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drank Hei Cha by The Pleasures of Tea
1758 tasting notes

This was tasty tea. I can’t give you the exact brewing parameters of this tea because it was brewed for me at the Infuse Tea Bar in West Sayville, NY. She steeped this four times for me western style, several minutes on each steep. The result was a delightful, sweet brew that only needed a tiny about of sugar (about 1/4 tsp) to cut the fermentation flavor. It will be even better when I brew this Gongfu style. If you live anywhere on the south shore of Long Island or even the North Shore you should visit this place. They have a sit down tea bar where they prepare any tea for you hot or cold. It was a rare experience for one used to making my own tea, not at all like having the staff at Teavana make you a cup of tea. They also have 300 teas that they sell including real Yellow tea and everything else. They have a very nice selection of teaware too.

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 10 OZ / 295 ML
boychik

that sounds wonderful;) glad you had a great experience

AllanK

This was a really good tea, a liu bao I think even though she classed it a puerh. She called it hei cha and puerh is not usually considered hei cha. I bought 2 ounces and plan to gongfu it later in the week. Tomorrow I will brew the Puerh Cake I bought a 2011 Shou. I was able to get the name and tea factory from Teachat and Instagram respectively. She did not know a name or factory and it wasn’t written in english.

Clipper Ship Tea Company is supposed to be getting in Puerh cakes as well.

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boychik

that sounds wonderful;) glad you had a great experience

AllanK

This was a really good tea, a liu bao I think even though she classed it a puerh. She called it hei cha and puerh is not usually considered hei cha. I bought 2 ounces and plan to gongfu it later in the week. Tomorrow I will brew the Puerh Cake I bought a 2011 Shou. I was able to get the name and tea factory from Teachat and Instagram respectively. She did not know a name or factory and it wasn’t written in english.

Clipper Ship Tea Company is supposed to be getting in Puerh cakes as well.

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I am Allan. I live and work in Long Island, New York. I have been amassing a tea collection for nearly two years and have spent way too much money. I now try to buy mostly Puerh as I like it most and it lasts nearly forever. Black tea has a habit of going bad. If anyone is interested in tea swaps I am open to ideas and have quite a cupboard.

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