Bitter brew. The stuff on top is actually beeswax, I scooped some raw honey with wax bits in there for sweetener. I apparently should have diluted this! Then sweetened. #horehound#tea
Are you a tea fan? Have you tried pu-erh? It comes loose or in compressed cakes of various sizes.
I've been noticing over the years that I enjoy it on the second infusion even more than the first. It brews up nice and dark on the second pass too, with a rich earthy flavour that just borders on mocha.
Got this this 2015 Hojo Ma An Shan from liquidproust a few years back. Hojo is a Japanese tea company that sources teas from various places, including Yunnan, China. The Ma An Shan is an unusual raw Puerh, almost tastes like an oolong, fruity and very sweet, but with a raw Puerh backbone. One of those, "a tea that seems a little different every time I try it and I wish I had more than this one sample," kind of things...
Here's an idea for all you tea drinkers. When we ordered a pot of tea in the café, they brought this three part tea timer. The different coloured sand timers are marked "weak", "medium", and "strong". When your colour of sand runs out it is time to remove the tea bag.😃
Honeyed Pomelo Dancong Oolong is pretty weird to drink. It does in fact pretty closely mimic the flavors/scents of citrus flowers and wildflower honey. Who can complain about that?
One More Red Saturday, cue the King Crimson, Astro Red black tea from White2Tea. (Gotta spend some time in the stash today and locate the Astro Kittens cake for comparison.)
Emerald buds green tea has a nut or grain like scent, a bit similar to longjing dragonwell. It is from Guizhou Province and the name is translated from "cui ya".
2017 Mangjing Ripe from Farmer Leaf. A tea producer friend of farmer leaf reserved a small portion of their raw puerh maocha over several years. It was stored in fairly wet conditions in their Yunnan warehouse. In 2017, they processed that accumulated maocha into a small batch of ripe puerh. It was pressed into cakes in 2019.
They say the storage was wet, but no mold/mildew notes in the flavor. I like the flavor, on the darker side, and the energy is strong and very pleasant. After trying, I ordered a cake.
I really hate waiting for parcels from Royal Mail. They text me over the weekend to say my parcel was due today between 8:50 - 12:50.
It is now nearly 6pm and no sign of the parcel. Their tracking just says it is "In transit" on its way to me.
I had given up, but then saw a Royal Mail van delivering parcels on the opposite side of the green just after 5pm. I need to go out now, and still no idea what is going on. #stress
Hurrah, my parcel has arrived (despite the Royal Mail tracking system having no idea that it ever left the Midlands Mail centre).
Even better news, it contains my latest batch of #tea from #white2tea - mainly raw Puerh, but a couple of the latest green harvest, some oolongs, and a ripe and white hidden in there too. @tea