Official Pu of the day

[jayinhk]

Yes, the shu really mellows it out and it's almost like drinking good wet aged sheng.

[TwoDog2]

2005 7542 (Kunming storage) on a bed of very wet stored shu cake fragments with a little aged sheng in the mix. The shu/aged sheng mix is from right across the street and is really nice drinking. They work quite well together IMO.

Is the 7542 pretty edgy on its own?

[jayinhk]

2005 7542 (Kunming storage) on a bed of very wet stored shu cake fragments with a little aged sheng in the mix. The shu/aged sheng mix is from right across the street and is really nice drinking. They work quite well together IMO.

[chado.my.teaway]

Wild Yi Wu Qizi Bing Cha Spring 2003 from Stephen...amazing

taste? earth, flowers and citrus...now 15th brew(30sec)

[jayinhk]

Revisiting the first pack of loose shu I bought around two months ago. Very wet stored and very pleasant drinking: smooth with a little storage taste, but excellent light bitterness, sweetness and sour plum. This is probably my favorite shu. I'll have to pick up some more.

[TwoDog2]

I think it depends on what water you are using. Waters with higher mineral content tend to have friendlier visits from ghosts. I was using bottled water when the river god caused the deluge in question

[Catfur]

Right now I'm enjoying some pu-erh, it is

[l]ike the ancient, mist-shrouded trees used to produce pu-erh, these leaves have lost all sense of time—infuse them again and again as they continue to emit fantastically dark flavors of the Cedar Forests of the Mesopotamian gods of Gilgamesh and moss-covered igneous rock floor of the abode of Akheloios, the river god of ancient Aitolia.

I brewed this once, but upon steeping, the tea summoned Akheloios to my living room; causing a great flood, destroying my city, and killing thousands of people. I vowed never to brew this mighty tome of the ancients ever again, lest the deities again be woken from their slumber, and visit more death and destruction upon me. This tea is clearly to powerful to be entrusted in the hands of mere mortals.

You must be doing it wrong, I got Gilgamesh, he was cool, we had an awesome time...

[TwoDog2]

Right now I'm enjoying some pu-erh, it is

[l]ike the ancient, mist-shrouded trees used to produce pu-erh, these leaves have lost all sense of time—infuse them again and again as they continue to emit fantastically dark flavors of the Cedar Forests of the Mesopotamian gods of Gilgamesh and moss-covered igneous rock floor of the abode of Akheloios, the river god of ancient Aitolia.

I brewed this once, but upon steeping, the tea summoned Akheloios to my living room; causing a great flood, destroying my city, and killing thousands of people. I vowed never to brew this mighty tome of the ancients ever again, lest the deities again be woken from their slumber, and visit more death and destruction upon me. This tea is clearly to powerful to be entrusted in the hands of mere mortals.

[Chip]

2008 Yi Wu Bamboo Sheng from Norbu again today. Love this tea! So easy to brew and just keeps going and going. Floral, SWEET and smooth, yum.

The long wait between finishing the wood kiln and waiting for it to cool is almost over. Opening the kiln tomorrow morning So, tonight I'll be dreaming of shinos swept over with ash and flame

... I knew I smelled a pottery wood firing somewhere on TeaChat!

[GreenwoodStudio]

2008 Yi Wu Bamboo Sheng from Norbu again today. Love this tea! So easy to brew and just keeps going and going. Floral, SWEET and smooth, yum.

The long wait between finishing the wood kiln and waiting for it to cool is almost over. Opening the kiln tomorrow morning So, tonight I'll be dreaming of shinos swept over with ash and flame

[edkrueger]

Who says I was having that tea? I remember a lot of stuff going under "maiden's something or other" or "ancient maiden." Claims of being 15 years old and not too great.

[teaisme]

that maidens x was what pushed me away from shou until about 6 months ago, Ed must be more in tune with the old gods then I


having some nice shou brewed dim sum style, those last cups are always so gooood

[gasninja]

Right now I'm enjoying some pu-erh, it is

[l]ike the ancient, mist-shrouded trees used to produce pu-erh, these leaves have lost all sense of time—infuse them again and again as they continue to emit fantastically dark flavors of the Cedar Forests of the Mesopotamian gods of Gilgamesh and moss-covered igneous rock floor of the abode of Akheloios, the river god of ancient Aitolia.

Description courtesy of Samovar. http://shop.samovarlife.com/Puerh-Tea-B ... a-s/57.htm

Is that the" Samovar maidens ecstasy organic" or the velvet cacao organic

[edkrueger]

Right now I'm enjoying some pu-erh, it is

[l]ike the ancient, mist-shrouded trees used to produce pu-erh, these leaves have lost all sense of time—infuse them again and again as they continue to emit fantastically dark flavors of the Cedar Forests of the Mesopotamian gods of Gilgamesh and moss-covered igneous rock floor of the abode of Akheloios, the river god of ancient Aitolia.

Description courtesy of Samovar. http://shop.samovarlife.com/Puerh-Tea-B ... a-s/57.htm

[TwoDog2]

I recently opened one of those teeny Douji bricks, and have been enjoying the heck out of it. It looks like a thick credit card.

These are some terrific values.

I think Douji's bricks are some of the only things they produce with value anymore; all their other teas are priced into the stratosphere.