Received one of these small ripe pu squares as a sample with a recent order. These squares should be up soon at white2tea.com, and I’ve already ordered a double on this. I don’t think the tea contains any chocolate, they just look like little candies because of the shapes, squares and little hearts ranging from 4 grams to 8 grams apiece. An order consists of a bunch of varied sizes.
I jumped on an order of these after giving the one sample a try, because I think this is a bit of benchmark history for puerh, a time when ripe puerh still contained some wild arbor or wild tea leaf. Camphor and a cooling finish indicates the trees grew near wild camphor bushes. The little bricks are dry-stored which will be good news for people who hate traditional storage. I can smell a bit of old paper smell, probably from paper wrappings or box storage, but I expect this to air out of the tea eventually.
Soup is brown and crystal clear. White2tea selections have been notable for me with clarity, I just haven’t yet had a murky tea from them. No chocolate flavor, but a nice smooth shu in a size I can take with me on travels and when I don’t feel like picking apart a cake. I plan to share a few of these with friends.
Got some photos of my little bricks and the brew on my blog at http://deathbytea.blogspot.com.
Flavors: Caramel, Paper, Tea, Wet Rocks, Wet Wood
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Ooh! This sounds good!
you are hilarious. i enjoyed your blog as usual. And white2tea subscription is something I’m looking into. i just wished it would a little more specific about amount of tea
He said that it’s going to vary by month, sounds like at least 30g, but it could be as much as 300g.
Thank you Cheri for letting me know. i think im sold,haha
I’ve been getting occasional lucky samples of stuff with my orders, tea that is not offered on the website. If it is anything like these off-the-shelf samples, I think we are in for a treat. I feel like I’ll be getting personal tea shopping services every month.
Ooh! This sounds good!
you are hilarious. i enjoyed your blog as usual. And white2tea subscription is something I’m looking into. i just wished it would a little more specific about amount of tea
He said that it’s going to vary by month, sounds like at least 30g, but it could be as much as 300g.
Thank you Cheri for letting me know. i think im sold,haha
I’ve been getting occasional lucky samples of stuff with my orders, tea that is not offered on the website. If it is anything like these off-the-shelf samples, I think we are in for a treat. I feel like I’ll be getting personal tea shopping services every month.