Thank you so much for passing this along, derk! derk wasn’t thrilled with this one and we had a swap we were building, so I requested this one. I love these types of pu-erh that look like a candy bar that you break a piece from. This one just happened to have lilies in it. By the time the fourth steep had unraveled in the basket, there was an entire big lily blossom floating at the top, not to mention the smaller petals throughout. Wow! It’s amazing how tea unravels sometimes. The flavor was very consistent throughout all four steeps. A very dark shu — I couldn’t really taste anything floral per se, but the pu-erh is very delicious on it’s own. The main note being starchy and bakey like a good rye bread. Nothing offensive here at all. But also not terribly distinct. I do like how dark it is though! Now that it’s cooler weather… let the great chai avalanche commence!
Steep #1 // 1 square for full mug // 20 minutes after boiling // rinse // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // 18 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #3 // just boiled // 5 min steep
Steep #4 // just boiled // 11 min steep
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Tea-sipper: Speaking of chai avalanche – Cuppageek has released a TON of chai blends, and a lot of the blends benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital where her son is being treated. I should have them in my hands in just a few days, so I will try to get some notes posted quickly!
Oh cool, I’m looking forward to your notes on all of those!
Tea-sipper: Speaking of chai avalanche – Cuppageek has released a TON of chai blends, and a lot of the blends benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital where her son is being treated. I should have them in my hands in just a few days, so I will try to get some notes posted quickly!
Oh cool, I’m looking forward to your notes on all of those!