Advice?

[Christopher]

First off, I came across a term, shu pu...what exactly does that mean?

Also, following the advice of many, after trying about a half dozed different pu erh's I've found one I really like, so from this point I'd love to get some more that go along or are sort of like the taste of the one I had, or even a step up would be great. Welcome any advice you can give me :]

The pu erh I had was 2006 Raw Yunnan Chitzu Pincha

[TwoPynts]

First off, I came across a term, shu pu...what exactly does that mean?

Shu= cooked/artificially aged Pu-erh.
Sheng= raw/naturally aged Pu.

It sound like you like the raw stuff. I would sample more of those.

[MarshalN]

Um, that's terrible romanization. Where did you buy this tea?

[zeusmta]

Maybe if you post a picture of it, the experts here could help identify the tea you like.

[edkrueger]

"Advice?"
Name your threads better.

[Christopher]

Um, that's terrible romanization. Where did you buy this tea?

It was from Northern Lights Tea Store in downtown Minneapolis and that was how they spelt it, sorry for the mishaps.

[Christopher]

"Advice?"
Name your threads better.

Sorry you don't approve of my thread names, just trying to learn. But thanks for the awesome encouragement.

[debunix]

The pu erh I had was 2006 Raw Yunnan Chitzu Pincha

If it's not from a large factory and a well-known standard recipe (e.g., Menghai 7542), puerh is so variable that it's often very hard to know what a particular tea is like from the name alone, particularly if the name is not transliterated in a standard way.

Puerh varies so much that even saying it was a 4 year old raw (aka sheng) puerh doesn't really help that much, because it might be relatively mellow and earthy already, or sharp and bitter, or smoky and mushroomy, or floral and fruity, or vegetal and sweet.

What might be a lot more helpful, if you can, is to provide photos of the tea wrappings and and the cake itself, and descriptions of what you like about the tea. Sweet? Smoky? Bitter? Vegetal? Earthy? Umami? Floral? The scent of the leaf, scent of the tea, the aftertaste?

These are the kind of details that can help us help you better.

[Christopher]

It was at a place where I sat down and bought a pot of it, so that's why I didn't get a picture, but I will for sure in the future. Thanks a lot for the help.