Pu'erh Ginger (Organic)

Tea type
Pu'erh Tea
Ingredients
Ginger, Orange Peel, Pu Erh Tea
Flavors
Earth, Fishy, Broth, Ginger, Salty, Spicy, Autumn Leaf Pile, Hay, Smooth
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Loose Leaf
Caffeine
Medium
Certification
Fair Trade, Organic
Edit tea info Last updated by Cameron B.
Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 45 sec 2 g 10 oz / 295 ml

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  • “Lest we forget. It’s Remembrance Day in Canada today, so please take a moment to remember the sacrifices made for our freedom. I am having a travel mug of this tea while at work, it’s tasty and...” Read full tasting note
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  • “I’ve been suffering from a nasty stomach ache all day. This morning, I wasn’t thinking right and made mint green tea, and a regular black tea. D’oh! To be fair, this was my last resort, since I...” Read full tasting note
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  • “My mom loves ginger, and had expressed an interest in pu’erh, so when we were trying to come up with $20 worth of teas to purchase to get the free 50g of tea, I saw this on the tea wall and hoped...” Read full tasting note
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  • “I picked this one up because it smelled GINGERY to me, and I love ginger drinks. I rinsed it with 1/2 cup of hot water, dumped that out, then steeped for just over 3 minutes, and added a stick of...” Read full tasting note

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This’ll do it

Combining pu’erh and ginger is like creating an arsenal. These are two of Chinese medicine’s best weapons. Pu’erh is said to aid digestion, cleanse the blood and help with weight loss. Ginger is supposed to improve circulation, help with digestion and counteract nausea, colds and sore throats. This tea also has a hint of orange, which combines perfectly with its zesty earthiness.

Ingredients: Organic: pu’erh tea from Yunnan Province in China, ginger and orange peel.

About DAVIDsTEA View company

DavidsTea is a Canadian specialty tea and tea accessory retailer based in Montreal, Quebec. It is the largest Canadian-based specialty tea boutique in the country, with its first store having opened in 2008.

53 Tasting Notes

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8 tasting notes

taking a whiff of this tea in the bag is lovely.just that real GINGER smell.spicy, tangy, just sniffing it, you know how it will taste.
when bewed, it is a lovely dark color.
it tastes better than just a plain ginger tea, with the pu’erh adding a richer,more complex flavour.
it’s the next step up from plain ginger tea.
lovely.
a nice, spicy aftertaste.

Preparation
Boiling 6 min, 15 sec

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first tea I ever bought! I had a cold and was looking for ginger tea. I found DavidsTea shop and the sales lady showed me a whole lot of loose teas—it was an impressive, overwhelming, and a feel-good experience, all at the same time :) and oh yea, my cold went away after drinking this ginger tea :)

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 7 min, 0 sec

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46 tasting notes

I’ve been clearing out my old teas in preparation for the coming winter and I’ve discovered that I had a small tin of this that I never tried so I figured that I should probably get it out of the way considering its age. The dry leaf of this tea is very strong in its ginger component with that earthy pu’erh base.

Once steeped, the tea developed a strong fishy pu’erh aroma to it. At first it was really off-putting and I considered just dumping it, but I thought I’d give the tea itself a chance and had a sip. The taste itself isn’t nearly as bad as the smell, but it’s still nothing to write home about in my opinion. I’ve never been a huge fan of David’s pu’erh base for some of their teas, it has merits as a base for some flavored teas but I don’t care for it on its own. The ginger is present which is nice, but I find it’s competing with the pu’erh rather than being the star of the tea. From a medicinal standpoint I imagine it’s probably pretty useful for an upset stomach, but I think that there are other ginger teas that I’ll be reaching for.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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561 tasting notes

I did not like this one at all.

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I tried to like this tea – really, I did. I’ve tried different brewing times, water temperatures, rinsing the leaves, not rinsing the leaves, single steeps, multiple steeps – I even tried brewing this using different tea ware. But no matter what I try it still tastes and smells fishy.
There is a little bit of ginger flavour, but it does not mask the awful fishy taste. Overall, I am pretty disappointed with this tea.

Flavors: Earth, Fishy

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 3 min, 15 sec 1 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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Magical mid-morning cuppa. Decent pu’erh, and the ginger is a nice touch. Not award-winning.

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I wanted to like this one better than I did… I didn’t really get much ginger taste until the end, sadly. For much of the rest of the cup, the ginger was almost a sweet taste, which was an odd flavour, to be sure. If I’m drinking a pure ginger tea, I like to be more on the potent side (since chances are high I’m not feeling the best). Again, I’m glad I tried this, but unless I steep it differently and that makes a difference, I’ll be sticking to Super Ginger.

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Edit: I’m not sure what’s going on with this post, but the small paragraph I wrote shows up multiple times and can’t be edited for some reason. My apologies. There is some kind of glitch.

Ehh.. Not my favourite. This is the first cup in a very long time that I couldn’t finish.

Ehh.. Not my favourite. This is the first cup in a very long time that I couldn’t finish.I’m not sure if it’s the ginger that I find too strong (it definitely burns on the tongue, but I like the Super Ginger, so I’m not sure what’s going on here), or that I feel like it’s missing some other component to balance all of that ginger. I found the base tea to have an almost salty taste to it. I’ve had other pu-erh blends that I’ve enjoyed, so although I’m inexperienced I don’t think it’s a general pu-erh thing I don’t like. Something about this is just off to me. Maybe I’d like it better if I used some form of sweetener or blended it with something sweeter. I do tend to enjoy a bit of sweetness in otherwise spicy teas.

Ehh.. Not my favourite. This is the first cup in a very long time that I couldn’t finish.I’m not sure if it’s the ginger that I find too strong (it definitely burns on the tongue, but I like the Super Ginger, so I’m not sure what’s going on here), or that I feel like it’s missing some other component to balance all of that ginger. I found the base tea to have an almost salty taste to it. I’ve had other pu-erh blends that I’ve enjoyed, so although I’m inexperienced I don’t think it’s a general pu-erh thing I don’t like. Something about this is just off to me. Maybe I’d like it better if I used some form of sweetener or blended it with something sweeter. I do tend to enjoy a bit of sweetness in otherwise spicy teas.I’ll stick to Super Ginger for my stomach ache tea needs.

Flavors: Broth, Ginger, Salty, Spicy

Preparation
2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
boychik

Did you rinse it twice?

M

I did not. Maybe I’ll try rinsing it and give it another shot.

boychik

Rinse and then pause for few min. Let the leaves open up. I never tried this particular one. But that’s what usual procedure for ripe/shou puerh. Sheng or raw needs quick steeps almost flash otherwise it’s very bitter.

M

Thanks! I’ll give that a try and then see if it changes my opinion.

mrmopar

boychik , where did you learn this rinse and wait technique from? LOL!

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Earthy. Strong. Ginger. Orange. This tea wakes me up in the morning after a rough night, or when I’m recovering from the flu. When I drink it, I feel invigorated, yet grounded and ready to tackle whatever the day may bring. I brought this home from my my first ever visit to DavidsTea in Toronto (way back in 2009!), and I keep refilling when it runs out. So glad Davids is still stocking it.

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190 tasting notes

I got to try the pumpkin trifecta today at Davids Tea. I’m still partial to the pumpkin chai, though I’d be hard pressed to identify it from the pumpkin patch flavor. And pumpkin cheesecake is as ridiculous and decadent as it sounds. It’s nice to have a rooibos/decaf pumpkin option. All of them, but especially the cheesecake flavor, are pretty sweet or have little candies in the tea. I’ve got a favorite pumpkin flavor of my own from somewhere else, so I think I’ll stick with that for this season.

Pu Erh Ginger:
One whiff of this tea sold me. I’ve been having a stomach ache today so I wanted something with ginger. The earthy pu erh is a nice compliment to the hot and spicy ginger. I was careful not to let this steep forever, though it was probably a few over 5 minutes. The tea brews up a rich red-brown color, bright with the almost citrus, sharp taste of ginger, and smooth with the fully leafy tones of pu erh. It did help my stomach, sort of, or at least comforted me to have something warm and clean-tasting. I love ginger any time of year or day, so I knew this would be a winner for me. It’s nice to have a ginger tea that’s not also a chai; cloves and cinnamon are all nice, but I like to feature the ginger itself for once too. I haven’t found a tea quite like this at my other usual vendors, so this might be something I purchase a full pouch of this fall.

Flavors: Autumn Leaf Pile, Earth, Ginger, Hay, Smooth, Spicy

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