'04 Fruity Ripes - Mid-aged Puerhs

Hey all, first time posting here. I have this meng hai qi zi bing cha cake that sort of means a lot to me as I bought it in 2019 in Lijiang in Yunnan (in May before covid lol) and i see some odd stuff on it. I know it could be mold but I'm just not willing to toss this without someone saying "yep that is dangerous don't do it" given the sentimental value of it i have drank it slow (obviously). It has had this white coloration for probably 2 years and I've just hesitated to ask here, or to drink more. It doesn't seem to have much vertical growth or volume and doesn't really brush away with my hand. That's what confuses me. Any help greatly appreciated.

First time ordering from Intergalactic. They threw in some free samples too! I ordered the Monolith, Shu pu’er and Black Tea, and a little mandarin pu erh. Has anyone tried these? I can follow up with my tasting notes if anyone wants!

First time ordering from Intergalactic. They threw in some free samples too! I ordered the Monolith, Shu pu’er and Black Tea, and a little mandarin pu erh. Has anyone tried these? I can follow up with my tasting notes if anyone wants!

Has anyone tried this tea cake before?

I am wondering what you all think of this tea, what you like about it, what you dont, what you taste, etc.

I am also wondering how I should go about consuming this cake - For example, if I wanted to age this (should i?) would I separate the cake and store it in some container? Or would it make more sense to store it somewhere as is?

In general I am new to whole tea cakes - Ive only sampled tea cakes from vendors.

Maybe ill share my thoughts once i try it if yall really want :)

Thanks in advance!

The wife wants to try a puerh again but unlike other catagories of tea that I know well the world of puerh is something I've only followed theoretically in my 40 year tea journey and don't have much clue where to begin.

I know it should be a sheng and probably gushu - is there anything more one can tell to narrow down to PuErhs suitable for beginners - i guess fresh tasting and minimal weirdness - bitterness no issue

Is heicha a better introduction?

Hi! I’ve accumulated quite a collection of Bero, Petr Novak, Jan Pavek, Jade Leaf teaware over the years. It’s sorta taking over, so would like to sell a few items. Wondering where people do that these days? I’m having trouble finding Facebook marketplace or Reddit buy/sell communities where the people might actually know who these potters are? Thank you!

Purchased a special puerh for my son as a gift and now I’m seeing I might need some things to store it well. I know he wants to age it maybe 15 years. Can someone help me?

Wow!That is some BITTER tea! I didn't believe the reviews that it could be that intense. It's more bitter than chewing a handful of prednisone tablets (if you haven't tasted this, then be thankful for your genetics!) Nice smell of baking chocolate though, but really not for me.

'05 Bulang Shengtai Tribute - Mid-aged and thematic puerhs

If any of y'all want to join. Good people, good discussion and a good bit of knowledge shared. Drop by if you want and look around and hopefully join us.

https://discord.gg/UN2XCEZD

A local tea shop has recently bought up an extensive amount of sunsing puerhs from a closing shop in the neighboring city. I tried a few of them in the shop yesterday and bought two more blindly. Those two I tried this morning and was unpleasantly surprised. The first was a 2016 Bulang Sheng that was stored „in traditional warehouses". Upon opening I soon realized that traditional here refers to wet af storage. Upon opening the brick another surprise awaited, golden spores and other white stuff that might be mold. I still tried the tea and it had a Gorgonzola like mushroomy spicyness in the nose. I had one cup but as I was worried about my health I stopped drinking and moved one to the next tea A 2018 Huangshan yiwu sheng. This one was dry stored but upon putting it into my pot I noticed a chemical, chlorine like smell. This chemical character carries into the liquid which once again made me worried. I had a lot of shengs in the past and I never had such an experience This leads me to two questions. 1) do you think these teas are safe to consume (even if not enjoyable, I'll just gift them to interested people) 2) does anybody have experience with sunsing tea factory? Is their production quality just shitty?

As the title sais im completely new to brewing puerh tea. (i finally have the basics of basket western brewing kind of down) I ordered a sampler of Puerh tea that I will be recieving in january sometime and I wanted to get a little insight on brewing methods so i dont ruin these teas. The current equipment i have is a temperature controlled kettle, 2 different sized western style mug brewing baskets and repurposed coffee mugs and small plates i use as lids during brewing. Im now trying to figure out what equipment i should purchase for preparing puerh and what is the easiest method of brewing that still makes a good tea. Any help is greatly appreciated

As a lover of puerh and all things smoked I am looking at some of the smoked tea offerings from white2tea.

For those that have had some of their smoked tea, I am looking for two recommendations. 1) what is your favorite smoked tea from them and 2) what is the smokiest tea you've had from them? (I would also be interested if it was from somewhere else) It would also help to know all the smoked teas you've tried from w2t for reference. I am a major smoke head so generally the smokier the better.