I had this tea this afternoon. I don’t have a gaiwan but did the gong fu brewing method with my tiny ceramic teapot. It’s pretty much the same thing. First brew was 10 sec. I see now with this tea I could have gone longer. It was a little on the weak side for the first infusion but I enjoyed it. I could taste the earthy pu’er along with the sweet buttery notes. I increased the infusion to 30 sec for the next one and thereafter increased just a bit more. It seemed I could taste the underlying buttery notes a little more with each infusion along with the earthy pu’er flavour. There was no smokey notes which kept this tea clean and refreshing. It did seem to clear the lungs.
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I really liked this one. Tried a sample and got a cake. Definitely worth the storage space.
This is happy tea for me.
I think so too. I only got the sample size but next time will get a full cake.
I love this tea. But then again, I’m a bit partial. Hoping to head to those same mountains again for mao cha buying this autumn! Prices of mao cha are crazy this spring, almost double what they were last year. But even at higher prices, where else are you going to get old tree tea grown with no pesticides, hand-picked and life-giving? Great teas are not always going to be as inexpensive as we have become accustomed to. And our friends who grow, harvest and process this tea should be able to make a good living. I think pu’er has long been undervalued. As a seller, I’m a little sad because so many people are wanting cheap cheap cheap prices. The el-cheapo tea will still be available but for those of us who desire more shall we say, character in our teas, we might just have to get used to paying a little more.
I really liked this one. Tried a sample and got a cake. Definitely worth the storage space.
This is happy tea for me.
I think so too. I only got the sample size but next time will get a full cake.
I love this tea. But then again, I’m a bit partial. Hoping to head to those same mountains again for mao cha buying this autumn! Prices of mao cha are crazy this spring, almost double what they were last year. But even at higher prices, where else are you going to get old tree tea grown with no pesticides, hand-picked and life-giving? Great teas are not always going to be as inexpensive as we have become accustomed to. And our friends who grow, harvest and process this tea should be able to make a good living. I think pu’er has long been undervalued. As a seller, I’m a little sad because so many people are wanting cheap cheap cheap prices. The el-cheapo tea will still be available but for those of us who desire more shall we say, character in our teas, we might just have to get used to paying a little more.