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Mini Tuocha Pu-erh


Mini Tuocha Pu-erh
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 Item #: T0806
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Pu-erh tea comes from the Yunnan province in China. The popularity of Pu-erh tea has been increasing mainly due to the many health benefits that are attributed to it. Studies show that pu-erh not only lowers blood cholesterol but also prevents bad cholesterol from forming in the arteries, that pu-erh has great antioxidant benefits, stimulates weight reduction and is beneficial to digestion.

The approximate 1-inch round, black, individually wrapped mini bowls (bird nest shaped cakes) are from the Yunnan province of China. Each mini bowl brews to a burnt umber color and yields a full bodied, earthy, peaty tasting tea, capable of 3-5 steepings.

To brew add one mini bowl per cup, bring the water to a rolling boil (212ºF) and steep for 2-5 minutes, depending on how light or dark you like your tea.
Customer Reviews
Gone fishy 4/25/2019
A fishy smell in the dry leaves is a mark of improperly stored ripe Pu Er, and, unfortunately, the pouch of mini-tuos I bought have it. In the future, I would recommend buying my ripe Pu Er elsewhere. Making the best of a sub-par purchase, I find that 2 or 3 flash washes of the leaves before the first steep reduce the fishiness to a medicinal-herb aroma and bitterness much like horehound. I also detect a note of antique cedar wood and a slight peppery bite in the aftertaste.
- Donald, CA
 
Hi Donald. I'm sorry that you didn't like the Pu-erh. If my records are correct I see you purchased this at the beginning of December. The lot you purchased is completely sold out and we are waiting for a new shipment to arrive. I'd be happy to send you a sample of the new lot of you are interested in trying it. - Cyndi
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Tastes good 5/4/2015
Besides the many health benefits, I found out through natural curiosity, that after you brew it you can eat it too. It has a very nice malty flavor after you brew it and is chewy and delicious. Might as well waste not want not with this great tea.
KEVIN HOGSTEDT
 
Excellent Puerh 4/21/2014
This Puerh rates fave stars when compared to other mini tuocha puerh. It is not quite as good as a high quality Puerh cake where the better leaves are used. As tuocha goes it is quite tasty when brewed properly. By properly I mean in the Gongfu style. Give this tea a 10 sec rinse and then brew for 15 to 20 seconds. It will be tasty. Three to five minutes is overbrewing and all the bitterness in the tea will be brought out. I am guessing that this is a 2013 tea but by the taste it could be older. The older the better in Puerh. There is very little fermentation flavor left in the tea that I have. Fermentation flavor is normal for Puerh but leaves the tea as it ages.
- Allan Keane, NY