Tag: ripe
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Puerh . . . After a Fashion
Shou (or cooked/ripe) puerh is difficult to market. Hell, puerh in general is difficult to spin. How do you convince people that something that’s fermented is something they want? Fermented leaves, no less; in cake form. The conundrum gets even hairier once you try to explain to people what the “cooking” process even is. Example:…
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Russian Dark Tea
Russians love tea. Like . . . really love tea. Even the British and Irish look at the Russian love affair with tea and say, “Would you kindly tone it down?” I learned of this secondhand when I was doing research a couple of years ago on tea grown in Russia. Not exactly sure how…