TEA DRUNK on a very special Gushu PuErh Tea - RESIN TEMPTRESS

[@martinodman4068]

"Steal a man's wallet, he will be poor for a week. Teach a man about pu-erh, he will be poor for a lifetime"

[@wheelchairboy88]

Ain't that the truth but puerh is so worth it.

[@dominiccusi2210]

Truer words have never been spoken haha

[@reubenk1615]

So true!

[@annathy]

True...soooo true!

[@Cratees]

My boi be spittin' facts~

[@Cratees]

Dude I don't even need to buy the tea anymore Don is so skilled that I'm experiencing it myself

[@frenchcookerysnob8251]

I must say as an agricultural student who recently got interested in tea, your passion and dedication are contagious and I might just have found the very most interesting horticultural field thanks to you. It is very likely that I'll start working in the tea farming industry !

[@MeiLeaf]

That's wonderful!

[@karmesindryade]

Did you ever consider to publish a book with all the lovely artwork which Celine created for these tea cake covers? I would immediately buy it. And I think I wouldn't be the only one...

[@solaris100]

Great idea!

[@Viniter]

Absolutely! These are all so beautiful, they should be definitely archived somewhere after the teas go out of stock.

[@giannismuller7899]

Thank you so much for your videos! Actually tea has never been a thing for me until I stumbled upon your channel two month ago. I got my first teas and equipment and man, it's changing my life! It really helps with my mindfulness and a nice gong fu tea session always makes my day. And everything just because of you! You are great, keep spreading the word!

[@benmoore7946]

This may be one of the most beautiful artworks yet.

[@alexanderaloisrohland5593]

It's definetly a beautiful one, but my favorite so far is Dream Scene Smuggler^^

[@benmoore7946]

@@alexanderaloisrohland5593 a beautiful one as well. I fondly remember Night Forest Muse. That one might have been my favourite ever (but I didn't get to try the tea at the time).

[@alexanderaloisrohland5593]

@@benmoore7946 I shouldn't say this loud but the wrapper of Night Forest Muse reminds me of the CD-Cover of Luciana Zogbi's "She Wolf", wich was released before the PuErh... Anyway, Night Forest Muse saved my life before I had a psychic collapse. For more information, plz read my comment on the Mei Leaf Sessions from last years March.

[@willpopemusic]

This tea was an absolutely energizing experience. When Don says that you will want to sit there and smell the wet leaf for 20min.. he was not kidding at all. One of the best parts, is knowing how extraordinary this tea was, and anticipating the next time to experience it again. For the price, it is almost automatically reserved for special occasions, and the connection between the preciousness of this tea and the occassion that was deemed special enough for this tea shape a very full, multi-dimensional experience and memory. At least that's what it did for me. The only think I regret is getting 2 samplers instead of a full cake. It really does transcend beyond just a leaf when you treat it right.

[@wheelchairboy88]

When it comes to super potent puerh teas I drink maybe 1 or 2 infusions per hour and make the tea last as long as possible so it doesn't hit me to hard.

[@kjell159]

Beautiful artwork on the cake paper! I'm not a visual artist or anything, but I like the depth of the picture. The mirror with the camel/dromedary? really adds to that.

[@saracaudill]

Don's excitement while warming the gai wan is palpable, I cannot wait to try this one! :)

[@Malthan]

"MDMA style, you know, high" - no Don, I don't know, but I'll take your word for it :D

[@anabreese1886]

This may very well be the best review of any tea EVER!! Beautiful artwork (as always). Looking forward to ordering this 🍃 🌱 🍵 💚 Thanks for the great video and love your attention to detail

[@loadsterbr7298]

“A very MDMA style..” Don’s younger years must’ve been extremely fun ahaha

[@slaxxer113]

He has been a music producer so.. yeah😂

[@vratkokabina8967]

Exactly what I tought xD

[@IceSick90]

I mean he lives London lol

[@codycoleman627]

ugh when Don takes that first smell of the Resin Temptress in a month in a half… i could feel that. i just love witnessing the appreciation of all the layers, seeing someone dive into them and be fully immersed in an experience , becoming scent

[@laurataylor6423]

I love his tea obsession!

[@robertdavis1783]

Even more than Tub Highness 😭. My poor wallet can’t handle so many tasty teas this early in the year.

[@NaughtyBowl]

I really wish you had some more stock of this, I had a sample back when it came out and wish I’d forked out for a cake! Incredible tea, probably one of the most interesting puerh teas I’ve tried. Re watching this doesn’t get old. 😊

[@jamesnettleton68]

I tried Mace tea.Very powerful lots of oil.Made me feel very calm and fortified. The Resin Temptress sound very amazing.I also believe both teas will get results.

[@desertfox432]

Sounds like a Scherezade type of Gushu. Keeps you up till dawn. Awesome artwork.

[@MemoryLoss..]

Thank you for bringing ur passion. a Swiss guy living in Taiwan and teahead

[@CIIZARmusic]

I should clean up my flat... but instead I'm binge watching videos about getting tea drunk, a topic over which I stumbled today as I just started my tea journey literally two weeks ago... And I'm amazed by it. I started out with a green tea, Xi Hu Long Jing. I don't know about the quality compared to this tea, but as a starter I'm fascinated about the decency of different tastes this tea provides me with. I also like the effects of the caffeine. I'm a rather unhinged coffee addict so to speak, but I'm also quite sensitive towards the effects when it gets too much. I feel caffeine rushes very intensely. I like that with the green tea it seems like the effects are coming much more subtle and are lasting longer than the usual caffeine-coffee rush upwards and then crashing at some point. It's much more decent and until now I didn't reach the rush level with tea. I got a tea cooker, I infuse my water for about a minute each brew and can brew up to four times. Perhaps it's like three grams I put in. Today I just finished my second bottle of tea in like 4 hours, that means 1,5l and I'm calm and focused (yet easily distracted as evidence suggests :D). After that much coffee I'd be turning my flat upside down... And it seems as though the effects reflect the subtlety of the tastes I get of the tea. I never realised that tea has an inherent sweetness to it, or that much of flowery notes hidden inside while not being overly present and taking away anything else. I'm astonished, I'm excited. And I know that not too long in the future I'll try my first "Tea Drunk" and I hope that when I visit home during my next vacation I'll get to try this out with my best friend as well, because I'm pretty sure he doesn't know about the concept of getting tea drunk :D We'll see Thanks for your content!

[@daniel.lopresti]

That'd be Gentian, a root used in Italy ("Genziana") as an alcohol infusion. Discovered it on a recent trip to the Abruzzo region where they sell the dried roots in local markets, and also got a bottle of the stuff made by a relative :)

[@joetexas1546]

I want to see Lucys reaction to this! Ordered a cake today- if it even comes close to the LBZ that I have, it shall be worth it! Cheers from Texas.

[@UnubtaniumTheCyborg]

Think I was about 8 min in to video before paused and ordered!! LoL Now hurry up delivery person :P

[@joshuapaquette2174]

Hehehe...towards the end, you don’t see Don at a loss for descriptors much. This temptress might also be a mind eraser, mdma sensation and presence creator. At $1.20 a gram it’s still sub $10 a session. How much would you pay for one good mixed drink?

[@muizzy]

Drinking game: One shot for every time Don says "Sort of" this video :')

[@wolfeblister2503]

More like a sip of tea

[@Xx_Eric_was_Here_xX]

i don't watch too often but i really enjoyed this.. love your enthusiasm :)

[@nicholas389]

I would buy it. Unfortunately my wife will not let me spend so much on a tea. But bags & purses are essential, who'd have guessed that 🤔

[@alexanderaloisrohland5593]

First liked, then ordered, then this commentary^^ Have been waiting for this tea cake since 6 months (instagramm photo). Finally released and soon at our home^^

[@reubenk1615]

You knew about it 6 months ago? How? I only follow YT

[@alexanderaloisrohland5593]

@@reubenk1615 6 months ago, there was an Instagram photo with the cake of Tub Highness, but under the cake you could saw another cake with the wrapper of Resin Temptress. It was something like a sneak peak, just to make our mouth water^^ I thought always "ok this week he'll be releasing this PuErh-Cake", but nope, first no PuErhs, then every week was something different...Flower Crane...Steam Bun Scallywag...Bling Rock Kingpin...Fractal Fate Finder...and here we are^^

[@reubenk1615]

@@alexanderaloisrohland5593 he's sneaky... Always something in the works

[@Bloodywasher]

bruhh your descriptions are onnn pointtt

[@gilgamesh3328]

One thing I'm curious about. Would people typically have a meal alongside this kind of tea? And, if so, is there anything that would traditionally be eaten to complement it?

[@5Komma5]

Need to get a sampler the next time I order. Sounds interesting

[@BlakeP16]

Excited!

[@annathy]

I definately want one.

[@wolkensaft]

Nobody deserves bad tea, but with this price tag, it seems that hardly anyone deserves the sublime stuff either. 😢

[@LangCashman]

When you are lucky enough to know about Mei Leaf I think you definitely can get "the sublime stuff" very accessibly. In fact, almost all of their teas are sublime. Some of their lowest quality teas might not fall into the sublime category, rather they'd fall into the very very very good category. The integrity of the Mei Leaf team is quite incredible in that the profit aspect of their business, which every business needs to have, never seems to be prioritised over the passion for sharing exceptional tea. You can see this integrity in choices not to stock certain teas in years where they can't find the right quality at a fair price point, even when they would likely make a lot money just by buying and selling a medium quality version of that tea just because of its reputation (e.g. Jin Jun Mei). So thanks to Mei Leaf, I think we are some of the lucky few who get to experience some of they very top top, most sublime teas in the world in a very convenient way and at an extremely accessible price point. This tea in particular I would say is not more expensive because it is exponentially more "sublime" then their other teas, but rather because it offers an extremely rarified and unique experience. When only 40kg is produced, only a handful of people in the entire world will get to go on the journey that this tea is the ticket for. Tea is in demand and the family that produced the 40kg of this tea would know that and price accordingly. High demand, low supply = a very premium price point. I'm sure that the team at Mei Leaf isn't setting the price point purely based on the experience offered by the tea. If they could get it at half the price they did from the Ji family, I expect that we would be able to get it at a relatively cheaper price also. Unfortunately, rare commodities are always going to attract high price points. So long story short, for the tea lovers obsessed with broadening the scope of their tea experience, they will pick up this tea and have a great time I'm sure. But for those who aren't lucky enough to get their hands on a cake of this, there are many other teas at Mei Leaf that, although they won't be the same experience, are also sublime teas and can bring just as much joy :)

[@willpopemusic]

All I can say is, this tea blew my mind. It was a complex sensory experience.

[@michaelkartman3543]

@@LangCashman You nailed it. I just discovered real tea, and I knew I would not buy it from anyone else besides Mei Leaf, because I know he hand picked and tastes everything in their catalog, so the customer is assured no matter what they buy, they are, at the absolute least, getting a very very good tea!

[@GotirisLp]

If only it wasn't that expensive.

[@guillermolledowolkowicz7085]

What's the meaning of orchid smell? Every fragant orchid I smell smells different. Is it that really sweet note you can find in thick snots, rotten yucca and hyacnth?

[@BenjahLee]

I regret not buying a cake when this came out. Grateful I did get to try a sample, I still keep coming back to watch this video 😂 I wonder what this tea tastes now after 3 years…

[@MeiLeaf]

@@BenjahLee potent, resinous and heady as always but with deeper sweetness

[@charleswalker1185]

I must say, I thought I used to be a tea head, but you put me in the shade...

[@solaris100]

Butterflies in the stomach... that's the feeling I get when I buy new trainers ;)

[@vizionofire2044]

Is this fsk 18?

[@Cookie-tv2bb]

Expensive!

[@slinger001]

160gbp? nope. nope. nope...x160. love you Don, love the art work. won't spend that on Tea.

[@jessesprinkle]

Oh ma Lord!!!!!

[@bobjone7841]

Where get white tea

[@gnomebodyknows]

lovely wrapper design! as always of course, but Celine really knocked this one outta the park - on a totally separate note, anyone know if Don has covered the effects of kettle scaling on water quality or descaling techniques in a video yet? he mentioned descaling a couple times here and I’d love to know his perspective

[@mrfox3504]

I use food grade citric acid for descaling my kettle. Add a small amount maybe a teaspoon to half full kettle of hot water. Swirl it around for about a minute to clean the inside and pour it out from the spout so it cleans the spout also. Then rinse the kettle with fresh water. Everything comes out shiny bright with no scrubbing. I recall one older video where Celine shows how to clean teaware using citric acid. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIiWoICqmblrpLc

[@gnomebodyknows]

@@mrfox3504 oh yeah! totally forgot about that video, thanks for the citric acid tip-I’ll definitely give that a try

[@reubenk1615]

I use 1 tablespoon citric acid in the kettle, then while I'm at it I put 1 tablespoon of baking soda in a bowl large enough to hold the volume and pour the kettle water onto it. Then submerge my teaware in it to clean individually. Next if you have the metal tea tray my tip is to place a rag on it in the sink and pour some on the rag so it doesn't just run down the drain but stay in contact with the tray and work the stains. It works... Works best HOT. So be careful

[@kjell159]

The samplers are already sold out. Wow. I was 'considering' it, but buying a whole cake, maybe if I start living off of instant noodles from now on. You can hire a full hour with a semi-high class escort for that price! (no reason why I mentioned that...) 50 pills of MDMA - like Don compared it akin. Or a bag of co... Ok, I'll stop.

[@reubenk1615]

Oh. No. Please continue. Finally some good perspectives. Seriously... with these prices drugs are cheaper 🤣

[@Geeoorrgeee]

£15 for 15g of tea, even if that was one (mighty) session lasting one evening, that’s the price of a nice bottle of wine. Would probably get you more drunk as well..

[@kjell159]

@@Geeoorrgeee Sometimes I wonder if they're mainly selling tea to millionaires. :D

[@pistolatime2515]

oh no ill have to buy another tea ...

[@UnubtaniumTheCyborg]

:P My thoughts too..

[@onixxx1984]

"Adults Only" I can hear Terry Crews from Blened.

[@tudor-gabrielisbasoiu179]

33:48 🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@vizionofire2044]

I don't have a way to make my water clear what should i do should i buy supermarket water?

[@alexanderaloisrohland5593]

Simple recommandation: yes, I do it too and it's definetly worth it and makes the tea so much better^^

[@vizionofire2044]

@@alexanderaloisrohland5593 thanks

[@reubenk1615]

Cheapest solution is a brita style filter. Cheaper than constantly buying bottled water. It really adds up and is economical in the long run. Do the math. Got a better solution? I'm open for suggestions

[@vizionofire2044]

@@reubenk1615 Yeah ok I'll do but as of right now I'm in the hospital and there is just a supermarket in range so when I'm home I'll do that

[@lambree4947]

How does one get tea drunk? I tried once with a friend using some expensive shade grown green tea, and it left me feeling as if my heart was beating incredibly slow and made me feel quite bad. Maybe to much Lthemine?

[@celgaha]

Some people get the effect more easily than others. Usually for me drinking a lot of tea in a short time is enough, and it doesn't matter which tea, as long as it's brewed gong fu style. I notice when I'm tea drunk when I move my head and it feels like it lags a bit and I want to dance around.

[@user-yo3cg9ev8y]

it depends on the person, for me aged white teas make me the most tea drunk to the point were it´s almost too intense, but you can have that pretty much with every tea but with different effects and strenght. and i recommend doing it gong fu style

[@saffron1996]

you need to smell some labdanum resin! im sure this is the note you are describing

[@reubenk1615]

Took me a moment to realize its a camel. At first glance I saw a "groot" woman or a woodsy skinned woman or tree lady/triad or driad or some fantastical creature. Then I notice the camel. Imagine my horror... I like fantasy, what can I say

[@ahmedov1399]

RIP My wallet

[@danielmckoane]

"check the compresh"

[@gare244]

9:46 what is that cat? What’s it for? So cute

[@anabreese1886]

It’s a tea pet - changes color when you pour tea or hot water on it. Just for fun but Don also places it in a different slot per infusion so he knows how many he’s had 🍵

[@Divinaa36]

@27:23 -> “…Focus Son” 😊 So intense, I love it 🙌

[@LangCashman]

Great vid. Not sure if anyone on the team will see this but, just in case, a quick heads up there is a typo on the website page for this tea. Second sentence of the second paragraph after the S.C.O.P.E finishes, 'blend of ripe fruits, expensive spices[,] cream puddings and sticky resins'

[@MeiLeaf]

Thanks for spotting and sharing we have fixed the error.

[@mrp2209]

I am sure it is brilliant, but not so affordable.

[@ababababaababbba]

False advertising It doesn't taste like camel 🥺

[@kapirk2244]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ИльяЦымбал-д8ь]

Looks like it is a oolong-pu

[@prophet71124]

This guys not buzzed on the tea he got wasted on the weed. ROFL. Personally I'm in to a good hojicha but Numi has a really nice chocolate Puerh as well. Last month I went to china town in chicago to the local tea shop and picked up an excellent gunpowder green for $135 a pound. Excellent taste I have to admit. Would love to sit down and drink that stuff with you boss, I love top notch tea. I drink over a quart of green tea every day for the last 7 years or so. My EGCG levels are thru the roof. Thats epigallo catechin-3- gallate for alll you newbies out there.