A delicious high quality puerh leaf that has been stuffed into the rind of a whole tangerine!

Mid-July and the boredoms start kicking in. Need to order some teas that are different from anything I have ever had. I am leaning so heavily this month on my new favorite tea, but I, and the tea itself needs a break, the whole 400 gram cake is a third gone! So hence the arrival today of Yunnan Sourcing's Gong Ting Puerh Golden Horse 8685 ripe stuffed into tangerines!
The leaves are stuffed in wet, and then allowed to dry in the sun for a week. some may say the orange flavor is too strong, but I would not be one of those people, I am totally digging it. I am putting rather largish chunks of the tangerine rind into the vessel and am, I must admit, manically and utterly enjoying myself.

This is a fun tea for a 100f degree California day, and I am happy to report it is a major deal at $5.00 for three whole tangerines, individually packaged. Not to mention that YS is now sending out items from the U.S. so no more long waits, at least on some items. My second cake of 2005 Mengku Wild Arbor does seem to be coming from China, but most other items are being sent out from Oregon which is great news for people like me with an almost physical ache to find packages at my doorstep on a daily basis.

Off to enjoy my tea. Abiding as usual in whatever natural state my hormones and brain chemistry has got planned for me, I remain, your faithful,
Buddha-Mom