Thank you to JC for sending me a sample of this. I’ve had a few silver needle puerhs and I’ve liked them immensely. When I first saw this I thought it was a green tea, anyway the leaves are very slender and beautiful looking. I probably should have used the whole sample I was given but I used 1/2 of it instead so I suspect this will be a very light tasting.
I steeped this in the Yixing and did a quick rinse, not even sure if that was necessary but oh well… I steeped it for around 30 seconds and it has a nice creamy flavor, reminds me a bit of almonds and is also a bit floral. Very delicate and nice for an evening.
2nd steep: I am getting the melon flavor here and I can kind of see why this tea is named snow mountain, it seems to have the essence of a fresh frosty mountain.
It’s really lovely, thanks for sharing JC! I may steep this a few more times tonight and will keep you posted. ;)
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Sounds delicious!
Hi Amy! Glad you liked it! Yes it is a very light and subtle Puerh, but it is equally sweet. Next time I’ll send you more (I restocked YAY!!!). The rinse I feel the same, it is an older puerh, but is so clean and sweet that I’ve tried it with out rinsing, still good but that rinse opens up the flavor.
I’ll send you more next time. what I like about this tea is that even though really subtle it feel like you can just keep steeping as long as you add time.
Sounds delicious!
Hi Amy! Glad you liked it! Yes it is a very light and subtle Puerh, but it is equally sweet. Next time I’ll send you more (I restocked YAY!!!). The rinse I feel the same, it is an older puerh, but is so clean and sweet that I’ve tried it with out rinsing, still good but that rinse opens up the flavor.
I’ll send you more next time. what I like about this tea is that even though really subtle it feel like you can just keep steeping as long as you add time.