drank 10 Year Pu-erh by The Teaguy
318 tasting notes

I have to say that I was a little apprehensive going into this, as my experience with pu’erh from vendors who aren’t specialized in Chinese tea has been… bad. It’s also loose leaf, and while I know there can be good loose pu’erh, my first and worst experience with pu’erh was loose leaf, and I still haven’t completely recovered from the horror.

Medium sized brown leaves, aroma of fresh beet root. I did a quick rinse with boiling water and then let it steep to a nice burgundy red color. Tastes of beet root and wet earth. Very smooth, and no fishy or moldy flavors. I’ve certainly had worse, but to be honest it isn’t very good. Tastes like the old, generic tin of ripe pu’erh that my grandma had on her shelf. It’s drinkable, but not something I’d really want to drink.

Sorry Tea Guy

Flavors: Wet Earth, Wet Rocks, Wet Wood

Preparation
Boiling
apefuzz

I just had a similar experience with some old puerh. Tastes like dirt. Not exactly in a completely unpleasant way, but still dirt. Well, potting soil, I guess. If I wanted a dirt tisane, there are cheaper ways to get it!

tperez

Mmm, Miracle Grow! lol

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apefuzz

I just had a similar experience with some old puerh. Tastes like dirt. Not exactly in a completely unpleasant way, but still dirt. Well, potting soil, I guess. If I wanted a dirt tisane, there are cheaper ways to get it!

tperez

Mmm, Miracle Grow! lol

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Tea addict since around 2011.

My favorites are pu’erhs, blacks/reds, and roasted oolongs, but I have a growing interest in good whites, and sometimes enjoy greens.

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