Having just talked about some Jasmine tea on another thread I went and
looked at Peet's website online; (Peet's Coffe is local to me and esp.
in terms of not having to go to Starbucks...)

I've been looking at different Pu-erh for awhile now, ever since
finding some in bags, yes bagged Pu-erh, in Oakland's Chinatown almost
a decade ago.

Here's the rundown:

http://www.peets.com/shop/tea_detail...=1335&cid=2006

Ancient Trees Organic Pu-erh
This tea is rich, earthy, nutty and densely flavorful, as thick and
dark as coffee, yet exceptionally smooth.

In the mountains of southwest Yunnan is a forest containing semi-wild
tea plants, many of them centuries-old and as tall as trees. The local
people have been making organic Pu-erh tea from these old-growth tea
trees for many generations. The unique "bowl" shape is termed Tuo Cha,
achieved by traditional pile-fermenting, pressing and drying
techniques.
=================

Hows this stuff stack up to a specialty shop/ mail-order Pu-erh,
anybody know?


berk

The taste of every black puer like this and every green puer is
essentially more different than similar. All things being equal the
term Ancient Trees is desirable in the puer world. This is as good as
any place to start. Id be surprised if their description comes even
close to what you taste. In the good ole days youd have to wait for
China Post. Now you can buy it directly from US shops like PuerShop or
SevenCups. Check out what people say on:

http://community.livejournal.com/puerh_tea/
http://www.teachat.com/viewforum.php?f=20

Jim

PS There is that Chinese term 'nutty' again. Anytime I see that
Beware!.

On Sep 1, 1:40 pm, TBerk > wrote:
> Having just talked about some Jasmine tea on another thread I went and
> looked at Peet's website online; (Peet's Coffe is local to me and esp.
> in terms of not having to go to Starbucks...)
>
> I've been looking at different Pu-erh for awhile now, ever since
> finding some in bags, yes bagged Pu-erh, in Oakland's Chinatown almost
> a decade ago.
>
> Here's the rundown:
>
> http://www.peets.com/shop/tea_detail...=1335&cid=2006
>
> Ancient Trees Organic Pu-erh
> This tea is rich, earthy, nutty and densely flavorful, as thick and
> dark as coffee, yet exceptionally smooth.
>
> In the mountains of southwest Yunnan is a forest containing semi-wild
> tea plants, many of them centuries-old and as tall as trees. The local
> people have been making organic Pu-erh tea from these old-growth tea
> trees for many generations. The unique "bowl" shape is termed Tuo Cha,
> achieved by traditional pile-fermenting, pressing and drying
> techniques.
> =================
>
> Hows this stuff stack up to a specialty shop/ mail-order Pu-erh,
> anybody know?
>
> berk