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tracy
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 Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 1:07 am Post subject: pu junkys |
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Do we have any pu heads here?  |
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rickimc
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Not me. I had a sample of a pu-erh from The Ivy Keep and it honestly was almost the most disgusting tea I have every tried. Maybe I would like another flavor or whatever, but I am reluctant to try. |
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DangerInRed
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, I have to second ricki on this one. I tried a cup and could barely drink it. It smelled like Chinatown fishmarket. Maybe I'll acquire the taste someday, but for now I'll just stick to yummy flavored teas.
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tracy
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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I know we have pu - people, come on in here and enlighten us.
Let us know what were missing.  |
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Sundri
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Warning - long post? O.o'
So after reading the description of the 'chinatown fishmarket' I was REALLY reluctant to try pu ehr tea... *lol* But my own insatiable curiosity made me finally decide I had to at least give it one try...
You know how there are some pregnant women that they say get cravings for dirt? They should try young pu ehr & see if it quells the cravings. *lol*
I got some young ripened pu ehr in loose leaf (aged about a year) & the initial scent before brewing smelled like - POTTING SOIL! The really rich peat filled potting soil...
A good heaping teaspoon steeped at about 212 for 4 minutes made a lovely dark-roast-coffee colored brew that smelled & tasted like WET potting soil (or a more elegant description: a nice deciduous woods after an early morning fog?)... in a good way. *lol*
It has a 'roasted peat' flavor with just a faint hint of the sweet-earthy side of cocoa bean... or sweet patchouli... Which may sound disgusting at first, but if you think of it like roasted chicory or roasted mate & blend it accordingly it is actually not so bad. After having one cup straight with a little honey I made a second cup this later on mixed with my last scant spoonful of Tracy's Snow Queen's Teacakes (too little for it's own cup, just perfect for blending) & found it mixes a decent chai flavor that nearly masks all the 'dirt' of the pu ehr! (Another I'd suggest mixing it with would be the 'Winter Chocolate')
I've been playing around with it a little more today & found it is rather nice mixed with my favorite Picnic at the Lake + Sencha mix - To give a nice description it makes the blend taste like a rose garden... complete with the path... ^.^'
I've only tried one source for it so far, but I plan to try the more aged & eventually if I'm brave enough the pressed 'loam-cakes'... All in all I think I rather like it... just not by itself. |
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tracy
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| Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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Sundri, my blender;), thats a great idea to use up something , I especially like the garden path lol.
I smelled some tea yesterday that reminded me of earth and rain in springtime, - that scent. Fascinating how scent can be more elemental. |
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