I get home and excitedly opened the package to find it a loose leaf pu erh.
Pu erh tea taste.
Some people will describe this as fishy.
The other explanation for the dirt note is a personal taste.
It calls itself a chen nian pu er tea it says its a ripe 2year pu erh but does not state the actual date of production.
Ripe pu erh has a very unique earthy note that can t be experienced from any other tea.
Sometimes pu erh tea can taste like fish which could mean that it was stored in unsanitary conditions.
While ripe pu erh can taste like dirt a raw pu erh can sometimes taste fishy.
Pu erh tea can taste like many things since it s a versatile tea and it s also got two distinct categories black and green.
The loose variants will commonly taste very earthy and wooden with some acidic notes.
This means that you will find honey flowery notes and maybe a bit of nuttiness and this is mostly true for the green varieties.
What does pu erh tea taste like.
If this is the case there s nothing wrong with the tea and you probably don t like it.
The world wide popularity of pu erh tea started only about 50 years ago when the ripe pu erh was invented.
The taste of pu erh.
Due to the fermentation process pu erh tea has a unique pungent or funky taste but this is mixed with other flavors such as sweetness bitterness and.
Some raw pu erh has a vegetal seaweed taste.
There are a few ways to explain.
The chance of buying a fishy cooked pu erh tea is a lot lower with loose pu erh.
So i bought this pu erh from one of my local international markets.
The liquor feels soft and silky in the mouth and the throat.