pu drinking frequency

Daily

Seldom the same puerh, thats part of the beauty of having a variety.

Weekend afetrnoons when I can devote myself to fully enjoying the tea. Seldom with anyone else unless I travel out of town as nobody local appreciates it.

I tend to sample most teas in my collection at least once a year.

Many, too numerous to mention, in particular I do drink Japanese Sencha, Gyokuro, or Shincha almost every weekend.

Many including other teas, coffee, hot chocolate, and hot cider.

Mike Petro

"In this work, when it shall be found that much is omitted, let it not be forgotten that much likewise is performed." Samuel Johnson, 1775, upon finishing his dictionary.

Just so people don't think I only drink puerh and marshmallows, here is my Coffee setup:

The wooden box holds my aged puerh, the special stuff

Here is a close up of the Coffee Machine:

(photo is borrowed from the place where I bought it)

Anyway, I drink 2 double shots of espresso for breakfast almost every weekday.

Mike Petro

"In this work, when it shall be found that much is omitted, let it not be forgotten that much likewise is performed." Samuel Johnson, 1775, upon finishing his dictionary.

Several times a day

As I drink puer daily, I drinl it on the daily basis :)

No particular timeframe. With anyone on whom it would not be wasted.

Stars obviously, I Ching, sheep guts divination. Sometimes bird tracks, rarely meditation on fresh sacrificial human intestins.

Blacks mainly ceylon, wolongs, rarely greens, yerba mate.

See above. Once or twice a month tiny cup of a very strong coffee (iranian style, triple expresso squared) with salty-sweet snacks like Chinese salted tamarind.

1) How often do you drink pu er?

- Daily

2) if daily, what do you drink on a daily basis?

- More cooked than young raw. Raw at around 6 year old and sometimes I like to mix young raw (3 to 4yo) with cooked pu erh. Aged raw and aged cooked when i go crazy lol

3) when (and with whom) do you drink your more expensive aged pu's?

- after a big meal :-)

- feeling like I deserve a good treat

- and with whoever is around

4) how do you decide when to drink your collectables (if you do)?

- When I want to taste the difference between different production year.

- the one we have quite a big amount of it.

- when there is no un-collectables tea to drink ;-)

- taste the tea at least once a year to see how it goes although I tend to taste the tea at least once every 3 months lol

5) any other teas you enjoy in addition to pu?

- white tea from Zheng He or green tea in the early morning,

- different type of oolong during the early afternoon

- an aged black tea during the late evening

- rarely red tea (zheng shan xiao zhong and zheng he gong fu) but sometimes i just feel the need for it

6) marshmallows aside, any other hot drinks you enjoy in addition to pu?

- herbal and tisane

- chinese daily soup

- sometimes coffee

Jing

It has become my evening tea after supper. I alternate between green and black. I drink the Chinatown puers with some wild tree imports from China which are still inexpensive minus shipping. Almost any tea I buy becomes a collectable because I usually never finish it (especially when you buy Xiaguan Iron cake by the QiZi bundle which is over 2 kilos for under $20 which is my tastiest black so far.) The pu is another interesting tea among the pantheon of others. There is no substitute for tea. Just this weekend I fill up my thermos with hot water nuked in a motel microwave and walk to the community hot springs pool in the crisp mountain air at 7am in the mountain shadow then throw some Xiaguan Millenia tuocha into a styrofoam cup and watch it start to fizzle just allowing it enough time to brew while I heed the warning not to stay in the hot springs for longer than five minutes. Nothing better than a cup of tea at a steaming hot spring on a cool morning watching the sun come over the mountain.

Jim

Lara Burton wrote:

Hi Lara

I have been drinking Pu Erh tea for about 7 years. It was recommended to me by a Tai Chi instructor as it apparantly helps with Chi Kung energy cultivation. I later found out that it has many other health benefits than that.

After 7 years I am certain it is the shit hot tippety tip top tea to beat all others. Most people find it unpleasant to begin with and certainly it does taste of compost mixed with urine. But there is no doubt that its acquired taste will soon refresh even the most unsophisticated of pallates.

My friend once told me that he had been told that Pu Erh tea can be smoked in a joint. Years later I found out that this was a lie. But it was too late for me, I had already smoked this delightful leaf with tobacco on several occasions. The experience is the same as that of drinking tea but obviously the effect is quicker and stronger by this method. In theory I suppose you could ground up the leaves and snort them for maximum effect. This is likely to cause havoc with your lungs though and is unlikely to be worth the effort.

Enjoy

Dan