What Pu'er Are You Drinking

Puerh and other heicha
Rui
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Wed Nov 28, 2018 2:05 am

Disaster stroke! I forgot my office drawer key and therefore I have no access to the pu'er tea here. :shock: :o A day without tea is unthinkable for me. Hopefully I'll survive... ;) :lol:
Ken
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Thu Nov 29, 2018 11:51 am

Rui wrote:
Wed Nov 28, 2018 2:05 am
Hopefully I'll survive... ;) :lol:
Rui??? :mrgreen:

I've been sampling some 2006 Liming Early Spring tuo sheng from my stash, pretty oomphey and complex with decent viscosity and throat action but this stuff really needs some more years under the wrapper.
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Archer
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Sun Dec 02, 2018 2:17 pm

2010 organic Nan Jian mini brick from YS.
Pretty good, not wow, the usual earthiness and subtle sweetness, but it has a very mineral and thirst quenching effect which I like.
All in all, a nice daily evening tea.
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mrmopu
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Sun Dec 02, 2018 7:49 pm

2017 EoT Secret Forest
Having a sample of this one tonight.
Dumped the sample into the breaking tray. Looks to be bigger leaf and an almost purple hue to the leaf. Ye Sheng maybe? Not sure at this point. Got 10 grams out to brew with. Heated the water and pored some into the easy brewer and dumped. Tossed around. Very fruity almost like grape skin mixed with honey.
First brew after a quick rinse. Whispers of a touch of smoke. Very light. Taste very fruity and just on the tip of the tongue. Sweet on the aftertaste lingering.
Second brew, still flash steeping. Nice and sweet. A little more thickness and the mouth coating is starting. I saw a few buds mixed in so this may be some of the sweetness. I know there are two types of wild tea. Bitter version and sweet which this one seems to be. Starting to carry heaviness and some berry malt to it.
Third steep, a little more of the white grape creeps in. Starting to have a touch of bitterness mixed in as well. Very light though. Almost like drinking a sweet white wine varietal. Pretty close just without the alcohol.
I wonder if the 2018 version of this is similar.

Flavors: Berry, Bitter, Honey, Smoke, Sweet, White Grapes
Rui
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Fri Dec 07, 2018 3:17 am

Ken wrote:
Thu Nov 29, 2018 11:51 am
Rui wrote:
Wed Nov 28, 2018 2:05 am
Hopefully I'll survive... ;) :lol:
Rui??? :mrgreen:
Yes. I made it with great effort and stress specially because I had to catch a flight to Germany where I immediately re-established my usual level of tea in the blood stream. I am now going to get a dog's collar to hang the office drawer key around my neck... :o :shock: ;) :) :) :)

Today I am not sipping gushu. It is spring 2018 Seo Pen shengtai maocha from Farmerleaf. I am trying to finish off (please read reduce) the huge amount of samples I was offered and bought. Not bad at all but I am definitely a gushu boy.
Ken
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Fri Dec 07, 2018 4:40 am

Rui wrote:
Fri Dec 07, 2018 3:17 am
Not bad at all but I am definitely a gushu boy.
Glad to read you're still alive and quaffing :mrgreen:

I guess I'm a bit of a wild leaves kid myself, preferably Mengku DXS. With regards to gushu in general I wasted an awful lot of money on exotic Banna leaves in the past but more often than not they left me wanting (especially Yiwu, lol) and I always returned to my trusty factory blends (XG) or wild northern leaves, can't help it.
One man's nectar and so forth …

Sipping some 2005 XG Jia ji, a rather late production with dry GD storage, not exactly my favorite tuo from that year but decent enough with nice somatics, especially deep in the throat.
Rui
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Mon Dec 10, 2018 2:21 am

Drinking young sheng this morning from a sample I bought from Tea Encounter in UK: 2018 Ding Jia Zhai. :)
gregcss
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Wed Dec 12, 2018 9:27 pm

Received a few sheng samples and wanted to compare them during the same evening so tonight I had a few...

2008 YiWu Zheng Shan "Tong Xing Lao Zi Hao" - Fairly medium or strong medicinal/camphor scent from the dry leaves and little in the taste with woody / old library book undertones.

2007 YiWu Zheng Shan "Jin Tai Hao" - no or minimal medicinal/camphor scent or taste. This was sweeter and more of the stone fruit / dried fruit taste.

2005 Jing Long "Tribute" - This was similar to the 2008 but less medicinal taste and a little sweeter.

Overall I liked all 3. Each produced flavorful juice throughout with no harsh notes or bitterness and a tinge of astringency.
Rui
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Thu Dec 13, 2018 1:13 am

Today I am going back to White2Tea's 2017 Big Green Hype sheng. Such an excellent young raw pu'er tea.
Rui
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Fri Dec 14, 2018 3:49 am

2005 Yi Wu Cha Yuan "Big Green Tree". Not sure where I got this one from but it is very smooth and sweet as it must have had some wet storage for a short while.
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d.manuk
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Fri Dec 14, 2018 8:48 pm

Having wild raw Yiwu puer of spring 2003, from Tea Masters Blog.
I am very hard to please when it comes to aged puer but this one fits my taste pretty well, it's quite sweet and easy drinking and not too energizing (which I like).
Enjoying myself tonight with some extra leaf, 7g / 90 ml. :oops:
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There is no self
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Sat Dec 15, 2018 12:33 pm

Drinking the mysterious "cooked Ban Zhang". Overwhelming caramel taste and aroma, light earthy notes underneath. Happiness is a cup of a shou in a cold winter evening.
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_Soggy_
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Sat Dec 15, 2018 4:57 pm

Drinking some YQH Dingji today. It was quite dense as my teapot wasn't really filled with the 7-7.5 grams. I decided to just do 10 grams in my 100ml. I am enjoying it quite a lot and am entering another plane of existence.
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OCTO
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Sun Dec 16, 2018 8:30 am

Having a brew of 80s CNNP raw (sheng) puerh. Dry Malaysian storage. Still kicks a punch and warms the tummy and soul... 😁😁

Cheers!!
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Elise
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Sun Dec 16, 2018 1:39 pm

Why are you using two teapots? Are you doing a comparison with two different teas?
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