8g, gongfu, boiling water. The aroma of this tea: mushrooms and flowers, admittedly an odd combo but I love it. More of the florals come out with the wet leaf. The flavor is not as sweet as I thought it would be. It’s peppery actually. And yes – pickles. WHY PICKLES, WHY?

I have to come back to this tea another time, it’s just not working for me tonight!

boychik

Do you rinse

curlygc

Pu’ers, always. Not always with other kinds though, just depends.

boychik

i rinse all chinese teas. Pickles, love them. not sure abt tea

boychik

is it sour taste? maybe it has dill note thats why reminds you of pickles. i just looked at other reviews and all of them mention pickles. hmm

curlygc

I know, when I read the other reviews that mentioned pickles I thought they were mad! It’s not dill, maybe it’s just an odd sourness. I don’t know, I’ll have to come back to it another time.

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boychik

Do you rinse

curlygc

Pu’ers, always. Not always with other kinds though, just depends.

boychik

i rinse all chinese teas. Pickles, love them. not sure abt tea

boychik

is it sour taste? maybe it has dill note thats why reminds you of pickles. i just looked at other reviews and all of them mention pickles. hmm

curlygc

I know, when I read the other reviews that mentioned pickles I thought they were mad! It’s not dill, maybe it’s just an odd sourness. I don’t know, I’ll have to come back to it another time.

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For many years I drank cheap asian market-bought oolongs because I really didn’t know what was out there. For the last year or so I’ve been educating myself and making a foray into better quality teas. During the course of my journey I have fallen hard down the puerh rabbit hole – it started with young sheng, but now there’s another even deeper hole in the aged category, and I may be careening down this particular rabbit hole forever. I do still find time for aged oolong, a good wuyi yancha, and the occasional aged white.

I stopped rating teas awhile ago. I guess the numbers stopping meaning anything after awhile. For a long time I was pretty good about keeping my cupboard up to date and reviewing teas, mostly to help me keep track and remember what I like. I’ve gotten lazy about that for the last several months.

The tea addiction has also spawned a new addiction to throwing pottery, and I have become mildly obsessed with making tea cups, shibos, and teapots.

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