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additional notes: enjoying this one today. This doesn’t pertain to this ripe pu-erh in particular, but I have noticed that Teavivre’s website seems to be taking a couple of my reviews from older ripe pu-erhs and sticking them on matching pu-erhs, but for different years/harvests of the pu-erhs that I have never actually tried. I have noticed this twice. For example: My note for the Fengqing Ripened Pu-erh Cake 2018 moving over to the 2022 year. I’m not sure how I feel about this, as not only is it confusing to me, since I never actually drank the 2022 (and if I believe I already tried it and it wasn’t a Must Buy then there would be no reason for me to buy it again, when really I never tried it to begin with)… but essentially Teavivre is saying it is the same puerh? Are they just replacing wrappers? Why would they do that if older puerh is more valuable than new? To me, all harvests/cakes should be thought of as different if it’s labeled as a different year….

Also, it looks like they still have THIS cake in stock, labeled the same year 2007, but it is definitely a different wrapper than the original.

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Hi! I love tea and trying new ones – it adds a bit of variety to my day! Books, music, TV & movies are my thing… and tea, of course.

Some of my favorite tea shops (still operating):
birdandblendtea.com
teavivre.com
52teas.com
svtea.com
whisperingpinestea.com
justea.com
harney.com
Dammann Freres
fusionteas.com
shop.Javateaco.com
Lupicia
Octaviatea.com
Davidstea.com
eco-cha.com
what-cha.com
singleoriginteas.com
teasenz.com
tealyra.com
Mandalatea.com
verdanttea.com

Favorite tea shops (RIP):
butikiteas.com
steapshoppe.com
steepcityteas.com
aquartertotea.com
dellaterrateas.com
zentealife.com
angrytearoom.com
theteamerchant.net
joysteaspoon.com
tealiciousllc.com
Rivertea
Specialteas

My icon photo is Richard Mayhew from the graphic novel ‘Neverwhere’ by Neil Gaiman, Mike Carey & Glenn Fabry.

Most of the teas listed in my cupboard are actually sample sizes. I don’t really have 2,000 ounces of tea around here! Many of my teas have only one teaspoon left… maybe two. But I like keeping them in my cupboard list for reference to what I could be sipping. Usually, I write tasting notes once for each tea. I’m still drinking them, just not writing tasting notes each time!

I’m always in search of: Hattialli, Qu Hao black, Jin Jun Mei, teas using marshmallow root.

My dislikes: hibiscus, ginger (unless in chai), turmeric, bee pollen, charcoal type flavors

My ratings:
95-100 – Super awesome deliciousness favorites – cupboard essential
80-95 – Also pretty delicious
65-80 – Pretty good
50-65 – Okay
1-50 – Probably won’t want to sip it again

I’m planning on being a Steepsterer as long as there IS a Steepster, so if you’re not hearing from me, that means something happened to my health… if you know what I mean. (Or as evidenced by the great computer hiatus of 2019, something happened to my computer… I have a dumb phone so can’t access internet on that. As of 12/20/21 my wifi might start getting unreliable.)

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