Last year, I tried raw puer for the first time. It was an interesting experience, although the intense bitterness and earthiness scared me off trying it again in the near future. But I wanted to come back to this and when I realised that Kenny was selling 2009 raw puer dragon balls (dragon balls again!… Read More My Second Raw Puer: 2009 Dragon Balls of Bulang
Since I’m kind of on a puer roll, I thought it would be fitting for the first tea I’m reviewing for the Rare Tea Company to be their Malawi Leafy Puer! I bought this pretty much because of the name – I was surprised that Malawi produced dark tea (technically not puer because it’s not… Read More Tea Review: Malawi Leafy Puer by Rare Tea Company
Inspired by my recent tea experiment with rose puer cakes and an upcoming tea session involving Malawi puer, I thought it would be fun to go back to basics and explore the idea: what is puer? Introduction In many tea books I’ve read, tea is often classified as: green, black, oolong, yellow (sometimes left out),… Read More Tea 101: What is Puer?
It’s always fun testing seasonal teas so when Kittea released their Year of the Rat tea (consisting of the Year of the Rat blend and a Fortune Kittea blend), I immediately got it. After all, I had fun trying last year’s Year of the Pig tea and I haven’t really had blends in a while.… Read More Tea Review: Year of the Rat Tea by Kittea
The back of Twinings’ Golden Rose Hearts has the following description to describe the tea: “Handmade using a traditional Chinese technique known as ‘Tuocha’, a single rosebud is placed into black tea leaves and compressed into a heart shape. When infused in hot water, the rosebud delicately scents the strong, brisk black tea.” I was… Read More What is Tuo Cha?
After trying my first raw puer, I felt like having some ripe puer. I generally only have it at restaurants, and we have one cake that we got in Zhuhai lying around somewhere. But for convenience sake, and because I’m still not over the novelty of ball puer, I took some of the ripe ball… Read More Ripe Puer Balls from 云元谷
After reading Nicole’s review of Mei Mei Fine Tea’s Bing Dao Ancient Raw Pu’erh Tea Dragon Balls, I remarked to my colleague that the idea of puer balls was very cool and that I wished I could try them. Before I could say anything else, she pulled out a gorgeous can of – you’ve guessed… Read More My First Raw Puer
If you’ve been to a Chinese restaurant (especially one in Hong Kong), you’ve probably had puer. It’s a post-fermented tea and is said to aid digestion. I heard a lot of things about puer, about how Malaysia (and I suppose by extension, Singapore) are great places to age it, about how people buy them for… Read More Puer Tea: Ancient Caravans and Urban Chic by Jinghong Zhang
I’ve been told by my doctor that I have to lay off the caffeine (which is my case means tea) as much as possible, so you’ll probably be seeing a lot more tisane and book reviews here for the next few weeks or so, until I give in to my tea addiction. In the meantime,… Read More Infusion-de-vie’s 5 Year’s Aged Premium Chenpi Puer