Dominic T. wrote:

Maybe it is simply the coolness factor. With "Green Tea" everywhere
maybe we just need to find something a bit more exotic to separate
ourselves from the herd.

On 25 Sep 2006 11:47:41 -0700, "Alan Truism" yahoo.com>
wrote:

Over the past two or three weeks I have been trying to come to some
sort of explaination as to why Pu'er is so pleasurable, enjoyable and
"addictive." Having been mainly attracted to greens for many years, I
can also enjoy an oolong or black tea every now and then for a change
but none of them captivate me enough to lure me away from the greens...
except Pu'er. And you really couldn't find two more diametrically
opposed teas, but somehow it works. I now split my time between both
types with a slight favor to greens but scarily close.

With so many enthusiasts here on RFDT, I have really been trying to
come up with some sort of an answer. This fairly unknown tea (to much
of the world) that frequently can be seen described as
pondy/dirt/mud/smoke/peat/etc. grabs hold and doesn't let go until you
submit to it and enjoy it. There has to be some reason or connection we
make to it. I have found that many who enjoy smoky teas like lapsang
and such are also into single-malts or cigars and that connection I can
make pretty easily... but Pu'er, not so easy.

Well, for me it's the strength that Pu'er has.

Why do we drink straight shots of hard liquor that basically burn our
insides and destroy our stomach lining and liver? Why do we inhale
smoke that would otherwise want to be avoided, as it burns and blocks
our lungs and gives us cancer? Would you, outside the presence of a
fine scotch or Cuban cigar, WANT to do any of those things? Hell no!

But we humans are quick to forget our nature of desiring to prove our
own existence. We do so by finding the limits of it through
experimentation and exploration! We remind ourselves of our humanity by
trying to destroy it!

What better way to do so than by drinking down a cup of the most
flavorful and complex liquid we know; something to excite all of our
senses to the peak of their capabilities? :-D

Tossing in my "tooscents",
-Drew

Dominic T. wrote:

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Didn't want to be the first to let you know, but they put crack cocaine in
pu-er.

Barky Bark wrote:

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner. Why didn't I think of it? :) I do
know that I did kind of have a "swimmy" feeling in my head the first
time I drank it, and I have heard others experience a similar
feeling... so maybe...

Dominic T. wrote:

wait, you got that swimmy/almost high feeling too?
thought I was just wierd.

On 18 Sep 2006 11:47:22 -0700, Dominic T. wrote:

Swimmy feeling? You mean nausea?

(Rassin-frassin pu'er lovers have taken over the newsgroup! ;)

Umm....
It tastes good...!
i don't care much for "pondy" stuff: i like my shu and aged sheng a bit
cleaner than that.
But there's also the sweet...

it just tastes good...yep...delicious "forest floor" and "wet bark" and
"dusty earth"

~j

Dominic T. wrote:

Jason F in Los Angeles wrote:

See, it is actually pretty hard to convey. If I came out with three new
Ice Cream flavors "Forest Floor" "Wet Bark" and "Dusty Earth" I'm
pretty sure I'd be out of business by the second day.