I am putting together a hunting / ets pack and would like to add a chunk of pu erh tea. Unfortunately I have no experience with this tea. I currently carry gunpowder from Grace Tea Co. Have done several internet searches and have found the price to vary greatly. I'm sure some forum members have a taste for this tea and would appreciate some enlightment.

Thanks
SGB

I personally do not drink Pu Erh tea at all...a very acquired taste. I have never found one that I could recommend as they all have tasted quite putrid to me. Grace is a great tea company though so I would not be hesitant to try one of their offerings.

My son's KungFu Sifu gave me a box of the tea bags. They tasted O.K. I understand the (acquired taste) thing. It happened to me when I started drinking Johnny Walker Red. I guess I'll buy a sampler kit and find one I like. That's what I did with Grace. That was a couple of years ago and I still have the Lapsong.

SGB

Now a good Lapsong Souchong is one of my daily drinks...again an acquired taste, but oh so nice. Campfire in a cup.

For me it's either cowboy cofee or Sportea. Unless I get a wild hair going, I only drink regular tea if it's iced, with lemon and some sweetener in it.

I used to be into all them herbal concoctions, I got so sick of drinking fenugreek tea that I just gave it all up and went back to my Arbuckles special. I figure if Cowboys were smart enough to pack a bag around with them over a hundred years ago, then it is worth the effort.

Sportea is the only thing I've found palatable that actually makes me feel better, besides coffee. I suppose there's a whole host of different brews out there. I never heard of this Pu Erh stuff. Sounds like it might be radioactive.

Well, it's not an "herbal" tea since it's actually made from a real tea plant. But, yeah, it's definitely an acquired taste, as someone else mentioned. It has a very...I call it a "dusty" flavor. I guess some would say it's "earthy". I'm not sure I've ever had a "good" cup of Pu-erh, and I don't know what a good brand is. Sorry.

It's named after the region in China it is grown in and often comes in these compressed "bricks" instead of loose or in tea bags. You scrape off what you need from the brick. Besides the usual health benefits of tea, it's supposed to particularly aid in digestion and lower cholesterol. It's often sold as a weight loss tea.

Where do you find the SportTea? I used to drink that but quite a while ago I could no longer find it. I cannot quite remember why I liked it but I do remember being dissapointed when I could not find it anymore.

Pu Erh tea has been fermented well beyond the state normal black tea is taken...tastes like compost tea to me with a bit of wet dog tossed in for good measure. It probably does not glow in the dark but a Mr Yuk sticker would make a good label in my view <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Here in Denver King Sooper Grocery Stores carry it. I am sure it is on the net somewhere. It is by Ultimate Performance Products, Inc.

The ingredient list includes: Green and black tea, Siberian Eleuthero root, ginger, matte, ascorbic acid and natural flavorings. It has a slightly sweet fruity taste, no calories, and 100% of the daily Vitamin C needed. It only has traces of caffiene in it, and I like it as an afternoon drink at work.

Hmm, sounds like that Pu Erh stuff is about like plug cut tobacco, which I don't want nothing to do with anymore neither. I could imagine gettting the two mixed up and scraping plug into your teapot, and it sounds like it might even taste better. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

I will have to look again for this as I used to buy SportTea at the grocery too. Once it was gone I just forgot about it....now of course, I want some <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

You can buy SporTea online direct:

http://www.sportea.com/BuySportea.htm

Sue