I’ve been clearing out my old teas in preparation for the coming winter and I’ve discovered that I had a small tin of this that I never tried so I figured that I should probably get it out of the way considering its age. The dry leaf of this tea is very strong in its ginger component with that earthy pu’erh base.
Once steeped, the tea developed a strong fishy pu’erh aroma to it. At first it was really off-putting and I considered just dumping it, but I thought I’d give the tea itself a chance and had a sip. The taste itself isn’t nearly as bad as the smell, but it’s still nothing to write home about in my opinion. I’ve never been a huge fan of David’s pu’erh base for some of their teas, it has merits as a base for some flavored teas but I don’t care for it on its own. The ginger is present which is nice, but I find it’s competing with the pu’erh rather than being the star of the tea. From a medicinal standpoint I imagine it’s probably pretty useful for an upset stomach, but I think that there are other ginger teas that I’ll be reaching for.
