Wild Puerh

29/03/2010, posted by Cha in tea

I usually acquire this kind of puerh from a local merchant ( the only one decent I may add ) .

I don’t have many informations about it ( the merchant claims it’s 7 years old , but I doubt it) , still , it’s a very good tea. I brew it using a yixing teapot (pic bellow) , which will be detailed in another post.

If you are not sure how to brew puerh, then follow these guidelines (with a small teapot , gongfu ) :

• use boiling water
• preheat  the teapot and the cups
• first infusion , up to 1 minute,  then discard it
• Small infusions of  10-20 seconds ,then gradually increase the time

You can also boil it in a kettle , or leave it in a  larger pot for a longer period and dilute it with watter if the infusion is too strong.

Of course, these are only guidelines. You may want to check this site .

Red robe

27/03/2010, posted by Cha in tea

I have acquired this tea in the Hong Kong  airport, in a last minute shop. I had 200 Hong Kong dollars left and this tea was exactly 200 hkd .

It’s name is only ‘Red Robe‘, with no additional details. Perhaps, they want to refer to the famous  Da Hong Pao teas ( Big Red Robe ).

As expected , it’s low quality .  I’m not familiar with  good quality Red Robe yet (coming next month ), but I know this is bad quality.

You can read more about Da Hong Pao if you want,  I will write more about it when the times come , for now , I’ll stick to this ‘red robe‘ from the airport .

The bad tea there is better than the bad tea here , still, it remains bad tea . (at least , for me it’s a bad tea )