I teach piano and voice lessons in my home, and my students find out about my tea obsession pretty quickly. There are two Bellocq tins sitting on the piano and the dog treats for them to bribe my Sam are in a Mariage Feres tin, so it would be pretty hard to miss.
Today, an adorable little boy who has been coming for lessons for about a year asked if he could have a cup of tea. He was getting an extra long lesson because his sibling is at camp. I told him he was welcome to have a cup from my tetsubin…it was this. A ripe pu.
His mother does not drink tea at all, and from what he tells me his father drinks herbals and green tea.
Would you believe he loved it? With no milk or sugar, too. He told me he likes really, really STRONG tea, sweetened please, but I gave him this plain (there was sugar on the table) but he drank it just as it was and exclaimed that it was delicious.
I am out now, so these nuggets are getting resteeped plenty today and tomorrow.
This is one of the sweeter and milder ripe puerh teas I have had. It has great body and is so easy to drink…a child could do it.
What a great tale! My son likes really strong tea too. He’s a musician. Hm.