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Sticky Rice Pu-erh Tuocha from Chicago Tea Garden
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The aroma is RIGHT ON with the sticky rice! I totally agree! Another thing I like about this one is that the tuocha completely ‘broke down’ – at least mine did…I noticed some of the other tasting notes people mentioned they needed to ‘work at it’ – perhaps I just got lucky!? Color-wise the leaves were almost a mossy green – much lighter in color than other pu-erhs I have tried thus far. The liquid color is a caramel brown…very nice! The taste is VERY bold, a little astringent, on the verge of bitter but not in a bad way. I would say this taste more like a bold black than your stereotypical pu-erh. I like it! I also really like that it doesn’t smell like a stereotypical pu-erh :)

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John Grebe
John Grebe 2010-12-07 14:41:23 -0500

To puerh drinkers it is often a good thing when the compressed chunks or mini bricks or tuochas take some time to break down because it means that it fares better off with multiple infusions.

EntireTea
EntireTea 2010-12-08 19:42:20 -0500

I liked the Camel’s Breath puer (also sold by Chicago Tea Garden) better than this one – if you haven’t tried it yet, I would recommend it! Also, I tend to break apart the puer cakes before steeping… I think that’s the traditional way to do it, since they were originally compressed like that so that they would preserve better on long trading journeys across Asia. I think I read that somewhere, anyways.

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