Against some advice from my friend Salsero, and my desire to try anything and everything in this "hobby", I ordered a couple of different things to try from Pu-erh shop tonight.
Any comments?
http://www.puerhshop.com/index.php?main ... cts_id=582
http://www.puerhshop.com/index.php?main ... cts_id=596
It'll be fun (I hope).
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I just looked at the brick a little closer and man for $6 I think it is going to be hard to go wrong. Its learning. I was interested to read that it is cooked though, dosent look it. Depending on omegapd's review of it I will probably be getting a few. No pressure!
I assume this is to be brewed as a regular ripe puerh????
I assume this is to be brewed as a regular ripe puerh????
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Now would I joke about something that important? I quote from the original post:Trioxin wrote: you're not joking are you?
- After the heavenly Da Hong Pao, I felt confident enough to make you know what for supper, and brewed up a cup of Swede’s famous Hot Dog Water Tea. I used a sheng puerh that was not the favorite in our recent Puershop Sample Kit tasting sessions.
You know, … it was...mmm
… not that bad. Smooth, full feeling in the mouth, a little oily on the lips, and --yes-- an aftertaste, huigan, as they say. It was the aftertaste that made me think maybe I should follow majority opinion more often, but I went for a second infusion anyway. The slimy water really cuts the astringent puerh. Chinese people seem often to say that puerh helps you digest fats and should be drunk with a fat-laden dim sum meal. And I suspect the hot dog water tastes loads better than the rancid yak butter favored in tea by Tibetans. Did anyone know that there is actually a musical group called Rancid Yak Butter Tea? Google. Gotta love it. Happy Friday.
For the record, the bravura of the post ignores the awful hot dog water belches I enjoyed for a couple of days afterward. It gave hui gan new and diabolical meanings. Blech.
Oct 12th, '08, 23:18
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Now I can't get the thought of hot dog water tea out of my mind. Thanks Sal.Salsero wrote:Now would I joke about something that important? I quote from the original post:Trioxin wrote: you're not joking are you?
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- After the heavenly Da Hong Pao, I felt confident enough to make you know what for supper, and brewed up a cup of Swede’s famous Hot Dog Water Tea. I used a sheng puerh that was not the favorite in our recent Puershop Sample Kit tasting sessions.
You know, … it was...mmm
… not that bad. Smooth, full feeling in the mouth, a little oily on the lips, and --yes-- an aftertaste, huigan, as they say. It was the aftertaste that made me think maybe I should follow majority opinion more often, but I went for a second infusion anyway. The slimy water really cuts the astringent puerh. Chinese people seem often to say that puerh helps you digest fats and should be drunk with a fat-laden dim sum meal. And I suspect the hot dog water tastes loads better than the rancid yak butter favored in tea by Tibetans. Did anyone know that there is actually a musical group called Rancid Yak Butter Tea? Google. Gotta love it. Happy Friday.
For the record, the bravura of the post ignores the awful hot dog water belches I enjoyed for a couple of days afterward. It gave hui gan new and diabolical meanings. Blech.
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potato water actually brews some fine puerh, try it.
Do something different, something different will happen. ( Gong Fu Garden )
Baoyan bricks from Xiaguan are actually really good tea. I've had 06, and an 01. It's very strong stuff, but the 01 was actually a fantastic pu-erh. It's amazing for the price, but a definite ager. It really gives your strainer a workout! Baoyan 01 bricks are actually 40 dollars for 250 grams. You won't regret buying this. I know Hobbes shares this opinion; http://half-dipper.blogspot.com/2008/04 ... aguan.html
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