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i order some white and green teas online and was intrigued by these pu- erh's i saw. i ordereda ripe and raw brick to try it out. i gave up coffe due to caffeine levels and switched to green and white teas which i quite enjoy. 3-4 infusion and the taste is nice.
i loved my silver needles, green pine needls and jasmine pearls in the order, magnificent. today at work i brough a thermos and boiled water for an all day pu- erh-fest. al read up and intrigued, pumped to go.
7.30 am boiled water, and prepared clear mug with infuserdropped in pu-erh, washed leaves and rinsed cup. added water , counted to 20 sec and removed infuser.
smelled like fresh earth, just as i had read. sipped a little, tasted like fresh dirt and woody. interesting...
finished cup, about 30 secs later, i felt my heart racing, sweaty, kinda panicky, wow, wow WOW
walked around a bit went in washroom, felt weird, ... WOW
this pu-erh has a kick!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOO
20 minutes, ok, settling down a bit, after one hour wait, infused leaves for 20 secs, wet leaves made the clear mug, black, darker then first try. after contemplating another panic attack , i thought it would not be good to have to be rushed to the hospital in an ambulance , so i poured it away.i decided to give up pu-erh for the day, as i felt panicky again, was it the caffeine ? was it the big jump from white tea to pu-erh ?
next time i will wash the leave 3-4 times until the tea is less dark. ppl at work were like, what's wrong al? i said tea from china,
they asked what the hell was in it ?