Ashmanra’s sipdown challenge – October 2024 Tea #5 – A tea with a unique name
From Michelle —a while ago! Thanks again! I was thinking this morning what could fit this prompt, and then looking through the puerh Michelle sent, THIS one is certainly unpronounceable to me and certainly not a name I have ever seen on another tea before. So I think this fits this prompt. A big chunk went into the infuser. I noticed I didn’t have enough water in the kettle for a rinse, so the first steep was a little light, as this was a slow unraveller. But the flavor that is there is very good. Starchy bread! Coffee! No disagreeable flavor notes. The second steep was richer, stronger, even better, of course. I had a mug outside and immediately steeped the third steep in the cold mug, so the puerh had a sort of “cold puerh flavor” that I have noticed on occasion before with an autmun mug and puerh, maybe what I could only describe as an extra bite to it? But the fourth steep with a room temp mug also had that characteristic, so I’m not sure if it was the fault of the cold mug or not! I have another chunk left that I will try not to let out into the autumn cold. But four solid steeps here for this eleven year old shu.
Steep #1 // 21 minutes after boiling // 4 minute steep
Steep #2 // 10 minutes after boiling // 3 minute steep
Steep #3 // just boiled // 4 minute steep
Steep #4 // just boiled // 10 min
I liked this one too and wrote down that it turned nuttier as it cooled :)