Opening Two Shu-Pu-Er Cakes ...

Two old friends coming to a Tea Pot soon: 

Work-Shop: Tea brewing area set-up.....

TTOT: ... Time To Open Tea... Shu Pu

Two different Cakes of Shu Pu:

Two new Cakes of Shu Pu....

 

Two new cakes ... Open Sesame: .....

Two Shu Pu-Erh 357 gram cakes...

ˈōpən ˈsesəmē ..O·pen Ses·a·me

 

Package of Tea arrived .. Ripe Pu-Erh

Two cakes of; Shu-Pu each 357 grams, plus a sample. 2022 from Yunnan Sourcing "Year of the Tiger"

Step Three: Add hot water and infuse the tea ..

Step Two: Add dry tea into "pre-heated" tea-pot

A slightly different (shaped) Pu-Erh tea cake TUO-CHA

TUOCHA: from 2005

Shaped like a bird’s nest or a thick bowl, tuocha is also a common shape of pu erh, this one is 250 grams  Xiaguan has been recognised as a superior factory that is specialized in production of this particular form. This cake is an eclectic mix of: Raw Pu-er and various Herbs and Flowers. Not a first choice of mine.

More Shelf's Re-Organized ...

Some Tea Accouterments .... 6 of 14 shelf's re-organized

 

Three Pu-Erh Tea Cakes .. (1) 2005 & (2) 2007

Crouching Tigers ... waiting ...

A second tea gift arrived ... Front wrapper and back sticker, for English speakers.

Gift arrival .... happy days

Opening the 2009 60th. year anniversary tea cake

2007 Tea Cake details: Interesting "Inner Ticket" some modern marketing ??