It is nearly 3 am and I am sitting up drinking a huge pot of this tea with my youngest daughter. She requested puerh when we got home from a short out of town trip to celebrate the birthday of steepsterite ChelseaR. My daughter-in-law!
We took back roads on the way up so we wouldn’t add to the traffic congestion of evacuees leaving ahead of Hurricane Irma. The trip home is southbound so we used I-95 for that, and saw little traffic, although we did see two large buses carrying FEMA personnel.
My husband had mentioned that he might have to fly to Florida for after-storm duty but I thought it was a long shot. I asked tonight if he thought he would still have to take overnight duty at Fort Bragg Monday night now that the storm track looks like it will be far west of us, and he said probably not. I asked if he still had to go to Florida, and he said probably so. I inquired as to whether there had been a request for someone of his position or job description or had he personally been named. Turned out he has been requested by name by someone that he has worked with before. So that means it is highly likely he will be going.
I am really proud of him, as he is a man of integrity who gives his all. If you knew him, you would want him by your side, too. Since this is a place that could be fully evacuated, they were able to completely cut power themselves ahead of time, which makes it much safer as they go back in and start restoring it. We have already seen footage of other places where transformers are blowing and lights are going out. Downed lines are very dangerous and deadly after storms like this.
I want to stretch this delicious tea, so I gave it a five second rinse, then made steeps in my Kamjove of 5, 10, 10, 15, 15, 20, and 20 seconds. These steeps were poured into a large teapot and combined. The color is rich and I am sure there are more steeps to be had for tomorrow from this piece, which has opened up to about one and a half to two teaspoons.
The taste is oily and creamy, cedary rather than horsey and not much mushroom flavor. There is a lot of body. It isn’t really a musty one, but has a high note that follows the creamy taste. The high note is what lingers a bit for me.
And now it is 3:30 am and I need to try to sleep after consuming a very large pot of puerh. The caffeine might not be a problem, but the bathroom breaks will probably wake me up once or twice!
Stay safe, everyone!
We have good friends and property down there. I’m pretty worried about it all. Your hubby is a good man <3
Seriously, your husband is truly amazing.