This morning’s tea 05.10.2012

2010 Nan Jian Organin Wu Liang Mini Brick

Now that I have a bigger gaiwan for my breakfast tea I am shaking up my mornings with more greens, oolongs and puerh (not that I don’t still love my black teas … I do!).  This little guy ran me $4.50 from YunnanSourcing, which is a great source for Puerh (incidentally, the guy who runs it was incredibly gracious when my shipment was lost in the mail and sent me a replacement  … I am more than happy to give him more business once I drink through this tea).  Sheng is definately an acquired taste and I am not sure why I dig the smokey bitterness of young sheng, but I do.  Like some of the more pungent teas (Russian Caravan, rock oolongs, hojicha), it definitely transports me from my here and now and sets my imagination on fire.  It’s tea with a story.  It also changes during the infusions, with a mellow sweetness taking over, which is the other thing I love about good Chinese teas … they have a story.  A dramatic arc, if you will.  It’s also raining here for the 3rd day in a row and the qi in this tea is helping me get going.  Running to my journal for morning pages …