Two Unknown Tips When BREWING RAW PU-ERH

[@Salaaran]

Interesting tips you provided here, though it seems like a lot of these tips are generally more useful if you specifically seek out a light brew. Letting the tea rest before the next brew (I feel) is only required if you do not want to brew hot. I always start out with boiling water and for me the brewing becomes more and more difficult once temperature is lost. I spoke to a tea vendor when I was traveling in Kunming, and he said something I thought was quite interesting, maybe that can explain, why being deliberate about a gentle brewing approach works so well for you? :D He essentially said that most villages and areas in Yunnan have begun making puerh more like green tea (hotter kill-green step, i.e. killing more of the enzymes in the teas). In his opinion that makes for a more delicate tea in the beginning (though he claims it ages much more astringently). But, what I am pondering is that perhaps that this more modern processing style is better suited to a more careful and refined approach? For me I typically like bulang and STRONG brews so bitterness is not something that scares me, and according to the person I spoke with, it seems like bulang, Yiwu and a small subset of Jingmai are more 'old school' in their processing, so maybe that's why I typically opt for those areas :) In any case, thank you for the video, perhaps this is something I can try out in the future and see how it impacts my brews. Have a good one :D

[@eriirumor9401]

Thanks for video and tips. Long time i was unable to open and enjoy proper taste of sheng as well as shu.. the Tea spirit itself can come occasionally and explain.. intuition plus blessings our best friends .😊

[@JeffreyMcIntosh]

Wonderful!

[@xavierlarrazabal4575]

Yeahhhhh helped me understand to space out infusions to let the tea rest. Makes so much sense. It’s alive!

[@Teapro]

So informative! Great videos, can't believe I've only just stumbled across your channel! Subscribed! 👌

[@JeffreyMcIntosh]

Thanks for watching and subscribing, glad you are enjoying the content. New videos each month on the first

[@kmoorz]

I thought that the first steep was for rinsing any impurities from the tea and that we don't drink it but feed it to a tea-pet? Do you have a tea pet I would love to see it. Thanks for the tips

[@JeffreyMcIntosh]

Hi Blue, thanks for watching. I have a great explanation about the first infusion on my video “how to brew raw Pu-erh” Tea let’s are very popular any many people like to use them. I personally do not use any tea pets.

[@LL-bl8hd]

Good tips 👍😊. Let me ask you... Do you ever drink sencha tea? 🫖🍵

[@JeffreyMcIntosh]

I only really drink pu-erh now :)