Received as a free sample from Yunnan Sourcing. My dive into gong fu tea has led to me experiencing a phenomenon new to me known as “tea drunk.” I felt it first when I tried the tie guan yin last week. Kind of a high, invigorating yet serene. I didn’t attribute it to tea at the time but feeling it again this evening led me to do some research. Apparently it’s possible the combination of caffeine and L-theanine is producing this effect? Exciting. And from my understanding, this is different from cha qi? Anyway, I quite enjoyed this sample. Smoky, earthy, and woodsy at first, later fruity, kind of plummy almost? Steeped around 15 times.
Flavors: Clay, Fruity, Plum, Smoke, Smooth, Wet Earth, Wet Wood, Wood
Preparation
Boiling
0 min, 30 sec
6 g
3 OZ / 100 ML
Puerh can produce such a range of body and mind feelings if your constitution is receptive. Some people can’t feel these things, though, which doesn’t speak any lesser of a person or of a tea. My first tea drunk feeling was with a Formosa oolong!