Saturday the 26th at 3:00 will be the monthly Pu’er Enthusiast Meetup. Pu’er tea is considered the king of tea. This is because it gets better with age and because it is the source from which all other teas are born. Pu’er is a universe unto itself and during the monthly Meetups we seek to…
Thanks all to those who made for an enjoyable gathering of the Bamboo and Loquat pu’er tasting yesterday. Raw pu’ers are so temperamental. Initial quality of the raw material will be greatly affected by water temperature, time, and storage conditions, not to mention the accompanying foods. These are the subjects we dialog upon, in addition…
After a wait of what seemed to have been forever, the latest shipment came in. This was an adventurous order in which I thought I’d try some old raw pu’ers from the 90s, allegedly. I knew they’d be fake, but I never imagined that they could be this atrocious. On the brighter side, however, I…
The April Tea-Gong Meet-up session was awesome. Instead of having the Yi-wu/Bu-lang face-ff as originally advertised, a last minute executive decision had us drinking Bu-langs exclusively, starting with an 07 Bulang Yang Shan that I had started in on the night before. The really good teas tend to be slow in developing, so it really…
Often the question emerges, “why tea?” Fair enough. Tea offers a simple means by which to learn some of the principles of Chinese herbalism. Primary among them is that food has properties that affect the body to its benefit or detriment. These properties aren’t so much the technicalities offered by nutritional science, such as proteins,…
Our next meeting of Bamboo & Loquat will be Saturday 20th of June at 4:00. We’ll feature three Wuliang’s in this session for certain, then probably round things out with a few of the newly arrived ripes. Let’s start with the best, a 2014 dragon pearl (8g) by premium maker Shujian Tea Co. We’ll come…
Hope the summer is treating you well. That rain was certainly a pleasant surprise, no? There’s a couple of up-coming activities that you might like to attend. This Friday 31 Jul at 1:00, I’ll be hosting the July session of Bamboo & Loquat: Pu’er Enthusiasts of Los Angeles. We’ll be featuring raw Dragon Pearls from…
Section one is always reserved for a brief foray into the world of puerh (pu’er, pu-er, pu’erh) tea. I recognize that most people don’t really care about tea. They neither have time for it nor are they particularly interested in finding the time. Frequently, I propose to patients ways to make tea more sensible and…
This Sat 26 of Sept well be celebrating Mid-Autumn with tea, mooncakes, and other treats. It starts at 3:00pm and costs $18. RSVP by Thurs 24th. Space is reserved for eight guests and four are already taken. Details.
Introducing the Puerh Junky icon: There’s an old saying, “Mrs Wang sings the praises of the fruits she sells.” I’m not going to pull a Mrs Wang. I will share, however, that reviews among seasoned puerh drinkers have overwhelmingly been positive toward the Dragon Pearls. These are hand-rolled from select parts of the Camellia sinensis…