Hi sp1key...sp1key wrote:lots of young raw pu there though, gotta be patient with them
Yeah...that was my plan when I bought them...hide them away and hopefully stumble upon a surprise later in life.
Mar 21st, '09, 13:44
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Mar 21st, '09, 14:53
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Hi Trioxin...Trioxin wrote:So what have your favorites been so far?
You know, I'm really bad for mixing different teas together before I even give them a chance on their own, but so far I really like the Gong Tings. I very much enjoyed the Haiwan Peacock Quest 2006 which comes packaged loose-leaf in a cannister. I also went head over heels when I received my first 150 gram cake of the 2001 Yuen Nian chi tse pin. Actually I enjoyed it so much that I immediately got on line and bought the last two cakes that were available because the cake I had was disappearing at a very rapid pace.
I'm also not very consistant with my brewing when I'm alone. I almost never remember my steeping times for different infusions. Unless I'm doing a gong-fu serving for friends, I'm pretty lazy with my tea making.
Two other pu's that I thoroughly enjoyed are one from pearldropstea.ca
Pearl Drops is the name of the tea house, in Vancouver and the tea was called "Treasure Puer". It is an aged tea from a cake that can be bought by the cup in the tea house or in small quantities to take home.
I also liked a pu that was given to me by a friend returning from Taiwan but unfortunately all I can tell you about it is that it was broken from a cake and packaged in a dark blue package; all of the writing was in Chinese so I know nothing about it's origin. I only know...it didn't last long!
This may be a little blasphemis for this room but I'm not a Pu purist. I probably drink as much oolong as pu and occasionally go light with a green or a white tea. So while I truly love my tea, I'm probably not a great resource for evaluating teas.
Mar 21st, '09, 14:56
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Hahaha!! I don't actually store them in the guitar case...I just thought it would be good for their presentation. For storage, I usually will seperate the various teas and store them in old moon-cake tins and boxes.sp1key wrote:ya at least there'll be something to look forward to when we've aged
if you store them in that guitar case, gotta be aware of moisture getting trap inside
ok sorry i got nailedApostle wrote:Hahaha!! I don't actually store them in the guitar case...I just thought it would be good for their presentation. For storage, I usually will seperate the various teas and store them in old moon-cake tins and boxes.sp1key wrote:ya at least there'll be something to look forward to when we've aged
if you store them in that guitar case, gotta be aware of moisture getting trap inside
