In my cup this morning is the third infusion of a 50gm tuo that came as
a sample from Jing tea shop. It is showing a sweetness and fullness in
the mouth I have heard described. This in a mini Yin Hao Tuo 2005. And
here is a link -http://www.jingteashop.com/pd_mini_yin.cfm

I brewed this a few times and then I steamed the tuo to take it apart
and get larger pieces of leaf as this is very hard and compressed.
Steamed apart 50gm fills a pint jar halfway.

I am brewing it with water cooler than boiling but showing "crab eyes"
on the pot bottom in a bone china cup with a strainer.
Using larger pieces of leaf from this small tuo made a big difference.
I don't have an estimate of the weight used but for a 12 oz mug the
expanded leaves are about the volume of a golf ball and it has gone 5-6
infusions with the #6 being near the end.
In any case I liked this enough to order a kilo.
And I am slowly gaining a sense of how leaf size and infusion time
change the character of the brew.

How you guys manage to actually store teas that you like right now
escapes me.

I am in over my head and I am loving every minute of it. A yixing pot
and cups have arrived today.

On 4 Mar 2006 09:59:57 -0800, wrote:

>In my cup this morning is the third infusion of a 50gm tuo that came as
>a sample from Jing tea shop. It is showing a sweetness and fullness in
>the mouth I have heard described. This in a mini Yin Hao Tuo 2005. And
>here is a link -http://www.jingteashop.com/pd_mini_yin.cfm
>
>I brewed this a few times and then I steamed the tuo to take it apart
>and get larger pieces of leaf as this is very hard and compressed.
>Steamed apart 50gm fills a pint jar halfway.
>
>I am brewing it with water cooler than boiling but showing "crab eyes"
>on the pot bottom in a bone china cup with a strainer.
>Using larger pieces of leaf from this small tuo made a big difference.
>I don't have an estimate of the weight used but for a 12 oz mug the
>expanded leaves are about the volume of a golf ball and it has gone 5-6
>infusions with the #6 being near the end.
>In any case I liked this enough to order a kilo.
>And I am slowly gaining a sense of how leaf size and infusion time
>change the character of the brew.
>
>How you guys manage to actually store teas that you like right now
>escapes me.
>
>I am in over my head and I am loving every minute of it. A yixing pot
>and cups have arrived today.


Hehehe, another convert... Enjoy the journey, it never ends...

--
Mike Petro
http://www.pu-erh.net