Saturday, June 9, 2007
Lots of new teas - more reviews coming soon
Well I haven't been able to help myself. I've ordered lots of new teas recently - Chinese greens, oolongs, pu-erhs and more. (Sample sizes are great! I wish everyone offered them. ) I'm always in search of great Chinese green teas and oolongs. Pu-erh is still very new to me. It seems like a very broad area so I have a lot to learn. The other night, at a restaurant, I did have a 1978 pu-erh. Unfortunately I don't know anything else about that pu-erh other than its age. It was very mellow - little in the way of tannins, and I really enjoyed it as an after dinner tea. Anyway, in the next couple of weeks I hope to have a few more reviews out.
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2 comments:
I would take any tea claiming to be 1970's with a huge grain of salt unless you know the vendor to be reputable. Quite frankly, any tea from the 70's should be labeled appropriately: 1970's. Its almost impossible know the exact year of manufacture on a tea that old.
Be wary of teas claiming to be very old, as there are ways to artificially imitate the age that should naturally occur. It sounds like you found some tea that was actually enjoyable, although many imitations can be very unpleasant (and/or downright unhealthy).
The bottom line: If the tea tastes good, don't worry about it unless they are claiming it to be (and therefore charging it as) something that it isn't.
I look forward to reading more!
tb.
The tea vendor for the tea is Mitea.
http://mitea.com/
I have to say I'm not familiar with them. They also have what they claim is a 1949 pu-erh.
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