What Pu'er Are You Drinking

Puerh and other heicha
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Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:54 am

Shine Magical wrote:
Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:23 pm
Also do people here brew these small bits of their puer or leave them off? I always keep them out because I feel like they will just make the brew more bitter.

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I use a soil sifter for bonsai trees to salvage the big bits of leaf. They go into a jar as my house blend after sifting.
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Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:27 am

Had a first session with 2014 Menghai Lao Cha Tou from Yunnan Sourcing. I've still got some of the 2009 Lao Cha Tou from Norbu that I love so much--both because it is deliciously plummy and earthy, and because it is so easy in a thermos for days and nights far from my tea table, but it won't last forever, and when I saw how inexpensive this one was, I decided to try it. So far, so good; earthy, a little sweet, not as plummy as the 2009 LCT from Norbu, but still, a reasonable next step. I've got a couple of boxes of small bricks that will go into the tea chest for when the Norbu bricks run out...

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Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:33 pm

Finishing off a session of hong kong henrys conscientious prescription this morning. 5.6g in an 85ml jianshui pot dedicated to aged sheng. Sourced from essence of tea so stored in Malaysia. Nice aged smooth taste but can still be bitter when pushed which is a good sign for further aging. Glad I got the cake of the this one.

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Fri Mar 30, 2018 6:48 pm

Revisited two teas this week, 2009 Big Classic Remote Mtn Old Tree shu and 2015 YS Green Miracle shu. They're similar in that both teas seem of good quality and are said to be wild arbor leaves. They've also both really increased in price since I bought them from YS. I bought the Big Classic cake for about $20 less that a year ago, it's now $51. I'm glad I have them, but don't think I'd buy now.
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Fri Mar 30, 2018 8:34 pm

Teachronicles wrote:
Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:33 pm
Finishing off a session of hong kong henrys conscientious prescription this morning. 5.6g in an 85ml jianshui pot dedicated to aged sheng. Sourced from essence of tea so stored in Malaysia. Nice aged smooth taste but can still be bitter when pushed which is a good sign for further aging. Glad I got the cake of the this one.

HK henrys conscientious prescription
I’m also having HK Henry’s Conscientious Prescription.
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I find it too drying for my taste! I agree with you about the slight bitterness and that it would be better with more aging, I can see where it’s going. :D It lacks strong qi for me, which is something I experienced with all of the sheng samples I had from EoT. If it had a stronger effect I wouldn’t mind the other cons I have with this tea. I liked the 2016 Yiwu Guoyoulin (Long Process) the most out of what I ordered, but I drink sheng to get tea drunk and this didn’t deliver either. But it tasted pretty good.
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Sat Mar 31, 2018 12:21 am

Shine Magical wrote:
Fri Mar 30, 2018 8:34 pm
Teachronicles wrote:
Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:33 pm
Finishing off a session of hong kong henrys conscientious prescription this morning. 5.6g in an 85ml jianshui pot dedicated to aged sheng. Sourced from essence of tea so stored in Malaysia. Nice aged smooth taste but can still be bitter when pushed which is a good sign for further aging. Glad I got the cake of the this one.

HK henrys conscientious prescription
I’m also having HK Henry’s Conscientious Prescription.

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I find it too drying for my taste! I agree with you about the slight bitterness and that it would be better with more aging, I can see where it’s going. :D It lacks strong qi for me, which is something I experienced with all of the sheng samples I had from EoT. If it had a stronger effect I wouldn’t mind the other cons I have with this tea. I liked the 2016 Yiwu Guoyoulin (Long Process) the most out of what I ordered, but I drink sheng to get tea drunk and this didn’t deliver either. But it tasted pretty good.
I noticed the lack of qi as well, I felt some but it was very mild.
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Sat Mar 31, 2018 8:27 am

I put tiny bits under larger bits of leaf and infuse fast for the first few infusions. It's like pu erh gongfu cha ;)
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Shine Magical wrote:
Fri Mar 30, 2018 8:34 pm
Teachronicles wrote:
Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:33 pm
Finishing off a session of hong kong henrys conscientious prescription this morning. 5.6g in an 85ml jianshui pot dedicated to aged sheng. Sourced from essence of tea so stored in Malaysia. Nice aged smooth taste but can still be bitter when pushed which is a good sign for further aging. Glad I got the cake of the this one.

HK henrys conscientious prescription
I’m also having HK Henry’s Conscientious Prescription.

DB814A51-52C2-4A99-9C24-66D5E00C7B4F.jpeg

I find it too drying for my taste! I agree with you about the slight bitterness and that it would be better with more aging, I can see where it’s going. :D It lacks strong qi for me, which is something I experienced with all of the sheng samples I had from EoT. If it had a stronger effect I wouldn’t mind the other cons I have with this tea. I liked the 2016 Yiwu Guoyoulin (Long Process) the most out of what I ordered, but I drink sheng to get tea drunk and this didn’t deliver either. But it tasted pretty good.
It's the first time I've heard someone mentioning our tea didn't have qi. Might I humbly suggest having a quiet morning or evening, sit alone without electronics and pick one of the teas we've pressed. There's qi; you just need to give yourself space to go inwards and go with it.
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Sat Mar 31, 2018 10:30 pm

TheEssenceofTea wrote:
Sat Mar 31, 2018 2:40 pm
Shine Magical wrote:
Fri Mar 30, 2018 8:34 pm
Teachronicles wrote:
Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:33 pm
Finishing off a session of hong kong henrys conscientious prescription this morning. 5.6g in an 85ml jianshui pot dedicated to aged sheng. Sourced from essence of tea so stored in Malaysia. Nice aged smooth taste but can still be bitter when pushed which is a good sign for further aging. Glad I got the cake of the this one.

HK henrys conscientious prescription
I’m also having HK Henry’s Conscientious Prescription.

DB814A51-52C2-4A99-9C24-66D5E00C7B4F.jpeg

I find it too drying for my taste! I agree with you about the slight bitterness and that it would be better with more aging, I can see where it’s going. :D It lacks strong qi for me, which is something I experienced with all of the sheng samples I had from EoT. If it had a stronger effect I wouldn’t mind the other cons I have with this tea. I liked the 2016 Yiwu Guoyoulin (Long Process) the most out of what I ordered, but I drink sheng to get tea drunk and this didn’t deliver either. But it tasted pretty good.
It's the first time I've heard someone mentioning our tea didn't have qi. Might I humbly suggest having a quiet morning or evening, sit alone without electronics and pick one of the teas we've pressed. There's qi; you just need to give yourself space to go inwards and go with it.
I will say I felt it more when I was finishing the session day after when I was calmer compared to when I started it the day before. I will be trying it again for sure and will try your suggestion to turn off the electronics. Also very excited to try the qishenggu from you guys I just got.
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Sat Mar 31, 2018 10:30 pm

I will say I felt it more when I was finishing the session day after when I was calmer compared to when I started it the day before. I will be trying it again for sure and will try your suggestion to turn off the electronics. Also very excited to try the qishenggu from you guys I just got.


Hope you enjoy it 8-) Let me know if it works
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Fri Apr 06, 2018 2:01 am

Tonight I realized I am
out of practice with sheng puerh after lots of shu and oolong. Note to self: sheng does not take kindly to being forgotten in the pot after three or four infusions....especially when the water pitcher is not freshly topped up to dilute the powerful concentrate.

A little too bracing....
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Fri Apr 06, 2018 9:35 pm

2004 Nan Jian Feng Huang Ripe Tuo Cha. A smooth and clean 250 gram tuo. I wish I bought more a year ago from YS before it went up in price ($37 to $53.) Wouldn't buy again at the current price. Perhaps Nan Jian has more market value now.
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Sat Apr 07, 2018 6:38 pm

1996 CNNP Green Mark Te Ji Ripe

I don't often have shu puer, I usually favor aged sheng but im working my way through some aged shu samples and really enjoying it.
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Sun Apr 08, 2018 1:00 am

Teachronicles wrote:
Sat Apr 07, 2018 6:38 pm
1996 CNNP Green Mark Te Ji Ripe

I don't often have shu puer, I usually favor aged sheng but im working my way through some aged shu samples and really enjoying it.
Petr Novak pot?
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Sun Apr 08, 2018 10:13 am

Manttea wrote:
Sun Apr 08, 2018 1:00 am
Teachronicles wrote:
Sat Apr 07, 2018 6:38 pm
1996 CNNP Green Mark Te Ji Ripe

I don't often have shu puer, I usually favor aged sheng but im working my way through some aged shu samples and really enjoying it.
Petr Novak pot?
Yup! :D
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