does crow count?

Are these candy/sweets? No, it is pu

I didn't brew it yet, but it smells like barley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barley

2006 Lao Man E Raw - This just arrived from China. Is a little wet and has some warehouse smell. It is a good tea but need some time to stable down.

Wild White Puerh Bud - Flowish Sweet taste. Doesn't at all taste like puerh. More towards flower (rose) tea kind of taste

2011 Xia Guan Golden Melon FT 100g vs 250g - Few of us tasted it and agrees that though the name is same, but the taste is different. 100g seems younger, and 250g seems slightly older/smoother. Both gives the very typical XiaGuan smokey smell and taste. If is quite strong tea. A good keep for aging.

2011 Xia Guan Mushroom FT - Quite a nice tea. Tasted light/mild and gives a sweet aftertaste. Even with soaking, it can still be drank easily.

This is inspired by auhckw.

Remember earlier I mention I bought this tea from UTEA Enterprise



Well today I decided to open the pack and drink it. Below are the picture of the tea.

Open pack



A better look of the tea



The tea in the pot before brewing



Tea from the 1st brew



Tea leaves after the 1st brew



Notice how green the tea leaves are from before and after brew. This tea is fragrant as expected from a Taiwanese high mountain oolong. The taste starts to degrade after the 6th brew. All I can say is worth my 70.00 buying it.

Looking good. Keep it up
We need more tea posting

Then...

Now...

Ok I'm on a roll today.

From the expo the other day at Tropicana mall I did buy some ripe Pu-Er tea. I have been airing them all this while (under my computer desk) and decided to try them out today too.

I bought 5 mini bengs (it came in a nice tin can and may be the reason I bought them cause could not try them during the expo) so today was the moment of truth for me.

This is how the front of the beng looks like



The back



How the Pu-Er tea leaves look like after I hacked it into half



Loose tea leave after breaking up one half of the beng

(flash on)


(flash off) noticed that it looks greener here but this is ripe Pu-Er


1st brew nice golden colour. Has a nice smooth taste and texture to it and the earthly aroma is not very strong. Sweet aftertaste.



The tea after the 1st brew



Conclusion, not a bad tea for the price I paid and I do believe that with time it will only improve.

auhckw: Any comments cause I know you bought the same tea too

It is a good tea compressed with 3 years of aged materials. Definitely worth the buy for its price. I only drank the sample in the shop. Don't intend to open mine till it is at least 5 years old.

Doesn't look golden color, I would say more of amber/reddish.  From you picture the tea does have greenish appearance.  Nice, look forward to see more.


This post has been edited by blueye: Jul 6 2011, 10:02 AM

From the pic, it seems that it may not hold up to the weight for long. Looks a bit tilted towards the right. I suggest you get a steel cabinet.

I will get those tea shop shelf once my new house is ready. They said Kepong has one famous shop selling it. Can't remember the name.

Got drunk in komplex selangor today

This post has been edited by slimfox: Jul 6 2011, 09:57 PM

Wa.U guys damn relax..Got time to go to teashop during office hours..haha

Tea Leaf Pickers Required To Be Virgins & Have C-Cup Breasts
by Fauna on Friday, April 22, 2011

http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/pictures/te...up-breasts.html

The special “tea willow basket” tool used by the C-cup virgin tea pickers revealed

April 19th, the Henan province Gushi county West Jiuhua Shan scenic area revealed the specialized collection tool “tea willow basket” that its tea-leaf pickers use when picking Kou Chun Cha [literally, "Mouth Lip Tea"]. This tool is made from Xinyang’s famous weaved willow wood and is placed between the breasts during use, to receive the tender tea leaves that the female tea-leaf picker plucks with her mouth. Previously, the information published in the local recruitment ad for tea-leaf picking girls required that the girls have C-cup breasts and be virgins as well. After this information was released, it was reposted on various major discussion forums and caused a great deal of discussion.

Coming sooon... 2011 Gold Dayi Raw

Bubble



This post has been edited by auhckw: Jul 8 2011, 12:33 AM

As I was walking in Sg Wang today I would never thought I would have bummed into a counter selling tea. They were selling both Taiwanese tea and Pu-Er but what caught my eye were the offer they had for tea pots. They had one section where all the YiXing teapots were selling for RM60, another section all the YiXing teapots were selling for half price only. This was where I pick up one for only RM90 (the original price was RM188 and I bargain further RM4 discount).

This was the teapot that I pick up


The bottom of the pot


Now when I got home of course I immediately season the teapot. This teapot I intend to use it exclusively for Pu-Er. Below would be pictures of my seasoning process (auhckw maybe you could comment if my method is correct or not)

After giving it a good scrubbing with a toothbrush I place both the teapot and it's cover in to a pot


Then I put in some exhausted Pu-Er tea leaves from my earlier session


Next I started to boil the whole pot under low heat (small gas flames) for 1hr


How it looks like during the slow boil process


After boiling for 1hr I allow it to cool down for 30minutes before removing the teapot and allowing to cool down on its own for 15minutes. Then a quick rinse and its ready.


All I can say is that it is an nice YiXing teapot for a good price. Only time will tell how good this teapot will taste (I believe if you use good tea the teapot will taste better)

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Added on July 8, 2011, 12:40 amIts a hobby so I do it during lunch or appointments. Its like golfers. Arranging meetings in a golf club so can go for a few rounds after or before. Me I try to have meetings near tea shops or in them.

This post has been edited by slimfox: Jul 8 2011, 12:40 AM