Pu Erh Tea

If you dont' know it - you gotta try it. I was not sold simply reading the sellers blurbs. An office mate gave me a cake and I am drinking nothing else. The printed descriptions are all wrong and misleading. What a fantastic tea. If leery, try a sample from Upton Teas - they have a fantastic sample program - small quantities, reasonable cost, terrific service.

I love this tea. I drink both the black and green varieties religiously.

rwj

Ditto. It's one of my very favorites and has a complexity that I do not generally find in teas.

Anyone care to suggest a food match? I'm thinking a mildly sweet kheer.

That sounds nice, Stuart. I would think that a Halwa would be nice, too.

rwj

I love this tea. I drink both the black and green varieties religiously.

I've tried drinking things religiously, but always find that my knees get sore before I finish the bottle.....

I love this tea. I drink both the black and green varieties religiously.

I've tried drinking things religiously, but always find that my knees get sore before I finish the bottle.....

LOL!

This is a Chinese drink so I get to sit on my butt with my legs crossed; much nicer.

rwj

Thanks for the reminder about the tea, BTW. I love tea, I just don't get around to buying or drinking it as often as I used to - too much into the coffee mindset I suppose.

Pu Erh reminds me of a vivid childhood experience -- tunneling through a pile of raked autumn leaves. The smell is so earthy, so much like those wet leaves, slightly decayed.

Some Chinese restaurants, Dim Sum places, will serve you a mixture of chrysanthemum blossom tea and Pu Erh. The freshness of the flower tea offsets the earthiness of the Pu Erh.

It is very different from most teas and worth a try. I seem to be fixated on good Oolongs though at present.

Frank

Where's a good mail order source of Pu Erh Tea? I don't seem to find it on the Stash website, where we usually buy our tea.

Thanks, Bob

Where's a good mail order source of Pu Erh Tea? I don't seem to find it on the Stash website, where we usually buy our tea.

Thanks, Bob

http://www.uptontea.com

F

I would think that a Halwa would be nice, too.

Tried it yesterday. Works for me. I love Pu Erh - it's earthy/forest floor-like - like a good old Burgundy, lol!

-O-

[Robin Garr]

Where's a good mail order source of Pu Erh Tea? I don't seem to find it on the Stash website, where we usually buy our tea.

Bob, Upton is absolutely my favorite for online tea.

For Chinese tea in particular, though, including Pu Erh, I've also had very good experience with Ten Ren Tea ... definitely worth checking out.

Upton Tea:
http://www.uptontea.com

Ten Ren Tea:
http://www.tenren.com/

Thanks, Frank and Robin. Regards, Bob

A sad note on tea today as Murchies, a business in Vancouver for more than a century, announced receivership.

I'm not sure I am up for buying any of their more expensive teas in support (up to $280 a pound) but you might want to look at this and tell me if there is anything I should really tryu (while I can)



http://www.murchies.com/wwww/coffee.php?mCat=2&sCat=0&lst=long

Bill, I suspect you know a bit about tea but I can't take that completely for granted. Simplest take, there are black, oolong, and green teas, oolong lying in between. Looking at what I might buy - not a big fan of green tea, certainly Dragons Well is one of the best Chinese greens and Gyokuro is one of the best Japanese. But I wouldn't buy those.

Similarly Ti Kuan Yin (Iron Goddess of Mercy) is an oolong but in my experience it lies on the "green" edge of oolong and I am not a fan.

If I had a gift certificate or something I might try the hairy crab, the orchid, the imperial gold, and the Formosa oolong. But that's mainly out of curiosity. They are probably all pretty good.

The Darjeeling silver tip and silver needle almost sound like they are in the direction of white tea, and I like that too. It is probably hard to go too far wrong with that selection. Sorry they are giving it up!

Frank