2020 Brown Sugar Cubes (Tea Club Exclusive)

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Pu'erh Tea
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Earth, Mushrooms, Sweet
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  • “I lost almost all my energy and usefulness yesterday to a stomach virus and today my buttered English muffin did not sit well. It sat and sat and sat in my stomach feeling like a brick. I decided a...” Read full tasting note
  • “This tea is one of the first I enjoyed with my White2Tea club. I decided a few months ago to start dipping my toe more into puerhs and teas that are outside my comfort zone and to my surprise,...” Read full tasting note

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September 2020 Tea Club Exclusive

The Brown Sugar blend has continued to evolve from its first version five years ago.

The 2020 Brown Sugar is a total departure from its predecessors. Heavier than ever before on non-huangpian tea and blended from entirely small batch material from several batches, this blend is thick, rich and enduring. Sweet throughout with an engaging set of flavors and aromas reminiscent of molasses. All around excellent tea for beginners and veterans alike.

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I lost almost all my energy and usefulness yesterday to a stomach virus and today my buttered English muffin did not sit well. It sat and sat and sat in my stomach feeling like a brick. I decided a pot of puerh for all day sipping was in order.

Since I am behind on cleaning I was busy vacuuming and dusting and polishing and forgot to check the tea, and this big flat cube had opened right up and I had a pot of almost inky black tea.

No worries, puerh almost always forgives, so I added some extra water. Then I was puzzled. There was puerh smell and…something else? Fruity? I decided the jasmine incense burning in another room may have infiltrated the kitchen. But this didn’t smell like jasmine, or like puerh. I poured a cup and sniffed.

It’s just the tea. If someone else made this tea I would swear it was a flavored puerh. Trying to wrack my brain for what the aroma was, I think blackcurrant describes it best. There is camphor as well. Minty tingle on the tongue while the tea is hot that fades as it cools. Overall, the broth is very creamy.

Second steep (these are big steeps) was very dark as soon as the water hit it, so it probably had a 30 second steep at most. Now the initial aroma was quite expected “horse-y” puerh aroma. As I poured it into a second pot, the horse barn was subdued and stronger camphor came forward but there is still a fruity note here, much weaker than the first steep and horse and camphor lead.

White2Tea says it has molasses notes, and I suppose I get molasses and maybe some molasses has this fruity taste which they do not mention at all. I think it is fabulous, and this would be a really great choice for introducing people to ripe puerh tea.

I will ice part of this and keep drinking it for the next day or two, as Ashman is now feeling a bit off in the gut and will also benefit from puerh’s tendency to calm the gut when food feels heavy.

Bottom line: I like it very much and would definitely order more of this.

Martin Bednář

Oh no, I hope you get better soon!

gmathis

Ugh. Stomach things are so hard to bounce back from!

ashmanra

I do feel much, much better and have accomplished lots of work in the house and yard today! Thank you for the well wishes!

Michelle

There is a good reason to have a fully stocked cupboard of tea – for medicinal purposes!

ashmanra

Michelle: I like the way you think!

MadHatterTeaReview

I hope you’re feeling much better!

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This tea is one of the first I enjoyed with my White2Tea club. I decided a few months ago to start dipping my toe more into puerhs and teas that are outside my comfort zone and to my surprise, I’ve started to really really love darker teas and black teas. (I used to be a green tea gal)

This is sadly my last serving of this lovely tea. Sweet, dark, earthy/mushroomy with a thick richness that I can’t put my finger on. (first steeping) Just makes me soo insanely eager for my multiple tea orders from White2Tea to get here already.

Flavors: Earth, Mushrooms, Sweet

Courtney

Mushroom! My partner is obsessed with the health benefits of mushrooms and I could totally see her being intrigued with this haha.

ashmanra

Courtney: I used to have a tea called Willow from Whispering Pines. It had candy cap mushrooms in it! You might poke around the internet and see if it is available anywhere.

Courtney

Thanks ashmanra! I’ll have to do some searching!

Nichole/CuppaGeek

And Friday Afternoon has a blend that is amazing with mushrooms, figs, and elderflowers. Sounds like a super weird combo but I love it. https://fridaytea.com/products/druids-blend?pos=2&_sid=81183fdaa&ss=r

Courtney

Neat! Thanks for the tip!

ashmanra

Nicole/Cuppageek – a package arrived from Friday Afternoon today addressed to my daughter who only drinks one tea and no others. I dare say it might be a Christmas gift for me! I am betting it has something to do with Avatar because we watched it together in the summer! Maybe Uncle Iroh’s Jasmine? I will know next week!

Nichole/CuppaGeek

Oh do let me know! And let me know what you think of the blends. I subscribe to her sampler and try to get it a couple times a month. Some of the blends have been quite amazing. How exciting!

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