What Pu'er Are You Drinking

Puerh and other heicha
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Thu Sep 17, 2020 11:39 pm

StoneLadle wrote:
Thu Sep 17, 2020 10:19 pm
Bok wrote:
Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:59 pm
1993 Xiaguan. Tastes like dusty cardboard to me.
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How is the mouth feel and finish??
Mouthfeel... Mh like it doesn’t want to stay too long, and happy when I’m finished with it.

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Fri Sep 18, 2020 4:58 am

DailyTX wrote:
Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:21 pm
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Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:11 pm
DailyTX

Thanks for the recommendation. I have a couple yixing pots, and I drink ripe daily. So while I dedicate a pot to a particular ripe, for a couple weeks at a time as I drink through a batch, the idea here is then I'm all of a sudden adding a different ripe tea and possibly using a pot that otherwise has only seen another ripe for some time. I don't want to add a new yixing just for a once a week tea. But if I don't notice anything negative in switching ripe teas used in a particular yixing, then I may go that way. Otherwise, I'm fine with the small gaiwan I have.
Noonie
I just have that pot for all my ripe puerh. It seems like you are doing 1 pot per cake? :shock:
Kind of...I break of about 60g from a cake, put it in a tin. Drink it every other day in the same yixing. When that 60g is gone, I move onto another cake (for variety). I give the pot a good rinsing/soaking between teas. I only have two yixing pots and do the same with the other one.
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Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:21 am

Getting ready to brew up the 2000 CNNP Blue Mark Replica after a mystery 80s cooked cake...
Getting ready to brew up the 2000 CNNP Blue Mark Replica after a mystery 80s cooked cake...
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The mystery 80s cooked cake... Smooth and peaky with aromatics...
The mystery 80s cooked cake... Smooth and peaky with aromatics...
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Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:40 am

@StoneLadle Are you and @OCTO toking on some tea leaves?? Couldn't help but notice the RAW papers on the table. Joint of some fresh leaves, perhaps?? 🌳 🔥 💨 🍃 🍃 🍃
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Fri Sep 18, 2020 12:29 pm

@TeaTotaling hahahahaa... They're mine... Am just smoking some aged golden Virginia tonight w the old tea, buds will just be the right thing to say goodnight with later...
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Sat Sep 19, 2020 1:40 am

I'm curious how everyone purchases puerh so that you get older tree material and not some wild bush stuff that is not good at all. Does the verbiage used on vendor's website even match up with reality?
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Sat Sep 19, 2020 2:31 am

I don't have a good answer as I rarely buy anything I truly believe is "old tree material". But in general, the price tag (albeit no guarantee) is a much better indicator than the vendor's verbiage as far as leaf material is concerned.

It's not like there's only "old tree material" and stuff that's "not good at all", though. I'd say there's a pretty wide range in between :)
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Sat Sep 19, 2020 4:12 am

Balthazar wrote:
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I don't have a good answer as I rarely buy anything I truly believe is "old tree material". But in general, the price tag (albeit no guarantee) is a much better indicator than the vendor's verbiage as far as leaf material is concerned.

It's not like there's only "old tree material" and stuff that's "not good at all", though. I'd say there's a pretty wide range in between :)
I agree and I don't really believe in the whole ancient tea tree thing. I just want to make sure that tree has some decent age because I only drink raw puerh.
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Sat Sep 19, 2020 2:40 pm

klepto wrote:
Sat Sep 19, 2020 1:40 am
I'm curious how everyone purchases puerh so that you get older tree material and not some wild bush stuff that is not good at all. Does the verbiage used on vendor's website even match up with reality?
I think it's most important to get tea that you enjoy. Try different types of tea to distinguish the levels of quality. I think the same is true with vendors, try their tea and see what it's like. Evaluate your experience with the vendor and try to determine their marketing approach. That's the best I got! And personally I like wild puer so I would look out for plantation bush stuff rather than wild bush stuff.
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Sat Sep 19, 2020 4:23 pm

klepto wrote:
Sat Sep 19, 2020 1:40 am
I'm curious how everyone purchases puerh so that you get older tree material and not some wild bush stuff that is not good at all. Does the verbiage used on vendor's website even match up with reality?
I think recognizing older tree materials takes time and patience to learn. Even for vendors, unless they process the tea materials, most of them just source them from a factory. Within the past year, I have been saving my used tea leaves as fertilizer for my house plants. In the process of collecting used leaves, I have noticed difference in leaves size, texture, elasticity, etc. which give me context to compare and contrast.
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Sat Sep 19, 2020 8:32 pm

@DailyTX That is one great way of learning about those tea leaves. Funny, it reminds me of a story about a man whose father gave him a Ming vase that came from his great grandfather. They all with pride bragged about the vase until someone proved that his Ming vase was just an old fake. I've heard of vendors being sold some material that they thought was some ancient tree tea but they were new in the business and were merely taken advantage of. I'm sure some could tell some stories about this. If they get taken advantage of then, its even harder for some of us who don't have any access to these trees.
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Sun Sep 20, 2020 6:07 am

klepto wrote:
Sat Sep 19, 2020 4:12 am
Balthazar wrote:
Sat Sep 19, 2020 2:31 am
I don't have a good answer as I rarely buy anything I truly believe is "old tree material". But in general, the price tag (albeit no guarantee) is a much better indicator than the vendor's verbiage as far as leaf material is concerned.

It's not like there's only "old tree material" and stuff that's "not good at all", though. I'd say there's a pretty wide range in between :)
I agree and I don't really believe in the whole ancient tea tree thing. I just want to make sure that tree has some decent age because I only drink raw puerh.

Would it be fair to say that older trees produce better raw unaged Pu Erh for drinking?
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Sun Sep 20, 2020 11:09 am

2006 Changtai "65th Anniversary of Tong An Teahouse" - First time I'm having this. Surprisingly sweet. Probably my favorite of the 2006 Changtai teas YS carries.
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Sun Sep 20, 2020 11:19 am

@Balthazar colour aroma Qi flavour?
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Talking about Qi... @OCTO and I went on a double bender power slide with the 2000 blue mark traditional stored cake Vs a 70s Huang Yin old as we are , hot damn diggity dawg these mistresses fired up my puppies so hard and sweaty w Qi..

...we had to take a Mentor break...

Oh yes...

Phew .

Ahem...

Then we drank some more...

Seriously, 12+ brews of the 2000 and 20+ of the 70s...

Oh gosh...

Wet dreams yo...
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Sun Sep 20, 2020 11:38 am

@StoneLadle
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The aroma and flavor... I always struggle to describe this for Changtai teas. Camphour is clearly present, as is the mentioned sweetness, and very faint notes of caramel.

As for qi, it's of the calming kind and very mild. Nice for a Sunday evening if you're hoping to get any sleep before the next workweek begins. (Speaking of which, isn't it past midnight there? I'm aware I'm not your mother, but I urge you to get some sleep :mrgreen: )
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