8g, gongfu, boiling water. The aroma of this tea: mushrooms and flowers, admittedly an odd combo but I love it. More of the florals come out with the wet leaf. The flavor is not as sweet as I thought it would be. It’s peppery actually. And yes – pickles. WHY PICKLES, WHY?

I have to come back to this tea another time, it’s just not working for me tonight!

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boychik 10 years ago

Do you rinse

curlygc 10 years ago

Pu’ers, always. Not always with other kinds though, just depends.

boychik 10 years ago

i rinse all chinese teas. Pickles, love them. not sure abt tea

boychik 10 years ago

is it sour taste? maybe it has dill note thats why reminds you of pickles. i just looked at other reviews and all of them mention pickles. hmm

curlygc 10 years ago

I know, when I read the other reviews that mentioned pickles I thought they were mad! It’s not dill, maybe it’s just an odd sourness. I don’t know, I’ll have to come back to it another time.

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boychik 10 years ago

Do you rinse

curlygc 10 years ago

Pu’ers, always. Not always with other kinds though, just depends.

boychik 10 years ago

i rinse all chinese teas. Pickles, love them. not sure abt tea

boychik 10 years ago

is it sour taste? maybe it has dill note thats why reminds you of pickles. i just looked at other reviews and all of them mention pickles. hmm

curlygc 10 years ago

I know, when I read the other reviews that mentioned pickles I thought they were mad! It’s not dill, maybe it’s just an odd sourness. I don’t know, I’ll have to come back to it another time.

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For many years I drank cheap asian market-bought oolongs because I really didn’t know what was out there. For the last year or so I’ve been educating myself and making a foray into better quality teas. During the course of my journey I have fallen hard down the puerh rabbit hole – it started with young sheng, but now there’s another even deeper hole in the aged category, and I may be careening down this particular rabbit hole forever. I do still find time for aged oolong, a good wuyi yancha, and the occasional aged white.

I stopped rating teas awhile ago. I guess the numbers stopping meaning anything after awhile. For a long time I was pretty good about keeping my cupboard up to date and reviewing teas, mostly to help me keep track and remember what I like. I’ve gotten lazy about that for the last several months.

The tea addiction has also spawned a new addiction to throwing pottery, and I have become mildly obsessed with making tea cups, shibos, and teapots.

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