Puerh Travelling Tea Box - Round 3 Finished

cool! AllanK has a ton of puerh XD

It’s pretty unique, I’d say, but should prove interesting to most people into pu.

I’d say toss it in. ;)

Wait until you see my odd list of additions :p

If we can toss in Liu Bao I have some from Chawangshop as well. What is the consensus here?

I’m OK with some Liubao. It looked like something interesting to try is seems to be related to puerh. Looks like it might be called “puerh” in the same way that a California wine could be called “Champagne” or “Burgundy.”

Based purely on aroma, one could only call this particular Liu Bao “puerh” in the same way I might call a pile of Chinese dirt “tea.” LMAO! Lord have mercy, I hope it tastes better than it smells! I am going to let it sit for awhile and get over its jetlag before I have some.

If we can add Liubao how about Fuzhuan?

I knew this question would come up. I’d say feel free to add any sort of heicha but try to do it in moderation. This is primarily a Puerh box, but a little broadening of our horizons is probably a good thing.

As I alluded to above, Puerh is defined as coming from Yunnan, but I’m okay with Laotian, Thai or wherever they make an equivalent tea.

@curlygc: Not too much of the “dirt tea” please :)

I’d love to sample some more “other” heicha

I don’t have enough heicha to take over the box anyway, just a few different ones.

@Dr Jim: if the “dirt” tea tastes like it smells, I’ll spare you all!

Even I am not old enough to have direct memory when the slang for pot was “tea”.

I have also added the 2013 Chen Sheng Hao Snake’s Year Memorial Ripe from Aliexpress King Tea 40g

Don’t forget to grab one of the yqh bags I added if you haven’t already.

Planning on it. There’s a puerh pick in there for someone too. I have plenty so I don’t need it. Look’s like it was a gift from White2Tea.

Added the 2014 Wild Monk from Mandala Tea 22g

oooh, i could use the pick. Thank you AllanK :)

what controversy? curious!

The controversy was whether the tea was a 1997 tea or actually much younger, and also if it was a real CNNP or if it was a fake. It might have been younger than 1997 and humid stored. No one was certain. It was in the Puerh of the Day thread several months ago.

Yssah, as you are after Liquid Proust on the list there should be some of this tea left for you to try. It is an interesting tea. It has a lot of what are in my opinion humid stored taste even though Streetshop88 apparently says it was dry stored. In the end it’s only possible to say you learned something from the tea. You cannot prove its origins in the end. Aged tea and younger humid stored teas can have similar characteristics.

i will just get a little bit so others can try it too. thanks AllanK! :)

Yssah, make sure you try the 2013 Chen Sheng Hao Snake’s Year too. I put 40g of that in the box and it is one of the smoothest puerhs I have ever had.

ah, great tip Allan! i will be sure to do that. i wanna see how a smooth puerh tastes XD

@AllanK
What about October’s ripe from Global Tea Hut?
That tea is like liquid silk.

Have not gotten around to drinking that yet, soon.

This isn’t even 100g… Come on now! Be a pu addict

I have to limit my caffeine because of insomnia or I would have drank more. Trying not to keep the box too long.

For Halloween just yell trick or treat as you reach into the box and grab a handful of goodies :)

I did keep a few grams but they are detailed above. I have about five teas from the box yet to drink.

You can also just put a few samples aside for later. No reason you have to drink things while the box is in your possession. Last round some people just bagged up a bunch of samples and sent the box off within a couple of days.

Given the discussion about letting puerh rest for a couple of weeks after it arrives, this makes sense.

I thought scented/flavored is against the ttb rules? Otherwise I’ve got some Chrysanthemum pu I’d add (though to me, that stuff is just pu poo, not unlike the liubao “dirt tea” I’m drinking right now, but I suppose one person’s poo pu is another’s pu treasure, no?)

None of these are flavored, but if you are referring to the Haiwan Fragrance Cassia Twig… it’s just what it is. AllanK should be able to vouch for it as well, but maybe I have some incorrect information?

When I googled Cassia I get references to cinnamon. Is this something with a strong aroma? The argument against flavored teas is largely because the flavor travels to the other teas. Does the tea have a strong aroma?

Also, “Chinese sencha” doesn’t sound like Puerh. What am I missing?

I assure you, the wording of ‘Cassia Twig’ is probably 90% a selling point and 10% what it actually is. Think of it as Wuyi oolong that is called ‘cinnamon oolong’.
The Sencha is: https://www.espemporium.com/p-420-green-mini-tuocha-china-green-pu-erh-tea-100-g.aspx , very interesting as it really is Chinese sencha; much easier to drink for those who dislike astringency that is present within a lot of shengs. I corrected my additions to reflect the wording better.

OK I’ll trust your judgement.

I’m actually drinking the 2005 Haiwan Fragrance of Cassia Twigs now and I would swear it has no flavor of cinnamon. Despite the name it is a straight puerh.

thanks for organizing the teas, LP! much appreciated :)

Glad it arrived.

Enjoy