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Equusfell drank Wild Purple Buds Puerh by Butiki Teas

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10 sec rinse
First: Smells like fish jerky in a leather jacket . From Jacob, who was overhearing our discussion of the notes for this steep: “Disappointment in the 50’s”. Tastes like old autumn leaves and earth. Jacob played us a song to go with our experience of this tea: “Dead leaves in the dirty ground- The White Stripes”. The theme song for shou puerh!
Second: Scent-Smokey, like old campfire on your clothes; Taste- sweet dirt on wet granite (like the base of a batholith in a Montana spring after you scraped away the rotting pine needles and leaves). Leaving a meaty aftertaste in my mouth.
Third: Smell- Lost a lot of the smoke. Fresher autumn leaves. Flavor like dried fruits that have been cooked in something savory; distinct minerally-ness; sweeter. Like a completely different tea! Rock dust aftertaste. Still smoke on the lid of gaiwan.
Fourth: Smell reminds me of Jones boot shop on the side of the highway in Kansas. Old leather goods, dusty display cases filled with buckles and spurs, flat carpet with a generation of ranch dust ground in. Taste of limestone rock dust, sweeter cherry-wood-smoke-like flavor on the back of the tongue.
Fifth: Cherry wood smoke dominating the flavor, scent as well, fruitier.
Sixth: Smoke is coming out strongly again. Flavor is a generic mix of previous steeps.
Seventh: Leather smell back. Flavor is thin and minerally.
Eighth: We got talking and forgot about it for two minutes! Much more minerally! The smokey flavors are taking a back seat in this steep, but I’m still getting a campfire-like aftertaste.
Overall an interesting experience! Not sure I need puerh in my life right now, but I can see why it is appreciated!

Flavors: Autumn Leaf Pile, Cherry Wood, Dirt, Leather

Preparation

205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 3 g 3 OZ / 88 ML

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I started drinking something other than Sleepytime in my first year of grad school, 2011. Enabled by a few decent local tea shops in a big city, I amassed a small cupboard of teas that I now find harsh and bad (haha, I’m getting in too deep!). With my move back to the US and subsequent geographic isolation from tea shops, I recently discovered the world of online tea vendors.
My cupboard is slowly growing but still small. Regardless I am interested in swaps, if you find something in my collection that you would like to try, ask away! I just can’t guarantee yet that I have a lot of it!
I’m very into Jade oolongs and anything that has a floral character (especially jasmine, rose, violet, and lychee scented things!). Most green teas, excepting the extremely bitter, are good in my book, and again I seek sweeter, fresher, greener types, though nutty/savory teas have their place (as long as they don’t tip over into salty!). I then to shy away from smokey or overly roasted teas and for this reason and the fact that I am not a fan of chocolate, everyone’s favorite blacks and wuyi oolongs tend to fall flat for me. White teas are alright but I don’t tend to reach for them unless they are floral scented. I rarely drink herbals, chamomile and I do not get along, but a basic vanilla rooibos, or some flavored green rooibos’ can be interesting.
In general, it could be said that I tend toward floral and sweet oolong, sheng (as well as moonlight whites and yabaos), matcha, and green teas.

As of now my rating system follows the school grading scale in terms of how well the tea performs and how well I like it (100-90 A, 89-80 B, etc.). Anything above 90 will eventually end up in my cupboard, though it’s fine to keep a B student around for daily drinkers!

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Athens, Ohio

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