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Bingdao Raw Puerh Orbs

Tea type
Pu'erh Tea
Ingredients
Pu Erh Tea
Flavors
Astringent, Bitter, Green, Tannic, Tart, Vegetal
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Compressed
Caffeine
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Average preparation
Boiling 0 min, 30 sec 9 g 8 oz / 236 ml

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From Beautiful Taiwan Tea Company

There is nothing more dear to us at BTTC than High Elevation teas. This raw pu-erh is no exception.

Bing Dao 冰岛 is a famous tea-growing village area in Lincang, Yunnan Province known for its high elevation and viscous, milder teas. I don’t know the year on these because they’ve been in the bottom of my tea chest for, I’m guessing three years and I didn’t write the year down. It’s still young though and has a LOT of energy (chaqi). I’mRead more

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I bought these raw puer balls with my last order from BTTC just to try it. And yesterday I tried it. Said to be a 2015, I don’t doubt its youth—now at 9 yrs. Physically, the material consists of whole tips (2 leaves and bud) carefully rolled into a ball slightly smaller than a ping-pong ball, weighing about 9g each. I used a whole ball and steeped sequentially in 8oz boiling alpine spring water for 30 sec after a quick rinse with the same water. The tea rapidly loosened, with free leaves after the 2nd steep. Their color was an olive green with brown streaks, looking very appealing. The aroma was sharp and slightly smoky. The taste, however almost made my mouth pucker! Not sour, but very astringent and bitter. Vegetal, tannic and harsh, and so rough on my throat that I couldn’t speak well after the second cup! As if my vocal chords seized up, like happens after a coughing fit. Third steeping was the same, and was the last I could tolerate. These “dragon balls” won’ be fit to drink for another 20 years at least. And I will have no interest in them by then, so they are up for adoption. My voice gradually recovered overnight. If this type of tea is to your taste, they are still for sale on the BTTC site also.

Flavors: Astringent, Bitter, Green, Tannic, Tart, Vegetal

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 30 sec 9 g 8 OZ / 236 ML
TeaEarleGreyHot 10 months ago

No other symptoms besides the raw throat, but I ran a Covid-19 test yesterday just to be sure. Negative test. It’s the tea that’s sick, not me!

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