While intrepidly exploring rec.food.drink.tea, Ripon rolled
initiative and posted the following:

> Derek > wrote in message
> >...
>> While intrepidly exploring rec.food.drink.tea, Teahub -
>> JinYuXuan rolled initiative and posted the following:
>>
>> > Hi Derek,
>> >
>> > We actually call the rinse process "to wake up tea". As the
>> > name suggests, it serves the purpose of preparing the tea for
>> > drinking. As you may find out from our web site
>> > (www.teahub.com/puerhtea.htm), different pu-erh requires
>> > different rinse time.
>>
>> And yet, not everyone who consumes Puerh does the initial
>> rinse. Hence, my comment that it's a preference.
>>
>> I now rinse, and find that it improves the flavor. But the best
>> thing I can do is to dump a little Comte Gris in with the
>> puerh.
>>
>> > You mentioned the unpleasant taste of unrinsed pu-erh, my
>> > guess is that the pu-erh you were drinking was not aged raw
>> > pu-erh.
>>
>> Actually, it's cave aged. So you'll have to guess again.
>
> Hello Derek:
>
> Can you please tell me this- are you drinking sun-dried green
> processed Pu-erh or Black processed Pu-erh? That will make the
> answer easier. Linda is very knowledgable about Pu-erh. I am
> sure, she also want to know the answer of this question.

It's definitely not green.

> Well, rinsing Pu-erh is a personal choice-yes but their are some
> Pu-erh, you really need to rins before your brew them.

This one definitely needs the rinse.

--
Derek

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