Pu-erh Trial

Mike Petro snipped-for-privacy@pu-erh.net

I believe it was Special Teas Pu Erh Tuo Cha.

Steve

Mike Petro wrote:

Steve,

That was a black puerh, and the mini style of tuocha are often the "Lipton" version of puer. Judging from your other taste in teas I would still recommend the silver needle puer. It will be a lot more similar to the whites and greens that you favor. You can see a review I did on one at

There are several vendors who stock it although it is a bit more expensive than the black tuocha you tried before.

Mike

Mike Petro snipped-for-privacy@pu-erh.net

Wow! At those prices, it looks like this should be something I try in a tea cafe first. I think there's one in DC near the Archives exit that might have it.

-Steve

Mike Petro wrote:

The $29 one at Teaspring is the best bet online. By all means explore the Tea Cafe if they know anything about Puer, I would recommend that to anybody who has access to one. Doing this online is painful. Do make sure they know something about puer though, if they only have 2 or 3 choices you need to keep looking. There is the Tea Gallery in NYC if you are ever there.

Mike Petro snipped-for-privacy@pu-erh.net

I was exactly in your position short time ago. The guys on this forum recommended several puerhs and I liked all of the green puerhs. You can find my qurestions and their answers in several threads in th past two weeks. The problem is with brewing. Green puerhs are very sensitive to overheat (I use 160 to 170 for first brew) or overbrew. But the temperature is the most important factor.

I also was turned off by the smell of cheap puerhs. However "Gold Bud" cake and Loose Large Leaf from Silk Road were wonderful and that nasty smell was not at all there.

I drink only puerhs now and occasionally very good oolongs but only gongfu and mostly for the smell than for taste. Puerh taste completely took over me.

Sasha.