Iced pu-erh

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Feb 7th, '14, 17:39
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Iced pu-erh

by ClarG » Feb 7th, '14, 17:39

Does anyone here enjoy iced pu-erh? I made 5 cups of this pu-erh today:
http://www.nmteaco.com/Black-Pu-Erh-Man ... p_233.html

Those I drank hot, and the 6th cup I put ice into. By "cups" I mean 8oz glasses or cups of tea.

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Feb 9th, '14, 05:27
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Re: Iced pu-erh

by Hannah » Feb 9th, '14, 05:27

Interesting.. Did you enjoy it? That's the main question that matters with tea! :D
I've only ever tried iced pu once and I was not a fan at all.. But that's just me and we all have different tastes!
I guess I'm a stick in the mud when it comes to the "traditional" way of doing things haha..

How is your pu-erh journey going? :) you seem to be trying lots of methods and ways of doing things, which is great!! :mrgreen:

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Re: Iced pu-erh

by Evan Draper » Feb 9th, '14, 11:52

Just as long as you don't cold brew. :oops:

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Re: Iced pu-erh

by squaretooth » Feb 9th, '14, 12:17

I tried it a few times in Shanghai tea shops. Bing puerh or bingpu. I wasn't a big fan of it but found shu tasted better than sheng. I agree with a previous post. Should not be cold brewed. Brew hot, cool, chill, serve. I will say, though, I had some on a typically hot and humid summer afternoon and it did refresh me.

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Re: Iced pu-erh

by Exempt » Feb 9th, '14, 16:26

Iced shu :oops: That does not sound very appetizing for me. Especially a low quality shu such as the one linked :| Not for me, but if you like it do it

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Re: Iced pu-erh

by debunix » Feb 9th, '14, 17:39

I prefer oolongs for cold brewing--although mostly these days I give them about 5 minutes with boiling or near boiling water before covering with cool water and letting it sit and steep for many minutes to a few hours.

Even my mellowest shu pus were more hit or miss this way.

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Re: Iced pu-erh

by AllanK » Feb 11th, '14, 19:40

ClarG wrote:Does anyone here enjoy iced pu-erh? I made 5 cups of this pu-erh today:
http://www.nmteaco.com/Black-Pu-Erh-Man ... p_233.html

Those I drank hot, and the 6th cup I put ice into. By "cups" I mean 8oz glasses or cups of tea.
I have tried making Iced Shu as a means of using resteeped tealeaves with mixed success. I did not cold brew and sweeter teas without bitterness or bitter aftertaste seem to work best. I have never tried icing Sheng but may one day get around to trying it.

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Re: Iced pu-erh

by ClarG » Feb 12th, '14, 22:56

I did not cold brew the pu-erh. I have only done a cold brew with yerba mate and it worked well for the mate. The pu-erh tasted excellent. I had 5 cups of it hot. It was a mandarin orange pu-erh I got for Christmas as a gift, and it was from the New Mexico tea company.

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Re: Iced pu-erh

by MEversbergII » Feb 13th, '14, 13:39

I made some cold brewed shupu over the summer by leaving already-steeped leaves in a jug overnight. I think it was a 2L jug and 10g of leaf? Can't rightly remember.

M.

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