Official Pu of the day

One of the intentionally aged teas, Pu-Erh has a loyal following.


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Re: Official Pu of the day

by William » Oct 26th, '14, 12:48

Today, I had a few sessions with different Pu Erh from mid 2000s, all aged in contact with humidity and oxygen. Some of them were not that bad, but the humidity was quite obvious.
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Cescoz1 wrote:About purchase source: I buy the Pu'er online, at nannuoshan.org.
They sell good quality tea from China. I've just bought the Yu Run Tien Xiang, that tastes smooth, wild mellow and I really like it! The guy from nannuoshan sent me also a free sample of the Da Yi 7582 harvested in 2006 that tastes more earthly and vegetable...quite peculiar butI still prefer the Yu Run Tien Xiang!
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Re: Official Pu of the day

by Rui » Oct 27th, '14, 04:43

At the moment I am sipping 2012 Cangyan Gufeng Yiwu raw pu-erh and enjoying it very much. Yummy.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by Jaymo » Oct 27th, '14, 15:39

Mandala 2011 Phatty Cake in a 200ml Yixing (splitting it with my wife.)

This is one of my favorite ripe cakes I've tried so far, and being 100g cakes it is extremely affordable which doesn't hurt!

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by Balthazar » Oct 27th, '14, 18:18

$19 per 100g sounds like pretty expensive ripe pu to me (unless I'm looking at the wrong tea). Would love to try some, though.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by Jaymo » Oct 27th, '14, 22:47

Per gram, yes. I was thinking more along the lines of being able to spend at/near $20 for a chunk without having to get either samples or a full 375-400g cake.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by shah82 » Oct 28th, '14, 01:52

Man, I stared at that price for shu.

I'm ooooooollllllddd, or something like that. I have never bought material amounts of shu that expensive, but that's only because I bought most of it four years ago.

There is a lot of expensive label brand shu sitting at around the $60 mark out there. I would want substantial evidence that this particular shu is that good, because there aren't that many shu from 2011 which would be worth that sort of price! A bit of searching and you can get some pretty top stuff, again, at around $60.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by Poseidon » Oct 28th, '14, 08:32

This morning I tried a Pu' that I normally do not like but I was suprised by how nice it was. I had a sample of Teavivre's Fengqing Ancient Tree Raw Pu-erh Cake 2014 for my morning "pick me up" and it was quite nice. Very bitter. Unique flavor. Although, raw puerh does mess with my stomach if brewed too strong.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by BW85 » Nov 1st, '14, 05:01

'04 private order from EoT. I've been drinking this tea a lot lately. It's priced well below it's quality in my opinion, I assume due to lack of neifei/known origin. Plenty of body, good flavors, relatively mature for it's 10 years of age in clean storage; and like David describes, very strong relaxing qi. I bought a cake back in June but just recently purchased a second one to ensure I can enjoy this tea for awhile.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by Teaism » Nov 3rd, '14, 00:11

Drinking a early spring Yiwu 2007 now. Mellowed, sweet and full body and fruity fragrance. It is aging well. Fully sealed tea since I bought it then and definitely it aged and age well.

Yummy!


Cheers! :D

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by puerhking » Nov 3rd, '14, 19:08

08 Xiaguan round cake tiebing - Haven't tried this one in a couple of years. First few brews were so so. After about the fifth it started to taste right. Reminded me of why I started drinking pu in the first place.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by debunix » Nov 9th, '14, 21:37

Gotta love a tea that can take the abuse I have dealt out to the Lao Cha Tou that I enjoyed this evening. It started the usual way, put a few nuggets in the thermos, filled it with boiling water, and enjoyed and shared it during the afternoon. It still had a lot of flavor as I reached the bottom of the thermos, so I added more hot water, and left it overnight--but it took two days for me to get back to it, and it was still delicious--plummy, earthy, a little sweet.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by shah82 » Nov 10th, '14, 18:36

'08 v93 shu is fully ripe for me. Later infusions has an excellent plum/wine base with wood highlights.

About as good non-special shu gets, and a good advertisement for the purchase of lightly fermented shu.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by puerhking » Nov 13th, '14, 15:15

2011 Yunnan Sourcing Hui Run ripe today. This is one of my favorite shus. Deep savory yumminess with a very good mouthfeel and no off flavors of any kind. A really clean shu.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by Poseidon » Nov 13th, '14, 15:34

Ive been enjoying my cake of 2012 Yiwu Zhengshan Ripe Pu-erh. SWEET SWEET SWEET! Its seriously the most naturally sweet tea ive had to date. Nice fruit notes, smooth flavor, and a black liquor accompany the sweetness. Quite nice for an evening tea!

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by Poseidon » Nov 14th, '14, 08:10

Poseidon wrote:Ive been enjoying my cake of 2012 Yiwu Zhengshan Ripe Pu-erh. SWEET SWEET SWEET! Its seriously the most naturally sweet tea ive had to date. Nice fruit notes, smooth flavor, and a black liquor accompany the sweetness. Quite nice for an evening tea!
Had this again this morning. I made it before my hour trek to work and poured into a mug when I got in my office. Black black liquor. I expected to have to dump it but it was as smooth and sweet as ever. Very flexable shu!

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