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You mean your evil kittea licked it :)

I think Auggy (?) once said she had fishy pu-erh that could double as kitty team haha :_

Probably, I was like huh Maiden Ecstasy has stuff floating around? Looks at second infusion GRRR, WHERE ARE YOU KITTYCAT!!!

Guess kitties like pu-erh

Maybe it’s that fishy smell. ;)

That always happens to me, putting my first steep into a cup that is semi dusty, or has hair or fur in it!

Pu-erh purr?

2 rounds left! I liked Jackee and Thomas, even though I could never get caramel from Jackee. They are very distinct tasting black teas….but I wouldn’t reorder.

Still two left! Oh no! No one seems to want them! And tiger went so quickly!

I have this… I think… lol…

Drink it =]

Yeah then I can compare and hopefully positively identify it!

Hmmm, second go wasn’t as tasty. Maybe I didn’t steep it long enough =(

I really like this stuff, and I’m glad you do too! I still haven’t ordered any more (I’m out of cash) and I’m panicking… I don’t want it to be all sold out when I finally find some employment!
Gym locker smell?! I didn’t get any of that! Maybe it’s from the Adagio tin I repackaged it in, but I was sure to run it through the dishwasher before I added the new tea…

Oh and yeah, I loved the color too!

Unfortunately, a lot of the teavana stuff does not make a great second infusion, it usually is lackluster :(

Haha, if I get it before you, I’ll send you some =]

As for the smell. I don’t think it’s from the tin. Not sure where it’s from. It could be from my finium basket. I did have some Mariage Frères inside it beforehand.

gym lockers, fish tanks, Ricky! What are you drinking!?!?!

Nope I didn’t =P

Not a clue, today has been a weird day where nothing’s going my way. I’m having one of your days =P Except I’m losing things and things just stop working. Darn electronics!

I meant to say work out. Geez, I can’t type tonight. Lol.

did you get maiden’s ecstasy? I’m so excited because I get to try it tonight!

Yes I did! I wanted to try it after seeing Sophistre’s post this morning, but I wanted to get rid of my Blood Orange first. I also have Palace pu-erh =]

Fish tank, huh? Is there less fish tank when you steep for 15 seconds vs 2-4 min? I have a sample of this from takgoti and I stare at it every day wondering if today is gonna be the day I try pu-erh!!!

As long as you throw the first short steep away the fish tank smell goes away too… At least that’s what I’ve experienced…. maybe if you take a big whiff of the short steep before you dump it you will be so over whelmed by the fishes you wont notice it in what you are drinking! Sometimes I trick myself like that. :)

JacquelineM and Ricky, The only flavored pu erh I have tried that does not have a fishy smell is Teavana Strawberry Slender (of course it does not resteep well like other puerhs). I have tried unflavored pu erhs that do not have the fishy smell but they taste almost like coffee (to me and I don’t care for coffee). I have a orange peel ginger puerh that smells fishy and I trick myself (not unlike Madison) into thinking I am have an asian soup/broth. It so reminds me of some kinda asian inspired soup!
@JacquelineM I hope today is the DAY you try puerh I can’t wait to read your review!!! :)

SoccerMom – I already had asparagus tea earlier and that is enough trauma for one day :) Maybe next week!! :) :) :)

Jacqueline, tryyyyyy it =] Not sure if there’s a fish tank smell from a 15 second steep. I mean I’m not really bothered by it. It’s the first time I actually noticed it! But I did a little tea rinse and the smell was still there!

Haha, I mean if you hold your nose and drink, then you won’t smell a thing =]

I think Rishi Pu-erh vanilla mint didn’t have the smell either. The mint was overwhelming.

Rishi’s Pu-erh gave/gives me the fish tank smell and that’s the first I have found it in. Being out to sea in 20ft swells, fish tank is not the desires smell you want to find. :) Still enjoy Pu-erh land and will have to venture out into the flavored variety… slowly as ginger reminds me of the dentist.

Thanks for the great samples too, Ricky! The onboard post was hiding them from me! Now i have a few treasures to try while out here as well! THANKS!

Haha, I don’t notice this fish tank smell very often. I notice it when I’m at an aquarium, but not when I’m drinking pu-erh.

Haha, I was afraid the package might have gotten lost. Glad it arrived in one piece.

I’m a big fan of this tea…and picked up some more yesterday after seeing that Samovar special. I have yet to try the 4oz boiling water method either. I’ll give it a whirl when my order comes in.

Ricky I enjoyed your little ADD moment where you got sidetracked and wanted to go eat a peach! LOL :)

Did you buy the teennnyyyy teapot as well Lena?

Haha, well this tea has peach notes and it made me remember I had some peaches around. I love peach =]

Nope, I passed up the tee-niny teapot.

I like that you said “this was not crack tea” haha! I have yet to find a crack tea, but I am definitely leaning towards these pu-erhs…

Hmm, crack tea. Which would it be…. the one I drank repeatedly in a row were Pina Colada (52teas) and Peppermint Dreams (Mad Pots of Tea). Then again I didn’t have much lower caffeine teas at that time. Don’t know what my tea crack is. Florence maybe? I’ve been craving that for a while.

I have the Pina Colada, still trying to clean out house before cracking (ha, no pun intended) another one open…

Better than the Tiger?! Wooo! I gotta put that on my Samovar list!!

At the top of the list of my favorite teas! EVAR. AWESOMENESS IN A CUP. Yay! So happy you loved it!

Nice review.

I think it’s better than the tiger. It was delicious! Tiger is definitely mild compared to this.

Yeps, it’s awesomeeee. One more Yunnan to go! The samplers are fun. Pricey, but fun.

Thanks =]