Here I sit with a steamy cup of pu.. one of my girlfriends calls it "that shitty poo tea" but I call it my sweet cup of pu. The super pu. Oh pu, I love you. Your compost-like essence. The fact that you form a heavy brown nugget from which I have to chip you off with an ice pick and a ball peen hammer. The microbes that call you home and make you the pu you are. Oh, pu. What would I ever do. Without you.
Some would call that a bunch of pu...
Others will call it puetry....
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 00:24:35 GMT, "Falky foo" cast caution to the wind and posted:
Don't stop there. If you want her to leave buy some Russian Caravan, Tie Kwan Yin, Lapsang Souchong especially if she is a non smoker. Cut your tastebuds on these then phew-wee is desert. It's closer to sewer than compost. My wife is so bad she thinks oolong smells like a campfire.
Jim
I just tried some the other day...
I'll drink it, but I might not re-order it. It tastes like musty, old tea. I guess it's an aquired taste. I have no problem with strong tasting tea (I like laspang souchong), but Pu-Erh isn't strong so much as "wierd". It smells similar to my old aquarium filter hen I didn't clean it for a month. Lots of decaying organic matter kinds of "aromas". But then, many other foods are made from fermented or decayed food (BTW, what microorganisms cause pu-erh to ferment)?
I got some Ti Kuan Yin for the first time and I really love that stuff. Like most oolong teas I've tried, it has a bit of a fruity taste, but it also has a nice brassy or smokey body to it that you just don't get buying those wanabee "Formosa Oolong" type teas.
I have been drinking some Longjing... and I think I like Gunpowder better. Longjing is just too much like vegetable broth.
Thats just terrible... Lapsang Souchong is great stuff: to abhor it should be a capital offense. Nothing better than the taste of burning pine to get the senses going. It's like a fireplace, but without the messy cleanup. A fireplace in a cup!
The best things in life are smelly. You can quote me on that one. Tie Kwan Yin and Oolong are truely lightweight. If you think those are smokey, you need your head checked.
In general yes but two that are better than LS, Formosa Tarry Souchong and Aged Ti Kuan Yin. I fired up some LS the other morning when my wife was home and she checked to make sure the kitchen wasn't on fire. I can't slip a light,middle,heavyweight smokey cup past her. Which is fine with me because I don't have to share.
Jim
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Wisdom from young master. I bow to you.
Michael
I went to a Chinese restraunt and ordered some hot tea just for the heck of it. The stuff that was brought to my table almost made me vomit. I tried the first sip and it tasted like stagnant swamp water (not that I've ever had any). The next sip caught in my throat and came back up. I have never forgotten that taste...wonder if it was puerh? That's why I've since been wary of trying it.
I don't know about *swamp* water, but not-so-good Puerhs often remind me of pond water. Puerh is served at lots of Chinese restaurants, and it's the canonical accompaniment to dim sum. But judging a whole class of tea by what a restaurant serves you gratis would be rash.
/Lew
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