RJP wrote:
> Although Upton's choices in most other types of tea is very
> good (IMHO), they have only ever carried a few pu-erhs, all
> black up to this time. I've tried a couple and didn't care for them.
>
> However, now I notice they have, for the first time, a green
> pu-erh in tuo cha form (7-8 grams per). Has anybody tried it?
> If so, what were your impressions? The description says it is
> made from "fine buds of Yunnan's heirloom tea trees", and the
> flavor is described as "vegetal, with notes of wild honey and
> dried fruit." This sounds attractive, but at a price of around
> $0.35 per gram, it is way out of my normal range. Looking
> for opinions of you experience pu-erh drinkers out there.
>
>
> Randy

I hadn't even noticed that they added that. A few months back I bought
a sample of one of each of Upton's Pu-Erh offerings and I can say that
none of them did much for me except their Ancient Maiden, which was
good as a beginning Puer. Since I am mainly drawn to the green puer's I
plan on ordering a sample and giving it a shot it sounds intriguing.
It's $7.70 for 15g which I'm assuming is 2 Tuo's which is about 10
servings. It does seem pretty steeply priced for what it is though.

I'd be interested to hear what some of the Puer experts could say about
this. I could be wrong but it seems like this wouldn't be exclusive to
Uptons and may be available elsewhere at a better price.

- Dominic