Rishi Tea

Yum :)

Always a dependable breakfast tea (even though it’s past noon already today). Steeped for 4 1/2 minutes, it’s got a strong, malty flavor and dark reddish-brown liqueur.

The last bit of it …

Sencha Yuzu to end the day. I’m such a sucker for lemony flavors.

Some more Sencha Yuzu.

Sencha Yuzu. Very pretty color.

Very smooth, tastes a little bit like pineapple.

One of the few so-called premium teas I can find here in Colorado Springs (at whole foods). Wonderfully nutty flavored, with no bitterness. One of my favorite all day teas.

I’ve had this for a little while now and it’s been pretty good. Mainly, I bought it because the packaging was cool. I wonder if its getting stale.
Does that happen even if i keep it in the tin that it came in?

Been drinking this from a local cafe for the last couple days- very date-y presentation, great with a bit of cream and honey. Not as near and dear as my straight malty Assam, but yum nonetheless.

I had a really hard time getting this tea to where I liked it. I finally settled on 1 tsp leaf to 8oz water. Water should be at 165F.

I only have one problem with this tea: the design of the tin it comes in. It uses the same tin size and shape as Rishi’s loose-leaf tins, but the packed pu-erh cakes are much denser, meaning that I tend to misjudge the weight when I pick it up. I’ve dropped the tin twice, causing the wrapped cakes to scatter all over the floor.

Aside from that, it’s the best tasting pu-erh I’ve had so far.

I quickly rinsed out my pot of Golden Monkey from yesterday and brewed this in the morning. I think that extra slight touch of sweetness from the previous tea makes this great pu-erh even better.

Drinking a cup or two and gearing up for the World Tea Expo this weekend :)

Really great stuff! This is a very robust tea — it’s a good transition tea for coffee drinkers (though you have to be especially careful about not over-steeping). I typically do 4 minutes on this one.

my breakfast tea choice this morning.

stands up well to mx infusions. One of the better greens I’ve had.

light color and flavor. nutty and grassy notes are very subtle, which I really like about this tea. interested to see how the next couple of infusions go…

I am brewing this exact tea while typing this. Cooled the water down till around 75c or about 170F. The leaves are a bit smaller then I am used to with most silver needle. Let it brew for 2 min. Slightly a little dry, but still with that soothing sweet after taste. For the price it is not bad at all. I think the water for the Rishi variety could have been hotter, like 175-180.

Drank 2 days ago, very good. I would say 3rd best Yunnan I had. Rishi’s version is nice but the leaves are smaller for a typical golden Yunnan. Brewed 6g in a 20 oz pot for 1:25 sec. Brings a nice sweetness with that distinctive “tobacco” like aroma.