions it was actually VERY good- I’ll never go back to steeping it like a black tea again:)
hmm, i considered picking it up after i enjoyed the chocolate pu-erh so much, but when i realized it was in this GM sample, i decided to try it and see if i liked it first, so they’re not all great apparently
I’m still amazed by steeping times in this range. I’m so scarred from my 1st pu erh experience seeing steeping times like this actually make me shudder. It’s funny how reading something can trigger a physical reaction. I had the same trepidations w/ retrying pu erh. While our preparations are vastly different, I’m glad you had success as I did!=D
Yay! Thanks! I think it’s probably because it wasn’t one of the cakes of tea compacted with things I don’t want to think about. I think because GM sells it loose and already cleaned, if you will, that you can steep it for that long.
My 1st experience was loose as well. Steeping that long brings back memories from my aunt’s farm. I just can’t handle that so I prefer shorter steeps.
Ah, I know what you mean, I’m sorry you had a bad one, which one was it (?) so I know to stay away!
It was Adagio’s Pu erh Dante, but steeped using Carolyn’s preparation instructions it was actually VERY good- I’ll never go back to steeping it like a black tea again:)
hmm, i considered picking it up after i enjoyed the chocolate pu-erh so much, but when i realized it was in this GM sample, i decided to try it and see if i liked it first, so they’re not all great apparently