Official Pu of the day

[auhckw]

Are these candy/sweets? No, it is pu

I didn't brew it yet, but it smells like barley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barley

[debunix]

It’s been nearly a year since I took notes on my 2009 Lao Mansa sheng from Norbu. It has sat in its wrapper, in a cloth bag, in a file drawer in my air-conditioned office for the past year. I’ve dipped into this a few times since last year, and this time I’m using a piece that, when hydrated, fills the gaiwan between 1/3 and 1/2 full. I started with a flash rinse, let the tea hydrate/wet a bit, then have been enjoying a series of quick, hot infusions—the Pino is set to 205, and I’ve been infusing 10-20 seconds, and mostly drinking them down very quickly. Lots of herbaceous flavor, sweetness, anise, but little outright bitterness. It’s just delicious, and again, the biggest problem I foresee with this aging experiment may be trying to drink it sparingly enough to keep some around for a long time.

[auhckw]

Durian is one of those things you either love it or hate it. For those who can't take it, if you try to eat one, you would vomit violently. Imagine carry one which is over riped in a packed underground train, people would give give you room.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgSMLhONIe0

[apache]

Durian is one of those things you either love it or hate it. For those who can't take it, if you try to eat one, you would vomit violently. Imagine carry one which is over riped in a packed underground train, people would give give you room.

[Nenugal]

Had these before my Pu... so thought of posting. This is king of fruits.

Durian:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian

Ooh durian, my favourite fruit
A bit expensive and difficult to get in Norway unfortunately...
Does it affect the taste of the pu?

[tieguanyin]

No pre-seasoning for this pot. Just boiled it for 30min and stuffed it full of tea. It crossed my mind to add some leaf to a second boil but opted not too. I've brewed about 10 teas with it so far and its already improved a lot. Lid scent seems to be getting much stronger as well as flavor. My original plan was to use if for older more expensive tea but now i think i might stick to 90's sheng since i can afford to drink that everyday. 70ml seems to be the perfect size for a large single cup filled to the brim.

I usually go with the 3x4x3 method. Revisit the EoT once your teapot is ready !

[auhckw]

2003 Liu An - After trying the 1920s and 1940s, so I thought of trying it when it is still decently new. This is about 7 years old and it is no way near the taste of the oldies. This tasted very terrible. Sourish. Weird. Drinking this gives me the goose bumps.


The bamboo leave is put in by purpose. Said to be nicer to have it there

[auhckw]

2007 Spring of Menghai Raw - Tasted a bit flowerish in the begining. Then it became bitter. Then it became light and gives a little sweet at the 8th brew onwards. Not so nice to drink now.

[auhckw]

Had these before my Pu... so thought of posting. This is king of fruits.

Durian:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian

[G-off-re]

No pre-seasoning for this pot. Just boiled it for 30min and stuffed it full of tea. It crossed my mind to add some leaf to a second boil but opted not too. I've brewed about 10 teas with it so far and its already improved a lot. Lid scent seems to be getting much stronger as well as flavor. My original plan was to use if for older more expensive tea but now i think i might stick to 90's sheng since i can afford to drink that everyday. 70ml seems to be the perfect size for a large single cup filled to the brim.

[tieguanyin]

Brewing 5g of 90's small yellow label (EOT) in my new 70ml pot from Jing Tea Shop. Nice pot but I'm getting less flavor/aroma than i was with my gaiwan. Hopefully it improves with use.

Nice teapot! Did you season your pot a little after receiving it? May help with getting better brews out of it.

[G-off-re]

Brewing 5g of 90's small yellow label (EOT) in my new 70ml pot from Jing Tea Shop. Nice pot but I'm getting less flavor/aroma than i was with my gaiwan. Hopefully it improves with use.

[auhckw]

1980s VIVE Liu Bao Special Grade - Has the typical woody wet stored liu bao taste. Smooth and Sweet. Nice to drink... but....

Being 4x the price of the recent golden award liu bao, I would expect more... the golden award really is outstanding by itself. Though it is 2005 it has the similarity of the 80s just that it is younger and not so smooth. But the plus point is that it tastes rich and has good body and aftertaste.

[auhckw]

Dayi Yun Mei Raw 2003 - I have drank this 2 weeks ago and decided to revisit this. This pu cannot be found in the Dayi book. Some ppl are saying it is fake. But according to the seller it was featured in one of the chinese magazines. It is a special order.

Put aside real or fake, after the 3rd infusion this tea gets quite strong with some astringency but has the zhang xiang foundation. Colour is quite nice.

[auhckw]

Yunnan (Xia Guan) Tuo Cha Raw 2005 - 2005 is the last year that this green box is packaged under then Yunnan name. Year 2006 onwards they changed it to Xia Guan Tuo Cha. 5+ years of aging. Light. Nothing great about this tea.