If the truth be known, I *like* the soft
earthy loam of a good shu Pue'rh,
even one without age. It's the taste and
smell of forest and peat that amuses and
delights me. Shu was my first Poo. I
haven't lost my initial fondness for it.

I get fruit and flower and caramel and
charcoal and such like from SH and DHP.
I don't get that Shu earthiness, and thus I
can't quite equate these teas. Perhaps more
apropos would be comparison of Shu
Pu'erh to other non-Pu'erh black teas
(using the Chinese idea of "black tea"
here).

> I compare the taste of black puer to other old growth or wild teas like
> ShuiHsien or DaHongPao. It's something you won't initially like but
> you get use to the taste.
> Jim

>>>> "but then again I don't much
>>>> like pu-ehr anyway."
>>>> Scott


>>> Sorry, guys; I fell asleep.
>>> WHO said this? Was it
>>> crymad, that almost
>>> Japanese fellow?
>>> Michael

>> No, it was me.
>> Actually, I was being kind. I really can't stand the stuff.
>> --scott