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Hey there. Another shot in the dark to see if anyone has heard of
Jujube Fragrant pu-erh. I just got a brick in chinatown. Took me an hour or so on zhongwen to figure out what the characters meant. It says it's from "Xishuangbanna Menghai Yong Ming Tea Factory" The picture is he http://static.flickr.com/38/85111552_c5f8c63a2d_b.jpg I just had some gongfu style, 10s 20s 10s 30s. It's earthy and a little flat. It's very leaf-y, with lots of papery folds of leaf, and lots of twigs. Anyway, I didn't taste any hint of fruit or "jujube" after four infusions. Is this just a name or is there actually jujube fragrance in the tea? Hrm... |
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