As a pu noob, this may not be a fair assessment.. I think I steeped it properly after completely botching this last night. I used 7g of tea in 16oz of 200 degree water for 40 seconds (adding 10 seconds for additional steeps). The tea color is a light gold. The taste is woody and smoky, dissolving into a subtle sweetness on the back end. I didn’t really taste a change in flavor over subsequent steeps, so it tasted very one-note throughout the entire process. I will try again with a gaiwan, when it comes in, and update accordingly.
Flavors: Smoke, Wood
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Dodo, you’ll need to try yours and tell me what it’s supposed to taste like
That’s a lot of water for short steeps. Usually in a gaiwan you would have 3 or 4 oz and do flash steeps.
^ agreed. I generally do ~6g leaf to 100mL water and start sheng at around 15 seconds after a rinse or two.
I was following the recommended “teapot” instructions on the tea’s page: http://theteakings.com/product/da-ye-5-year-aged-puer/
Should I have doubled the leaf and only done 8oz (~235ml) for 15 seconds? Is there a good way to brew it western style?
Dodo, you’ll need to try yours and tell me what it’s supposed to taste like
That’s a lot of water for short steeps. Usually in a gaiwan you would have 3 or 4 oz and do flash steeps.
^ agreed. I generally do ~6g leaf to 100mL water and start sheng at around 15 seconds after a rinse or two.
I was following the recommended “teapot” instructions on the tea’s page: http://theteakings.com/product/da-ye-5-year-aged-puer/
Should I have doubled the leaf and only done 8oz (~235ml) for 15 seconds? Is there a good way to brew it western style?