Official Pu of the day

[Alucard]

Looks like I cant edit my post. I meant ADD not ALL.

[Rui]

2004 Zhong Cha ‘CNNP 7542′ HK Dry Stored Raw Pu'er. Standard recipe for a standard pu'head.

[stevorama]

2015 Jiu Wan Impression shu pu from YS. I really like this one. It still seems to be settling and is different every time I brew it I'm gonna let it rest for a long while.

[bagua7]

I have still to try a purple pu! Drinking shu today--small leaf Dayi from 2010.


The new forum format doesn't let me quote any posts. Is anyone experiencing the same issue?

Anyway, jay...stay away from purple puerh. Very ordinary and terrible for ageing. There is no depth to this tea. Cheers!

[stevorama]

The new forum format doesn't let me quote any posts. Is anyone experiencing the same issue?

Anyway, jay...stay away from purple puerh. Very ordinary and terrible for ageing. There is no depth to this tea. Cheers!

Let's see if that worked for quoting!

By purple pu are you referring to ye sheng cha? I've had mixed experiences with that. There is some from Bana/Best Tea House that I really enjoy.

[stevorama]

Oh good the quote worked. I clicked the quote button above then scrolled down and cut and paste your post into the quote. Kinda cumbersome.

[bagua7]

I posted earlier on using an smartphone and now back to the laptop.

This new forum is running on Linux, lol. I'm using Windows 7 and FF v. 43. I got a bunch of add-ons that might interfere with something because I can't quote at all. There is no quote button on display.

Maybe the forum admin is still tweaking the system a bit.

Good luck!

Back to the tea thing:

My experience was with a purple raw sold by YS. Can't remember what is was because it has been nearly 2 years and ended up getting rid of the cake.

[stevorama]

I posted earlier on using an smartphone and now back to the laptop.

This new forum is running on Linux, lol. I'm using Windows 7 and FF v. 43. I got a bunch of add-ons that might interfere with something because I can't quote at all. There is no quote button on display.

Maybe the forum admin is still tweaking the system a bit.

I see the quote button right above the on my computer. Windows 10. Chrome. Then below the post window I see "Topic Review" with your reply. Then I cut and paste into the quote.

Back to the tea thing:

My experience was with a purple raw sold by YS. Can't remember what is was because it has been nearly 2 years and ended up getting rid of the cake.

I've tried maybe 3 or 4 types of purple pu. I sampled a 2015 from YS that tasted a bit like cat pee to me. Not my cup of tea. I gave that sample away! There was a 2005 brick from YS that was short on body but long on yang qi. The purple tips from Bana I thought had nice woodiness and maltiness. That one I really liked, but it might not be ye sheng cha.

[bagua7]

Nothing here, I mean there is a quote button need to the rest (bold, italic, underline, etc.) when I reply but the snippet is missing from the main page when trying to quote a portion of your message (as it used to be in the old forum).

The YS cake I bought was from 2013 (Yiwu Purple Tea). Yeap, you described exactly what the taste was like.

TwoDog reviewed that cake in his blog (a very generous review IMO). Link.

[entropyembrace]

The tea TwoDog reviewed was debunix's nomination for best sheng pu of 2012 http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=17562 and a tea I very much enjoyed myself and re-ordered several times.

Maybe it's something like cilantro it seems to produce strong reactions both positive and negative. TwoDog seemed to identify a lot of nice things in the aroma but got hung up on sourness in the taste. I remember the aroma and flavour matching up much better for me.

[debunix]

Unfortunately I only got a sample of that one, sigh.

[stevorama]

So in my very basic understanding of purple pu there is "zi cha" and "ye sheng cha." The one that reminded me of cat pee was a young ye sheng cha. It looks like the, favored by some, Yi Wu Purple Tea is a zi cha. Is that right?

[stevorama]

Unfortunately I only got a sample of that one, sigh.

It looks like YS US has that in stock? Maybe all hope is not lost.

[bagua7]

Maybe it's something like cilantro it seems to produce strong reactions both positive and negative.

Maybe, who knows. The important thing is that you liked it, isn't it? Anyway, there is so much "pu" out there: I don't like it, no big deal...NEXT!

[debunix]

by stevorama

It looks like YS US has that in stock? Maybe all hope is not lost.

Thanks for the tip