Mystery pu! My grandma recently moved to an independent living facility and wanted to get rid of a lot of things from around her house. One was a tin labeled “Pu-li tea”.
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She said she had had it for years, and bought it for the tin, though she can’t remember where she got it. Giving it a sniff it’s obviously some shou pu. So I brewed it up!

The taste is, as I expected, not particularly good. There’s a camphor note and maybe a bit of cocao, but mainly just the smell/taste of decaying wood. I’ve had far worse shou, but that said this isn’t very good. Maybe I’ll brew it up again next time I get some greasy take out.

Flavors: Camphor, Cocoa, Decayed Wood

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 6 g 5 OZ / 150 ML
AllanK

From the picture of the tin I’d say supermarket puerh. They can once and a while be decent but are usually pretty low quality. They Asian Market that is a 20 mile drive from me sells similar. I have bought them and would say one in three is decent, the other two suck.

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AllanK

From the picture of the tin I’d say supermarket puerh. They can once and a while be decent but are usually pretty low quality. They Asian Market that is a 20 mile drive from me sells similar. I have bought them and would say one in three is decent, the other two suck.

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