Slightly different Pu-erh recommebdation.

Hi Ozzy,

You can indeed steep a black pu'er overnight and yield a very stout brew, but don't try that with a green pu'er. "Camel's Breath" is just one type of black pu'er, there are a lot of different black puers. My recommendation would be to select a vendor and let them guide you through your journey. If you don't have a local brick and mortar shop then try one from my Vendors page

It does sound like the black puers are where you would want to start. Tell your vendor that you want the most robust black pu'er that they have. Let them make the recommendation.

Pick one vendor and stick with them, the goal is to develop a relationship where the vendor learns your palate. I would recommend one of these vendors as a place to start:

Mike

It's funny the Doctor has prohibited everything but the caffeine. I drink pu in the evening because I don't feel it has the caffeine kick like others that seem to keep you awake. If you want caffeine, take any tea and brew it strong. The British know the art and kick of breakfast teas. You can buy sugar free Baker's chocolate and add that to your tea. My local tea shoppe has a sampler set specifically designed to wean coffee drinkers. Just add a commercial tea masala used for making chai without the cream and sugar. My experience pu won't oversteep. It seems to have a limiting switch. Take a CTC and let it set overnight and it'll turn to syrup (almost). Brew a strong imperial gunpowder and it'll make the hairs stand up on your neck. All tea is good for your health. Pu makes claims that might be good for type two diabetics. I personally wouldn't drink it if I was taking meds for the condition.

Jim

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What is baker's chocolate?

/M

It is the unsweetened dark bitter chocolate used for cooking. You find it in of all places the cooking section in your grocery under that name. The white baker's chocolate is just cocoa cream but acts as a natural sweetener. There are other sources of chocolate of even greater purity noted for medicinal value. I think chocolate is a great flavor for the right tea.

Jim

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Thanks. Your story about pe-erh reminds me of a friend of mine who drinks weak tea with a little light cream before going to bed at night. It aparently works wonders (for him) as a soporific. For me, especially in the last few years, no caffienated drinks of any kind after a certain hour are best.

BTW, in this doctor's opinion, whatever negative effects caffiene may have (e.g. possible overstimulation) are far outweighed by the health benefits of tea, specificaly its cancer fighting abilities in humans (he takes a dim view of the Linus Pauling report re those ["dissapointing"]). Baker's choclate, as it happens, is on his dietary guidelines...

Ozzy

Mike Petro wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Hi Mike. Thanks much, esp. for the URLs. Sounds logical...

Ozzy

My traditional morning cup is a standard black single-serving pu erh tuocha (little bowl) from Ten Ren. They sell bags full at their usual somewhat inflated prices, but it's still not very expensive (I think 20 cents per, if I remember correctly). If you know anyone going to China they can get them at about 5 percent of this price. It has a fair amount of caffeine, is good on a resteep, and can bear oversteeping without getting bitter. I don't know about overnight. If you want strong, use two. It doesn't get bitter very easily. Mike Petro's recommendations (as always for pu erh) are good too.

I'm not convinced of any long term medical effects, but then I'm hard to convince. I and a friend or two have found black pu erh to settle our stomaches and to confer the other usual benefits of tea.

Best,

Rick.