Urgh, I had written a note for this and accidentally closed the window before I could finish it. Starting all over!
Yesterday I decided to boil my shu puerh teapot as I thought it picked up a moldy smell after accidentally leaving water in it for a few days. Here’s the pot, looking and smelling a lot better:
https://instagram.com/p/0lb7doILaA
This sample puerh came from the YS dark tea of the month club. I’m quite pleased with it so far. As Allan noted, there is no fermentation flavor or aroma present. I am doing short steeps in the yixing and get a sweet, creamy tea that is very smooth. No bitterness is present. The tea is chocolate-y and also went fabulously with a dark chocolate peanut butter cup from Justin’s. :)
3 steeps so far and the flavor is quite good. I would consider buying a cake of this, a good value at $30, but my tea budget is not very large at the moment.
I hate when that happens!
me too :-P
Mine is sitting in San Francisco.
Mine left SF few days ago . Still nowhere :( in transit …I have no prob when it goes thru Chicago or JFK. SF always a pain in a b…
I guess it’s good that I live in San Francisco!