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The tea I drank was called Enlightenment and was phenomenal. This is a tea I wish I could get more of. I did not prepare this tea. It was prepared for me by WuDe of Global Tea Hut fame. He doesn’t consider himself a tea master but I disagree. He prepared this tea for about 23 of us in attendance. It was not a ripe puerh according to WuDe but tasted a bit like a ripe puerh but the earthy flavor of it was very pleasant and not at all dirty like a poorly made shou. I actually had three teas prepared by the man but this was the best. The first two were in a course on the art of Cha Dao. The tea enlightenment was prepared for the evening tea ceremony. He prepared the tea in what I would say was a 1 liter kyusu style teapot and then put the first steeping into a big glass teapot used as a cha hai. Then he made a second steeping and added it. After this he gave it to a woman who went around the room serving us small bowls of tea, a little more than in a standard gongfu style teacup. If I rated teas on this one it would rate at least a 101. It was quite possibly the best tea I had ever had. One of the earlier teas in the earlier session on Cha Dao he said was from 1000 year old trees. Now WuDe is someone I could see actually having the connections to get some of this. These teas were simply brewed in our bowls again and again and again. All this was an incredible experience to say the least. I wish I could go back tomorrow for more but I have to work.