Thread: Samples: Pu-erh and White tea

I have ordered a quantity of Pu-erh and White tea that will be arriving in about 5 weeks. I am offering samples for the prices as indicated below.

These prices do not include postage/handling but do include a slight markup to cover paypal costs. Let me know if you are interested.

1998 Lincang "CNNP Green Wrapper" Raw Pu-erh tea - $3.20/25g

2000 Long Yuan Hao Yi Wu Mountain Raw - $3.50/25g

1999 Gu Pu-er Simao Raw Pu-erh "Fang Cha" - $1.30/25g

2002 Bu Lang Mountain Raw Pu-erh tea brick - $2.30/25g

2002 Hai Lang Hao * Mengku Wild Arbor cake - $2.15/25g

2003 Jing Mai Round Cake * Tai Lian Tea Factory - $2.90/25g

2002 Jingmai Mountain Wild Arbor Raw Pu-erh Bricks - $2.30/25g

Early Spring Yunnan Silver Needles White Tea (will sell in quantity desired) - $1.50/25g

As noted above, shipping/handling would be additional and depend on your location. Naturally, this is a better buy for USA members due to the shipping costs.

For those that have not tried raw puerh tea before, the infusion process is somewhat different than other teas. Here is a method that I have borrowed from Yunnan Sourcing site that works well for me:

"Pu-erh tea brewing is not so different from oolong teas. You want the water as hot as possible when you pour it into the pot. If you are going to use yixing, I would dedicate one pot for ripe pu-erh and another for raw. Up to you.

With pu-erhs I typically wash the leaves twice for period of about 20 seconds each time. The third infusion is to be drank. The first two infusions wash the leaves and prime them, use the tea water to wash the cups. The third and fourth infusions don't require long infusions times at all (20 seconds or less).

Pay attention to the taste and the infused liquor of the tea through succesive infusions, as the leaves "give it up" you will want to extend infusion times to get more out of the leaves. Most Pu-erhs can be infused anywhere between 10 and 20 times.

When prying leaves from a cake or brick, try to remove layer by layer and avoid breaking the tea leaves too much, broken up leaves when brewed will become bitter.

Another factor worth mentioning that will affect the outcome of your brew is how much tea you decide to use. Although many people measure weight (tea) versus volume (water), I prefer an intuitive approach, filling the the tea pot to about a quarter of its volume with leaves. Notice how tightly compressed Pu-erhs will expand more when infused than those that are less tightly compressed. Pay attention to the gradual expansion of the leaves and the flavor that comes out of them.

Try “tweaking” the different variables I’ve mentioned and pay attention to the result, this is part of the enjoyment of discovering Pu-erh!"

Enjoy,

Here is a link to a video for those that may be new to Pu-erh tea.
07/07/10 What is Puer Tea

Well, I was reviewing my spreadsheet and noticed that I had performed at least one serious miscalculation so I checked everything. Some of the prices have changed but in all but one case not terribly significantly. The one tea that changed significantly was because I performed the original calculation based on a 250g unit vice the actual weight of 100 grams.

1998 Lincang "CNNP Green Wrapper" Raw Pu-erh tea - $3.20/25g (remains the same)

2000 Long Yuan Hao Yi Wu Mountain Raw - $3.50/25g - increase to $4.10/25g

1999 Gu Pu-er Simao Raw Pu-erh "Fang Cha" - $1.30/25g - major mistake: $4.75/25g

2002 Bu Lang Mountain Raw Pu-erh tea brick - $2.30/25g - slight increase to $2.40/25g

2002 Hai Lang Hao * Mengku Wild Arbor cake - $2.15/25g - slight increase to $2.20/25g

2003 Jing Mai Round Cake * Tai Lian Tea Factory - $2.90/25g - slight increase to $2.95/25g

2002 Jingmai Mountain Wild Arbor Raw Pu-erh Bricks - $2.30/25g - slight increase to $2.50/25g

Early Spring Yunnan Silver Needles White Tea (will sell in quantity desired) - $1.50/25g (no change)

As noted previously, shipping/handling would be additional and depend on your location. Naturally, this is a better buy for USA members due to the shipping costs.

Apologies for any inconvenience.

UPDATE: The following tea is sold out:
2002 Hai Lang Hao Mengku Wild Arbor cake

Hurry and get your samples of the remaining teas!

I would, but I think I have enough samples to last me quite a while :

Here is a link to a site that has great information on teas including Pu-erh that I recently discovered: The Leaf

Enjoy,

If you are interested in information about Pu-erh tea, I think you will find this article interesting. It explores the differences between plantation tea and that which comes from trees, focusing on issues that relate to ecologically friendly farming, vending and purchasing.
http://the-leaf.org/Issue1/wp-conten...ron-fisher.pdf

Enjoy!

All I want to know is: how do you pronounce pu-erh? It's been bugging the hell out of me since you posted it

Pronunciation (at least the Americanized version I am aware of) is very phonetic. The accent is on the second syllable.