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| Lincang says 'Howdy! Hop on up, let's take a ride!' |
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| (Prepping for the session) |
After a few days of oolongs and herbals my body was tensed and ready for a Friday afternoon breakout session of Puerh. I also know myself and know I was going to gulp greedily, not be quite as sauve as I want to be with many of the Puerhs I have so I narrowed it down between some Bulang, a boisterous easy dude of a tea and Hidden Peak's Licang, a sensible, mild, not overly complex but super nice tea to get back in the saddle but not the saddle of a bucking bronco (ala '401')!
So the Old Tree 2008 Lincang it is, and damn if I am not getting more and more nuanced and sophisticated everyday with the whole Puerh thing. Or not. Either way, I am loving the the choice of this brew.
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| (First steep after two rinses) |
Comes on strong but solid, very dark, lightens up around third steep, and begins to get a little sweet. I find myself by steep three thinking about the fresh, warm braided Challah in my kitchen, (since it
is Friday and I am, nominally at least, Jewish) and thinking how awesome it would be to dunk hot Challah in Lincang. And it would be, this puerh is bready, mossy, toasty,
yummy.
Not over-the-top yummy, I am not in one of my swoons but it is a good, solid Puerh, especially for a newbie like me. Hey, I am may new to tea but this ain't my first rodeo. I've been to some 'high places' (ala '401') but sometimes a Friday afternoon needs to just be a really GOOD Friday afternoon, but without leaving the ground. After all, I
do have a Shabbos meal to make. ( Just kidding, it's deli night, I did say
nominal, didn't I?)
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| (Steep numero five, and I'm feeling good.) |
Lastly and in a Jewcy ending a big
Shalom! and
Mazel Tov! to my manic little tea pet, 'Super Stressed Out Puerh Monkey' who told me its his birthday so got to sit in some soup.
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(Perhaps just a wee bit overexcited?)
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