I wanted to drink tea before work this morning. I usually make a single cup of something “basic,” but I figured it’d be a treat to have something complex and unique since I was going in later than usual.
The first few steeps (1-4) were smokey and slightly astringent. However, it was pretty satisfying. The best thing about a sheng is the astringency, I think. This one was full of it within the first few cups. However, as the next few came along (6-9), there was no longer any astringency, but the smokiness lingered on, following a sweet (honey?) note in the aftertaste.
It was a pretty great tea to start the day with. It allowed me to ease my mind before work, and get a few things done prior to my shift. I have about 8 grams left, but I think I’ll save it for a much needed tea session, or when friends come over. This’ll be a tea that would be great to share with someone who is quite the tea fanatic. However, I have a friend who is starting to get into sheng pu-erh, too, and isn’t totally as obsessed with tea as I am; however, he will drink tea when he’s here. So maybe, I’ll have him over soon, or maybe I’ll save it for a rainy day.https://www.instagram.com/p/BIsL21uBRxB/?taken-by=s.g_sanders1
Flavors: Astringent, Honey, Smoke, Sweet
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I like this one. I am glad I got a second cake to age.
I should’ve bought more than the sample. However, I have ways of making it last.
Tea hoarder in the making I see…
Not so much now that the wife is drinking some! I think she believes that if she joins in my little sessions, the tea will dwindle away quicker. Ha-ha.
That just means you have to order more ;)
@Matu, I wouldn’t hesitate to purchase any more bulang. Pretty soon, bulang will be the only tea for me. But first, I must drink down a lot of the tea I have. It’s getting out of hand! Ha-ha.
Perhaps I should press his and hers cakes? :-D
Yeah, Crimson Lotus Tea, that’d make great anniversary gifts! :)
I like this one. I am glad I got a second cake to age.
I should’ve bought more than the sample. However, I have ways of making it last.
Tea hoarder in the making I see…
Not so much now that the wife is drinking some! I think she believes that if she joins in my little sessions, the tea will dwindle away quicker. Ha-ha.
That just means you have to order more ;)
@Matu, I wouldn’t hesitate to purchase any more bulang. Pretty soon, bulang will be the only tea for me. But first, I must drink down a lot of the tea I have. It’s getting out of hand! Ha-ha.
Perhaps I should press his and hers cakes? :-D
Yeah, Crimson Lotus Tea, that’d make great anniversary gifts! :)