Rough and tough, this sample, that came to me by Royal Mail. Thanks Roughage! It has character written all over. First time I smelled it, it made me think of that hospital odor, in my home town, long time ago, definitely, not the way to go nowadays. Second tasting was way better and I started to appreciate this robust, no nonsense Pu-erh. I can even understand, you drink it with salted yak butter, the tastes are strong enough to cope with it. Conclusion….not sure, some reminiscing will do…now, it’s time to go back to my Tibetan mushroom.
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Glad you found it characterful at least. It is certainly not a pretentious tea! :)
Have you tried steeping it at 85-90 degrees or so yet? I tend to prefer it steeped at a cooler temperature. Did I send you the po cha recipe? Just in case, it’s here if you want to try it: http://www.yowangdu.com/tibetan-food/butter-tea.html
Lol at the hospital and salted yak butter! I know bold when I see it ;-)
Coming back to this, I see you logged it as a 30 second steep. I would suggest using a basic ten second steep or something like that. It really does not take much time at all to get something out of this tea. Anyway, I hope my comments are helpful and you find a way to enjoy this tea more.
Thanks for the recipe. I will try to steep it at lower temperature.
Yeah, my Tea Fairy, they’re all bold as love, just ask the yaks :)
Peter, do the yaks talk to you?
Of course they do! They yak on and on and on … I’ll get me coat. :)
This thread is hilarious…
They go yaketty yak yakkety yak and don’t talk back!
What is everyone yakking about?
Glad you found it characterful at least. It is certainly not a pretentious tea! :)
Have you tried steeping it at 85-90 degrees or so yet? I tend to prefer it steeped at a cooler temperature. Did I send you the po cha recipe? Just in case, it’s here if you want to try it: http://www.yowangdu.com/tibetan-food/butter-tea.html
Lol at the hospital and salted yak butter! I know bold when I see it ;-)
Coming back to this, I see you logged it as a 30 second steep. I would suggest using a basic ten second steep or something like that. It really does not take much time at all to get something out of this tea. Anyway, I hope my comments are helpful and you find a way to enjoy this tea more.
Thanks for the recipe. I will try to steep it at lower temperature.
Yeah, my Tea Fairy, they’re all bold as love, just ask the yaks :)
Peter, do the yaks talk to you?
Of course they do! They yak on and on and on … I’ll get me coat. :)
This thread is hilarious…
They go yaketty yak yakkety yak and don’t talk back!
What is everyone yakking about?