Would someone please help me ID this tea?
A friend brought over a tea given to her by a tea aficionado friend of hers.
It was made up of very small buds. Like a Golden Buddha Hand size but green. It did seem to maybe have a light level of oxidation. Regardless I am including it here in Green. Had a slight yeasty profile to it.
We brewed up 5.5g in an 80ml porcelain Gaiwan.
Thanks!
Apr 20th, '11, 21:36
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Re: Mystery tea.Can you identify this tea? Maybe green?
Its a green tea
From Zhejiang province , Putuo mountain (one of the 4 holy mountains in Chinese Buddhism)
First 3 characters say putuo mt. last 2 say fo cha (Buddhist tea)
Here's a few examples of vendors...
http://www.silkroadteas.com/servlet/the ... jiang/Page
And this one is made in anhui...
http://www.teaspring.com/Jiu-Hua-Fo-Cha.asp
Do I win a free vacation to china?
From Zhejiang province , Putuo mountain (one of the 4 holy mountains in Chinese Buddhism)
First 3 characters say putuo mt. last 2 say fo cha (Buddhist tea)
Here's a few examples of vendors...
http://www.silkroadteas.com/servlet/the ... jiang/Page
And this one is made in anhui...
http://www.teaspring.com/Jiu-Hua-Fo-Cha.asp
Do I win a free vacation to china?
Apr 22nd, '11, 18:05
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Re: Mystery tea.Can you identify this tea? Maybe green?
Thank you very much for chiming in.
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I guessed right!
It looks very close to the teaspring tea, higher quality. I would not go out of my way to buy it, but it does have some patience for multiple infusions. I was able to get more than one day of drinking out of it. Nice combination of flavors, multidimensional.
Sometimes those tiny tiny bud teas can be fun.
Sure looks like a lot of work.
Anyone know if these see any processing?
YOU WON A FREE TRIP TO CHINA! JUST PLEASE SEND YOUR MONEY ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 TO THE ADDRESS BELOW FOR PROCESSING. (okay, that is a joke!)
I guessed right!
It looks very close to the teaspring tea, higher quality. I would not go out of my way to buy it, but it does have some patience for multiple infusions. I was able to get more than one day of drinking out of it. Nice combination of flavors, multidimensional.
Sometimes those tiny tiny bud teas can be fun.
Sure looks like a lot of work.
Anyone know if these see any processing?
Re: Mystery tea.Can you identify this tea? Maybe green?
Hi, Yes indeed this is Putuoshan Fo Cha. I was just there a little over a month ago for a tea trip.
I found your post while searching for more info on the tea to see how well known it is.
http://chaxicollective.tumblr.com/post/ ... own-on-the
here's my post about it!
I found your post while searching for more info on the tea to see how well known it is.
http://chaxicollective.tumblr.com/post/ ... own-on-the
here's my post about it!
Jun 28th, '12, 13:59
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Re: Mystery tea.Can you identify this tea? Maybe green?
Holy thread reincarnation!
Thank you for the link to the interesting post. Nice to see photos from the locality.
Thank you for the link to the interesting post. Nice to see photos from the locality.