Tag Archives: Pu-erh

Goji Berry Shou Pu-erh

I happened across the idea behind this experiment when I was reading the Wikipedia Pu-erh page.

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2004 Jianshen Tuo

I spotted this tea while I was shopping at White2Tea‘s website. I’d just dropped a beeng of their Daily Drinker into my cart, and was browsing, seeing what else they had to tempt me with.

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White2Tea Daily Drinker

I’d been reading interesting things about White2Tea for quite a while, especially in the blogs of Char (Oolong Owl) and Cwyn (Death By Tea), and was keen to try them out.

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2009 Liming Kong Que Zhi Xiang Shou

My post evening meal pot of shou Pu-erh has become something of a tradition, and I was on the lookout for a new tea to take on this role.

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Retail Therapy

I’ve been busy ordering tea, chasing a few interesting leads.

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This and That

The spoon scraped hard against the bottom of the caddy. The “cheap but good enough as a palate cleanser and general digestive system degreasant” Golden Sail brand shou Pu-erh was all gone. Oh.

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2012 Ba Da Sheng Pu-erh

I can’t help it, but I’m a sucker for loose leaf sheng Pu-erh.

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2003 Menghai Shou Pu-erh

When you start to delve deeper into the mysterious world of Pu-erh, you tend to run across one name again and again – that of the Menghai Tea Factory.

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Mandarin Shou, Part 2

This is the somewhat delayed follow up post to my earlier experiment in jacking loose leaf shou Pu-erh with the flavour of Chinese mandarin peel – you can read that post here.

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The Postman Always Steeps Thrice

I had some good news today – my latest order from House of Tea arrived.

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