Another Fengqing to try! The dry leaf here also doesn’t have much gold — only an occasional deep red leaf among all the darker leaf. The fragrance of the dry leaf is only a hint bready. The flavor on the first steep is lovely — the sweetest of rye breads. Very starchy mouthfeel to go with that bread flavor. NO negative qualities here. The piece has hardly unraveled on the first steep. The second steep, I did notice while brewing that there was definitely a fishy fragrance — very rare for a Teavivre puerh! But the fishiness was not at all in the rich, persistent flavor -only while the cup was steeping. The second steep also lost the starchy quality but now it is almost like a drying, chalky quality, though not in a bad way - just noticeably different from the other shou samples. The third and fourth steeps don’t lose that element of chalk, but it also doesn’t lose it’s strength! Another sample in which the first steep is the best, though I think I’m being tame on these steeps until the fourth. Four strong steeps here. I feel I am mostly failing at describing flavors within these puerh samples, but there is usually one tiny element that separates them from the other Fengqing puerhs, while mostly just being very awesome puerh cakes that have consistently great flavor. It will be amazing to try these again with further aging, as these samples have been spectacular even now.
Steep #1 // half sample (5grams) for medium sized mug // 20 minutes after boiling // 7 second rinse // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // 11 minutes after boiling // 3 min
Steep #3 // just boiled // 3 min
Steep #4 // just boiled // 10 min
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Hi! I love tea and trying new ones – it adds a bit of variety to my day! Books, music, TV & movies are my thing… and tea, of course.
Some of my favorite tea shops (still operating):
birdandblendtea.com
teavivre.com
52teas.com
svtea.com
whisperingpinestea.com
justea.com
harney.com
Dammann Freres
fusionteas.com
shop.Javateaco.com
Lupicia
Octaviatea.com
Davidstea.com
eco-cha.com
what-cha.com
singleoriginteas.com
teasenz.com
tealyra.com
Mandalatea.com
verdanttea.com
Favorite tea shops (RIP):
butikiteas.com
steapshoppe.com
steepcityteas.com
aquartertotea.com
dellaterrateas.com
zentealife.com
angrytearoom.com
theteamerchant.net
joysteaspoon.com
tealiciousllc.com
Rivertea
Specialteas
My icon photo is Richard Mayhew from the graphic novel ‘Neverwhere’ by Neil Gaiman, Mike Carey & Glenn Fabry.
Most of the teas listed in my cupboard are actually sample sizes. I don’t really have 2,000 ounces of tea around here! Many of my teas have only one teaspoon left… maybe two. But I like keeping them in my cupboard list for reference to what I could be sipping. Usually, I write tasting notes once for each tea. I’m still drinking them, just not writing tasting notes each time!
I’m always in search of: Hattialli, Qu Hao black, Jin Jun Mei, teas using marshmallow root.
My dislikes: hibiscus, ginger (unless in chai), turmeric, bee pollen, charcoal type flavors
My ratings:
95-100 – Super awesome deliciousness favorites – cupboard essential
80-95 – Also pretty delicious
65-80 – Pretty good
50-65 – Okay
1-50 – Probably won’t want to sip it again
I’m planning on being a Steepsterer as long as there IS a Steepster, so if you’re not hearing from me, that means something happened to my health… if you know what I mean. (Or as evidenced by the great computer hiatus of 2019, something happened to my computer… I have a dumb phone so can’t access internet on that. As of 12/20/21 my wifi might start getting unreliable.)
Happy sipping!
Location
USA
