A walk on the wild side...

[omegapd]

Against some advice from my friend Salsero, and my desire to try anything and everything in this "hobby", I ordered a couple of different things to try from Pu-erh shop tonight.

Any comments?

http://www.puerhshop.com/index.php?main ... cts_id=582

http://www.puerhshop.com/index.php?main ... cts_id=596

It'll be fun (I hope).

EW

[Trioxin]

Scary stuff man. Let us know what you think of it after it arrives.

[Deleted User #17777]

I would love to try actual tibetan yak butter tea. This looks like the type of tea to use. All I need is some yak butter, but that is not too easy to locate. Looks like you might need the horsehair strainer with the brick you are getting....

From wikipedia:

"Brick tea is made by methods only distantly related to those employed in China or Ceylon. When the water boils, a great handful of the stuff is crumbled into it and allowed to stew for between five and ten minutes, until the whole infusion is so opaque that it looks almost black. At this stage a pinch of salt is added; the Tibetans always put salt, never sugar, in their tea. I have been told that they sometimes add a little soda, in order to give the beverage a pinkish tinge, but I never saw this done in Sikang. They very seldom, on the other hand, drink tea without butter in it. If you are at home, you empty the saucepan into a big wooden churn, straining the tea through a colander made of reed or horsehair. Then you drop a large lump of butter into it, and, after being vigorously stirred,this brew is transferred to a huge copper teapot and put on a brazier to keep it hot. When you are traveling, you do not normally take a churn with you, so everyone fills his wooden bowl with tea, scoops a piece of butter out of a basket, puts it in the bowl, stirs the mixture gently with his finger, and, finally, drinks the tea"

[shogun89]

That first one sure does look interesting! I think I will be buying a brick of that just to try it. Please tell us what you think!

[Salsero]

It's my understanding that rancid butter is preferred. I think BBB has actually had some of this concoction.

The closest I have come was to brew sheng puerh with the water remaining from boiling hot dogs.

[puerhking]

Hey the price is right. Nothing wrong with expanding ones knowledge. I must admit that the fu brick looks like it came from a yak.

[shogun89]

I just looked at the brick a little closer and man for $6 I think it is going to be hard to go wrong. Its learning. I was interested to read that it is cooked though, dosent look it. Depending on omegapd's review of it I will probably be getting a few. No pressure!

I assume this is to be brewed as a regular ripe puerh????

[Trioxin]

The closest I have come was to brew sheng puerh with the water remaining from boiling hot dogs.

you're not joking are you?

[shogun89]

The closest I have come was to brew sheng puerh with the water remaining from boiling hot dogs.

you're not joking are you?

I saw that too. I just thought I better not say anything We pu head really are crazy

[Salsero]

you're not joking are you?

Now would I joke about something that important? I quote from the original post:

• After the heavenly Da Hong Pao, I felt confident enough to make you know what for supper, and brewed up a cup of Swede’s famous Hot Dog Water Tea. I used a sheng puerh that was not the favorite in our recent Puershop Sample Kit tasting sessions.
  
  You know, … it was...mmm
  
  … not that bad. Smooth, full feeling in the mouth, a little oily on the lips, and --yes-- an aftertaste, huigan, as they say. It was the aftertaste that made me think maybe I should follow majority opinion more often, but I went for a second infusion anyway. The slimy water really cuts the astringent puerh. Chinese people seem often to say that puerh helps you digest fats and should be drunk with a fat-laden dim sum meal. And I suspect the hot dog water tastes loads better than the rancid yak butter favored in tea by Tibetans. Did anyone know that there is actually a musical group called Rancid Yak Butter Tea? Google. Gotta love it. Happy Friday.

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For the record, the bravura of the post ignores the awful hot dog water belches I enjoyed for a couple of days afterward. It gave hui gan new and diabolical meanings. Blech.

[t4texas]

I've had Yak Butter Tea. A guy I know traveled through the tea areas of China into Tibet and brought some back. Since no one had any Yak Butter handy in the fridge, he used a good, high fat butter, Plugra I think.

Errr. Can't say I regret it. Learning experience and all.

Gag!

[Trioxin]

you're not joking are you?

Now would I joke about something that important? I quote from the original post:

• After the heavenly Da Hong Pao, I felt confident enough to make you know what for supper, and brewed up a cup of Swede’s famous Hot Dog Water Tea. I used a sheng puerh that was not the favorite in our recent Puershop Sample Kit tasting sessions.
  
  You know, … it was...mmm
  
  … not that bad. Smooth, full feeling in the mouth, a little oily on the lips, and --yes-- an aftertaste, huigan, as they say. It was the aftertaste that made me think maybe I should follow majority opinion more often, but I went for a second infusion anyway. The slimy water really cuts the astringent puerh. Chinese people seem often to say that puerh helps you digest fats and should be drunk with a fat-laden dim sum meal. And I suspect the hot dog water tastes loads better than the rancid yak butter favored in tea by Tibetans. Did anyone know that there is actually a musical group called Rancid Yak Butter Tea? Google. Gotta love it. Happy Friday.

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For the record, the bravura of the post ignores the awful hot dog water belches I enjoyed for a couple of days afterward. It gave hui gan new and diabolical meanings. Blech.

Now I can't get the thought of hot dog water tea out of my mind. Thanks Sal.

[tenuki]

potato water actually brews some fine puerh, try it.

[thanks]

Baoyan bricks from Xiaguan are actually really good tea. I've had 06, and an 01. It's very strong stuff, but the 01 was actually a fantastic pu-erh. It's amazing for the price, but a definite ager. It really gives your strainer a workout! Baoyan 01 bricks are actually 40 dollars for 250 grams. You won't regret buying this. I know Hobbes shares this opinion; http://half-dipper.blogspot.com/2008/04 ... aguan.html

[omegapd]

That first one sure does look interesting! I think I will be buying a brick of that just to try it. Please tell us what you think!

Will do, but I'll have to wait until the end of this month. This will be the wife's anniversary present to me. I didn't want to spend my own money.