This week, I rediscovered this tea in the depths of my tea drawer. Okay, tea cupboard. Okay, tea closet. It has mellowed a bit in storage during the 4 years since my last tea note, but is still quite nice. Unique aroma is still evident when brewed (5g in 8 oz boiling alpine spring water, western style using a steel tea strainer). Gave it a 5 sec. rinse in boiling water, then steeped 30 sec. at first, lengthening the time with each resteep. The leaves opened up quickly enough and the tea was an amber brown. Good sipping on this snowy winter morning! Pity that YS no longer lists this for sale, but they do offer apparently similar teas now. Raising my rating by 5 points, to 77, as this is free of the defects that haunt so many Puers. I’m looking forward to sipping this all day, as I have been getting about 6 good infusions from each dose of leaf now, by this method.
Boiling
0 min, 30 sec
5 g
8 OZ / 236 ML
