So I tried my first Pu Er (or what is sold as Pu Er) today. Very
different. :-) The term earthy really does it justice. I think I am
going to come to enjoy this particular tea, a lot.

On Mar 10, 9:52 pm, Aaron Hsu wrote:

Nobody serves the good stuff to a beginner! So rejoice! Because it
only gets better from here!

"Dominic T." gmail.com> writes:

Quite right! Hah. Actually, what surprised me was that when I heard that
it was an ``earthy'' tea, I thought that it would have a bit of grit to
it. Amazingly, it really was smooth and earthy at the same time. I
thought that was kind of an oxymoron before I tried some. :-P

Actually, while I like it in my first testings, I don't have the time,
either, to go fishing around to find the absolute best. I think I'll
have plenty of fun to start with using the stuff I got from Little
Mountain. I have two cans, so I'm interested to see how the tastes vary
from the same company. After I finish this off, which may take a while,
I'll see where else this tea leads me.

beecrofter yahoo.com> writes:

Haha, well, I only got the single loose leaf variety that is available
from Little Mountain. It's not guaranteed to be anything, green, black,
or whatever, so I'm sure that I'm getting a lot of differences in there,
but so far, it's nice. I was really surprised at the smoothness of the
whole tea from start to finish.

On Mar 10, 6:52 pm, Aaron Hsu wrote:

I've been drinking pu-erh for quite a while and, like China, the more
I know, how little I know.
Pu-erh - a long, winding journey that never gets boring.
Welcome to the pu-erh path!
Shen

Yes, puerh earthy is a good thing for me, I've been enjoying a Yunnan
sourcing cooked (the premium melon cooked tuo from Jiu Wan if anyone wants
to know) the last few days (I shouldn't have used a whole tuo though, it
was like 15 grams and kept going...and going...and going. I think I still
hadn't gotten all I could've out of it before I had to dispose of it.). The
humus-y thing puts me in mind of, I think it was Lord of the Rings maybe?
The Ents (tree beings) were much into the taste of various types of earth
and it's textures etc. It was in the book, not the movie, if it was LotR.

I'm not a puerh aficianado as such (I don't pay attention to specific
vintages, recipies, etc.) but I do like a cup and when I find one I like I
return to it. The shu doesn't seem to bug my stomach as much as say a green
oolong, and I really can drink it all day long.

Melinda

ex-girlfriend of mine likes pu-er with honey in it! Never tried that
myself.

On Mar 10, 8:52 pm, Aaron Hsu wrote:

I love Pu Er and have tried any that I have found. The price isn't
always indicative of quality. The most common comment I get when
introducing others to this tea is: "it tastes like dirt". Right on!
I love it for my first cup of tea in the AM, before my hatha/pranayama
practice. Wakes you up and calms the digestive system.

On Mar 12, 11:51 am, fluxustulip gmail.com> wrote:

On Mar 12, 11:51 am, fluxustulip gmail.com> wrote: