Got a tiny bag of this (16g) just because I’d never tried a puerh and this one smelled the best to me (plus I like mates, which are coffeeish at times so this seemed like a good bet). It certainly has a distinct scent from other teas. “Earthy” and “roasty” come to mind and it kind of reminds me of the maltiness of like….rich soil. Not that it smells/tastes like soil. But it has the same rich, malty qualities. Oh lord, this is what happens when I try to explain things…
So I brewed it for 4 minutes with near boiling water and it was VERY dark. Coffee dark, which was nice. It did taste coffeeish, but reminded me very distinctly of the kitchen of my late grandmother who was a heavy smoker. Sort of like…stale coffee and old cigarette smoke. There was definitely a stale, ashy stagnance to it.
Needless to say that while I appreciated the trip down memory lane, I am not a fan of puerh, which is why I didn’t give this an awful rating. I think its hard to accurately rate a tea when I just don’t like the tea type.
It does have a lot of flavour and is quite robust, so I imagine that it would be quite good if you do like puerh.
Glad I got to try it in a small quantity, because now I know and I’m not out a chunk of money with a 25g bag kicking around.
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Ha, I’m not really a fan either! This was my first pu-erh many moons ago and it wasn’t my thing.
oh dear no, this is a terrible example of pu’erh lol! perhaps the ginger pu-erh?
(goes well with honey!)
Thanks for the heads up! Next time I get to a store I’ll try a bit of that and see if it improves my opinion of pu-erh!
if that doesn’t work I can send you some real unflavoured pu’erh! I find the DT versions have a little bit of a fishy smell anyhow
Indigobloom – completely agree that the DT ones are fishy, but the ginger one is one of the better ones :)
I agree! esp since I mostly drink it when sick :P
Ha, I’m not really a fan either! This was my first pu-erh many moons ago and it wasn’t my thing.
oh dear no, this is a terrible example of pu’erh lol! perhaps the ginger pu-erh?
(goes well with honey!)
Thanks for the heads up! Next time I get to a store I’ll try a bit of that and see if it improves my opinion of pu-erh!
if that doesn’t work I can send you some real unflavoured pu’erh! I find the DT versions have a little bit of a fishy smell anyhow
Indigobloom – completely agree that the DT ones are fishy, but the ginger one is one of the better ones :)
I agree! esp since I mostly drink it when sick :P