White2Tea sheng sampler

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If you read through some of the great puerh (fermented Chinese tea) threads in this forum - and they are some epic and educational reading - the name of one tea supplier is noticeable: White2Tea (white2tea).

I am making a serious effort to learn more about sheng (raw) and shu (cooked/ripe) puerh tea. It's a learning challenge; there is some serious ground to cover with this august beverage. Anyways.

While looking at their website I noticed exactly what I need: a sampler with three specific regional shengs and one truly aged sheng.

The four sample cakes are small "beengs," stacked together in a wrap to make a mini-tong.

Took a couple weeks from China, but I was super pleased this well-chosen educational kit even came with a puerh tea needle (for picking cakes apart) and a one-shot sample of another tea. Plus free shipping! on this one item.

Their site's pretty creative; so are the teas.

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Just tried the 2015 Spring raw cake ... expecting it to be harsh or grassy, instead it was really great!

more later ...


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Wow; crickets.

Though I know we have tea drinkers here.

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Worth a click: the white2tea website (above). The graphic design alone makes it worth the trip, but their teas are undoubtedly worthwhile.


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[OtterLunacy]

Well, I just found this and I'm glad I did! It's a far less intimidating site than most for a newbie. I'm not making a purchase decision just yet, but I'm also eying the various samplers. Do you have any other comments on the samples you received, now that you've had a few months with them?

 

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Great to see another learner bump the thread ...

As with shave soaps, I've picked up too many teas too fast. What's come through is I'm apparently a Shu fan over sheng .... So far.

Only tried two of these beengs and that's not an education. Yet. Best would be to make all four pots in a day ... Cold weather is coming.

There's really no hurry, since puerh gets better with time!

Every time you drink a new tea, it's an educational experience. It really is like wine; I'm hoping like heck to be able to find another of the beengs I really like.


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