Story: Well today has been a bust. I woke up to my dog being sick. We think he might have ingested something, but don’t know what. He was breathing hard and wouldn’t eat, and would barely drink. Someone told my mom to give him a pinch of Pepto and to give him lean boiled hamburger meat. Of course when I get back from the store he comes out and eats food out of his bowl………. at least he is better now. sigh this is so not how I planned my day to go. What a waste.
Tea: Backlogging from a few days ago with this one. I am slowly getting through my samples……. slowly. I brewed this with the gonfu directions on Verdant’s website; though sadly I forgot to do a second rinse. Here are my random thoughts from each steep.
Steep 1: Must and spice, sorta of malty. Still need to understand linen flavor but I think it taste it. I am getting some Caramel now.
Steep 2: More sweeter. slight menthol on the tongue. sweetness yes. omn nom.
Steep 3: More cakey now. A slight spice coming through. tasty. minty menthol after taste
Steep 4: Sorta of cinnamon and heavy linen and semolina
Steep 5: Stronger cinnamon. Not so much a flavor as more of that dry spice tingle I associate with cinnamon.
Steep 6: More savory taste and some minty after taste.
Steep 7: Caramel like savory and sweet with a smidge of mint and cinnamoness
Steep 8: Crisper less savory and more cinnamon taste. very sweet is back. Semolina again maybe. Also still cinnamon. Pine dew maybe.
Steep 9: CINNAMON LEVEL AT 8000!!!!! lots of salty caramel and a hint of pine dew…..yum!
Steep 10: lots of pine dew. some cinnamon after taste. Also savory, but lots of pine dew in the beginning sip.
Cooled: more savory caramel and cinnamon
I then did a couple of western brews, but I didn’t like them as much. They were very strong of burnt caramel, but that was it. I liked how through the steeps it got less caky/malty and turned into salted caramel cinnamon, but with a bit of woodiness and menthol to keep it from getting to bold. I never could get the nuggets to break apart.
Overall it was very good. I wouldn’t call it uber complex, but it was what a would call upper middle shelf. Very good flavors from beginning to the end of the sip. It would be good for someone who doesn’t like earthy Puerh’s.
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I am geek chuckling at the fact that the 8000 cinnamon level is at steep 9.
Would Mae a good later infusion latte.
i need a long weekend to have a puerh party! Sit and go through 1-2 in a day. heh love this review!
Very nice review, I enjoyed reading this! (happy the dog is feeling better! )
@Bonnie: That sounds like a really good idea. I wound’t have though about using a pu erh in a latte.
@Sil: ahah you and me both. Glad you liked it.
@TheTeaFairy: Thanks! Yeah he was pretty bad. I just can’t believe he snapped out of it right after I got back from the store. I was like, “I’m so happy your feeling better, but….. did you have to do right after I bought stuff for you?”
I am geek chuckling at the fact that the 8000 cinnamon level is at steep 9.
Would Mae a good later infusion latte.
i need a long weekend to have a puerh party! Sit and go through 1-2 in a day. heh love this review!
Very nice review, I enjoyed reading this! (happy the dog is feeling better! )
@Bonnie: That sounds like a really good idea. I wound’t have though about using a pu erh in a latte.
@Sil: ahah you and me both. Glad you liked it.
@TheTeaFairy: Thanks! Yeah he was pretty bad. I just can’t believe he snapped out of it right after I got back from the store. I was like, “I’m so happy your feeling better, but….. did you have to do right after I bought stuff for you?”