So I walked past the store today and saw that they have a $1 straight tea sale, and couldn’t resist! and I’d also forgotten that I have a sample in my cupboard! I could have had the yummy assam bandaspaty instead*sighs*
Anyhow, I’m glad I gave this a go. It’s very fishy at first, but then less so as it cools. Very earthy to. I steeped it for too long, so it’s a little biting.
There is a natural sweetness here to, which I don’t find in all pu’erhs.
Funny, the sample I have at home isn’t fishy like that… I wonder if it varies per batch?
Oh well. I’ve raised the rating a tad. ugh and I’m feeling a bit queasy. I find that comes with the fishy note in pu’erhs. Well, can’t have everything right? C’est la vie!
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I’ve only ever tried Pu-erh at David’s Tea and I always get the fishy smell and feel kinda nauseous. Thus, I gave up on Pu-erh! Greens sometimes make me queasy too, actually. It’s a bit of a bummer.
apparently that’s a characteristic of lesser quality pu-erhs. I too was turned off for awhile… and then I got the sampler package from Jerry Ma, and wowsa- I was hooked! his teas are exceptional.
Oh and I get that from greens sometimes as well! :/
One thing important with puerhs is to rinse the leaves first, I am not sure if they’d do that at DT or if that would in fact get rid of the aforementioned smell. I for one realized that the best tasting puerhs come from tuochas, any loose leaf ones I tried were at best mediocre.
yes, I agree! and I don’t think they do rinse. Some of the girls at teaopia do, maybe I should try their pu-erh next. Most of the tuochas I see are so expensive… it kinda scares me haha
Hear ya on that one, not to sound like a promotion but I usually get my tea at Tea Dynasty, I like their prices and the guy at the counter is super knowledgeable. He sold me pieces of tuocha before so I didn’t need to buy a whole one. But I am actually thinking of getting my first yixing pot for puerhs along with a nice tuocha for self present :D
ahhh lucky you. I’ve seriously cut back on my tea budget these days. It’s out of hand and I need to use up what I have! esp those samples I got from Jerry. I have been craving a visit to TD though! I miss that place. and the counter guy to, he’s really nice!
I’ve only ever tried Pu-erh at David’s Tea and I always get the fishy smell and feel kinda nauseous. Thus, I gave up on Pu-erh! Greens sometimes make me queasy too, actually. It’s a bit of a bummer.
apparently that’s a characteristic of lesser quality pu-erhs. I too was turned off for awhile… and then I got the sampler package from Jerry Ma, and wowsa- I was hooked! his teas are exceptional.
Oh and I get that from greens sometimes as well! :/
One thing important with puerhs is to rinse the leaves first, I am not sure if they’d do that at DT or if that would in fact get rid of the aforementioned smell. I for one realized that the best tasting puerhs come from tuochas, any loose leaf ones I tried were at best mediocre.
yes, I agree! and I don’t think they do rinse. Some of the girls at teaopia do, maybe I should try their pu-erh next. Most of the tuochas I see are so expensive… it kinda scares me haha
Hear ya on that one, not to sound like a promotion but I usually get my tea at Tea Dynasty, I like their prices and the guy at the counter is super knowledgeable. He sold me pieces of tuocha before so I didn’t need to buy a whole one. But I am actually thinking of getting my first yixing pot for puerhs along with a nice tuocha for self present :D
ahhh lucky you. I’ve seriously cut back on my tea budget these days. It’s out of hand and I need to use up what I have! esp those samples I got from Jerry. I have been craving a visit to TD though! I miss that place. and the counter guy to, he’s really nice!