#pumidor

[mcrdotcom]

Checking in with @crimsonlotustea 2016 Beneath an Emerald Sea sheng puerh! I’ve had a tong of this in my pumidor since summer 2017… this is the only cake I have cracked into, and this has had improper storage outside the pumidor for 1.5 years when I lived in Germany, so I wasn’t overly hopeful for it… but it is actually drinking really well (which excites me about the cakes stored well). Clearly has lost its young aroma, but by steep 3 it was deeply flavoured and thick bodied, youthful vegetal flavours still present, but a very prominent sweetness with very little astringency. Has a briney quality, and a little bitter cocoa nib vibe that I always loved… this combines with the sweetness to give something slightly reminiscent of salted caramel, which is actually great! Irish storage conditions are 15 - 22 C, 65 - 70 RH in my pumidor without added humidity. It is clearly developing a little, but I wouldn’t use the word “ageing” 😂 Excited for my second ever tong to arrive from @white2tea! #puerh #puer #sheng #raw #tea #china #chinese #pumidor #ageing (at Swords, Dublin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnHvTHUtNlc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[chacrusade]

#AprilSipIn day 14 is meant to be a photo of my tea stash but it's a bit hard for me to get a photo of everything together so here's my #rawpuer #pumidor – basically just an Esky with a couple of Boveda packs. I don't really keep samples in here. Need to drink through them all! https://www.instagram.com/p/B-89lPdAnmH/?igshid=1nsdr2ozqzq13

[qaantar-tea]

Routing around in the pumidor again... I forget what year this one was, but hey, Guafengzhai... #tea #puer #puerh #guafengzhai #sheng #essenceoftea https://instagr.am/p/CEzFZo0A_Pz/

[mcrdotcom]

2007 Everlasting Yiwu, got this from @toby8653 4 years ago 😲 It’s been a long time since I’ve tried it! Dry leaf has a celery/celeriac scent, but the wet leaf is sweet and fruity with a woody base note. Tea brews up with a nice orange liquor. Thick medium-thick body, deep woody base flavour layered with soft sweet stone fruits, a hint of bitterness with a light huigan. Typical Yiwu character I feel! A bit of strength, giving me a little hazy head feel and some nice warmth. After 4 years of not so great western dry storage it still holds its own, but I think it has definitely suffered a bit! This went through 1.5 years of non-pumidor storage so hopefully the teas that have lived in the pumidor forever won’t suffer as much! #Puerh #puer #sheng shengpuerh #shengpuer #raw #rawpuerh #rawpuer #yiwu #pumidor #pu #tea #cha #china #chinese (at Swords, Dublin) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-2OFclgX52/?igshid=il4ultj6nz1d

[mcrdotcom]

2000 Menghai Dayi tuocha from @toby8653! Found it hard to control bitterness and astringency the first time I brewed this, but with that in mind this session has been pleasant! Aged taste with some returning sweetness! #yunnan #pumidor #puer #puerh #tea #cha #aged #2000 (at Ranelagh)

[mcrdotcom]

Finally setting up my pumidor! Ripe puerh in the drawer at the bottom (isolated from the raw), mid-late aged stuff on the second shelf and young-mid aged on the top shelf! Some white and red tea in the side of the fridge! #pumidor #humidor #cha #tea #puerh #puer (at Ranelagh)

[qaantar-tea]

A slight break in the day's madness, and the pumidor called to me. I pulled out this 2003 "0546" that I got while in Singapore... #tea #puer #puerh #cnnp #sheng #0546 https://instagr.am/p/CDt7afcAP9T/

[qaantar-tea]

2003 Wu Chi Dao, Mengku Zheng Shan, last of this sample, but I think I have a cake or 2 of it in the pumidor. #tea #puer #puerh #pumidor #sheng #mengku #wuchidao https://instagr.am/p/CCZBFD2gN6E/

[mcrdotcom]

Sister sheng from @white2tea! Good body, sweet aftertaste, florals and fruit notes, with a young bite! Overall similar to my thoughts during the brother-sister side-by-side comparison, just a yummy tea I wish I could get a cake of! #shengpuerh #shengpuer #shengpu #sheng #puer #puerh #puertea #puerhtea #puercha #puerhcha #cha #tea #white2tea #brotherandsister #yunnan #pumidor (at Ranelagh)

[mcrdotcom]

@white2tea 2019 Big Green Hype! Been sitting in my pumidor for months! Great vegetal and creamy base with good thick body, the creaminess coming out in steep 4+. Lovely floral high notes, a pleasant sweetness with papaya and melon, and a certain spicy peppery note. A small smoky meatiness I think as well. Nice clingy finish in the back of the mouth and throat, with a lingering huigan. As usual the hype is real! #white2tea #tea #cha #puerh #puer #sheng #raw #shengpuerh #shengpuer #rawpuerh #rawpuer #pu #shengpu #china #chinese #yunnan #biggreenhype #2019 (at Swords, Dublin) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Hp771gk2E/?igshid=1c37odq7mv9bl

[qaantar-tea]

Aside from the pumidor, I have a few jars full of tuos. This largest one is about 2 feet deep. #tea #puer #puerh #pumidor #teastorage #teajar http://bit.ly/2Wbemj0

[qaantar-tea]

For @cosmin.dordea, I got a dedicated pumidor about 10 years ago. From a cabinet maker that makes humidors for cigars, this cabinet uses a less smelly cedar. It has two humidifier units in the bottom back and blow humidity into the cabinet, with a meter in the upper right. I keep it set for 70 RH. Temperature is ambient (60 to 80F). Some people use converted mini fridges. Some people use clay pots/jars (I use those, too). #tea #puer #puerh #humidor #pumidor #teastorage http://bit.ly/2Dzgs53

[qaantar-tea]

Adding water to my pumidor, I saw this little tuo sitting there on the bottom shelf. "Brew me!" it seemed to say. So I obliged the little 2004 tea. Nan Jian, I think. #tea #puer #puerh #nanjian #tuo #2004 #teji http://bit.ly/2scs1ZC

[chacrusade]

After a brief reprieve for a few days, the rain is back in Sydney for the foreseeable future 🌧 I took the opportunity to recharge the Boveda pack in my shou pumidor and I rediscovered this stack of 2020 "Pretty Girls" biscuits from #white2tea. Since it's definitely the weather for it, I was able to try one for the first time today. The 12 gram biscuit easily snapped in two but I put both halves in to my pot to brew because I needed Big Tea Energy today. Despite long steeps, Pretty Girls was thick with a red date sweetness. Extra long steeps only added a slight woodiness. There was a nice complexity to the fragrance that I don't typically find in a #ripepuer but didn't have a whole lot of time to explore. I'm keen to give this one another go (and no doubt the weather will provide an opportunity soon). This tea is sold out now but I will be keeping a lookout in case it makes a return in future seasons. (at Cammeraygal) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb_8_pmr-gd/?utm_medium=tumblr

[qaantar-tea]

New cake successfully crammed! #tea #puer #puerh #pumidor https://instagr.am/p/CbvQSzDuTwi/

[qaantar-tea]

An unexpected arrival.... A yiwu, bulang, and wuliang combo. Likely not too drinkable now, but will give it a whirl before putting, uh, cramming, into the pumidor. #tea #puer #puerh #yiwu #bulang #wuliang https://instagr.am/p/Cbuk1amO4Uj/