Re: Need help with tea, please -- Pu-ehr

August 10, 2007

Gloriamarie -- Pu-erh tea is a black tea that has been fermented. As I

understand it, the longer the ferment, the more valuable it is. There

is a special process it goes through to become pu-ehr. It can come

loose, in bricks and in other shapes. I just ran across the following

website which has photographs along with explanations:

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

Just read about your last taste test! Have fun!

Lois

> > If you are in the San Diego area your best source is the 99 Ranch

Market. Its an Asian grocery- they have lots of teas including the

two you mentioned at very reasonable prices.

> >

>

> Good grief and gravy!!!!!! How could i

> **********possibly************** have forgotten about

> this??????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????? And it's

> quite close too!!

>

> Thank you, Zoe.

>

> It's the cheapest place in town!! Thank you for reminding me. What a

> dunce i can be sometimes. Silly me.

>

> I am trying to find an affordable source of tea to use in brewing

> Kombucha. I feel like I am drowning in hype.

>

> I want to brew Kombucha to help me with weight loss and control of

> diabetes. If I do the first the second is taken care of. I've read

> that Wulong tea promotes weight loss and read that Wulong tea is

> really good old old fashioned and more affordable oolong tea without

> Oprah's name attached to it. Although i don;t find oolong tea easy to

> find!

>

> Another tea which is supposed to promote weight loss, High cholesterol

> etc is Tibetan Pu Erh tea. In researching that it sounds to me as if

> expensive Pu Erh tea is Yunnan tea, again a more affordable tea. I

> read here on Mountain Rose website that Yunnan tea is an orange pekoe

tea.

> Even more affordable

>

> So is it correct to say that Pu Erh tea = Yunnan tea = orange pekoe

tea?

>

> I think i am going to send these questions to some of the tea

> companies that have been mentioned on this list and ask them.

>

> --

> -

> May the Holy Spirit dance in our hearts!

>

> Sister Gloriamarie Amalfitano, S/FC

> http://knitternun.blogspot.com

> SanDiegoFiberFolk

> KnitternunMeditation/

> MereBenedictines/

>

> LET US BEGIN TO SEE BEYOND race, beyond culture, beyond gender, beyond

> sexual orientation, beyond religion, beyond, beyond all these

> externals and see each other as God's beloved. When we relate to

> others as God relates to us, our sense of being God's beloved deepens

> even more.

>

> From page 25 of The Way of Transforming Discipleship by Trevor Hudson

>

August 10, 2007

Gloriamarie -- Pu-erh tea is a black tea that has been fermented. As I

understand it, the longer the ferment, the more valuable it is. There

is a special process it goes through to become pu-ehr. It can come

loose, in bricks and in other shapes. I just ran across the following

website which has photographs along with explanations:

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

Just read about your last taste test! Have fun!

Lois

> > If you are in the San Diego area your best source is the 99 Ranch

Market. Its an Asian grocery- they have lots of teas including the

two you mentioned at very reasonable prices.

> >

>

> Good grief and gravy!!!!!! How could i

> **********possibly************** have forgotten about

> this??????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????? And it's

> quite close too!!

>

> Thank you, Zoe.

>

> It's the cheapest place in town!! Thank you for reminding me. What a

> dunce i can be sometimes. Silly me.

>

> I am trying to find an affordable source of tea to use in brewing

> Kombucha. I feel like I am drowning in hype.

>

> I want to brew Kombucha to help me with weight loss and control of

> diabetes. If I do the first the second is taken care of. I've read

> that Wulong tea promotes weight loss and read that Wulong tea is

> really good old old fashioned and more affordable oolong tea without

> Oprah's name attached to it. Although i don;t find oolong tea easy to

> find!

>

> Another tea which is supposed to promote weight loss, High cholesterol

> etc is Tibetan Pu Erh tea. In researching that it sounds to me as if

> expensive Pu Erh tea is Yunnan tea, again a more affordable tea. I

> read here on Mountain Rose website that Yunnan tea is an orange pekoe

tea.

> Even more affordable

>

> So is it correct to say that Pu Erh tea = Yunnan tea = orange pekoe

tea?

>

> I think i am going to send these questions to some of the tea

> companies that have been mentioned on this list and ask them.

>

> --

> -

> May the Holy Spirit dance in our hearts!

>

> Sister Gloriamarie Amalfitano, S/FC

> http://knitternun.blogspot.com

> SanDiegoFiberFolk

> KnitternunMeditation/

> MereBenedictines/

>

> LET US BEGIN TO SEE BEYOND race, beyond culture, beyond gender, beyond

> sexual orientation, beyond religion, beyond, beyond all these

> externals and see each other as God's beloved. When we relate to

> others as God relates to us, our sense of being God's beloved deepens

> even more.

>

> From page 25 of The Way of Transforming Discipleship by Trevor Hudson

>

August 10, 2007

Forgot to add that pu-ehr can be brewed three times, still with great

flavor.

> > > If you are in the San Diego area your best source is the 99 Ranch

> Market. Its an Asian grocery- they have lots of teas including

the

> two you mentioned at very reasonable prices.

> > >

> >

> > Good grief and gravy!!!!!! How could i

> > **********possibly************** have forgotten about

> > this??????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????? And

it's

> > quite close too!!

> >

> > Thank you, Zoe.

> >

> > It's the cheapest place in town!! Thank you for reminding me. What

a

> > dunce i can be sometimes. Silly me.

> >

> > I am trying to find an affordable source of tea to use in brewing

> > Kombucha. I feel like I am drowning in hype.

> >

> > I want to brew Kombucha to help me with weight loss and control of

> > diabetes. If I do the first the second is taken care of. I've read

> > that Wulong tea promotes weight loss and read that Wulong tea is

> > really good old old fashioned and more affordable oolong tea without

> > Oprah's name attached to it. Although i don;t find oolong tea easy

to

> > find!

> >

> > Another tea which is supposed to promote weight loss, High

cholesterol

> > etc is Tibetan Pu Erh tea. In researching that it sounds to me as

if

> > expensive Pu Erh tea is Yunnan tea, again a more affordable tea. I

> > read here on Mountain Rose website that Yunnan tea is an orange

pekoe

> tea.

> > Even more affordable

> >

> > So is it correct to say that Pu Erh tea = Yunnan tea = orange pekoe

> tea?

> >

> > I think i am going to send these questions to some of the tea

> > companies that have been mentioned on this list and ask them.

> >

> > --

> > -

> > May the Holy Spirit dance in our hearts!

> >

> > Sister Gloriamarie Amalfitano, S/FC

> > http://knitternun.blogspot.com

> > SanDiegoFiberFolk

> > KnitternunMeditation/

> > MereBenedictines/

> >

> > LET US BEGIN TO SEE BEYOND race, beyond culture, beyond gender,

beyond

> > sexual orientation, beyond religion, beyond, beyond all these

> > externals and see each other as God's beloved. When we relate to

> > others as God relates to us, our sense of being God's beloved

deepens

> > even more.

> >

> > From page 25 of The Way of Transforming Discipleship by Trevor

Hudson

> >

>

August 10, 2007

Forgot to add that pu-ehr can be brewed three times, still with great

flavor.

> > > If you are in the San Diego area your best source is the 99 Ranch

> Market. Its an Asian grocery- they have lots of teas including

the

> two you mentioned at very reasonable prices.

> > >

> >

> > Good grief and gravy!!!!!! How could i

> > **********possibly************** have forgotten about

> > this??????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????? And

it's

> > quite close too!!

> >

> > Thank you, Zoe.

> >

> > It's the cheapest place in town!! Thank you for reminding me. What

a

> > dunce i can be sometimes. Silly me.

> >

> > I am trying to find an affordable source of tea to use in brewing

> > Kombucha. I feel like I am drowning in hype.

> >

> > I want to brew Kombucha to help me with weight loss and control of

> > diabetes. If I do the first the second is taken care of. I've read

> > that Wulong tea promotes weight loss and read that Wulong tea is

> > really good old old fashioned and more affordable oolong tea without

> > Oprah's name attached to it. Although i don;t find oolong tea easy

to

> > find!

> >

> > Another tea which is supposed to promote weight loss, High

cholesterol

> > etc is Tibetan Pu Erh tea. In researching that it sounds to me as

if

> > expensive Pu Erh tea is Yunnan tea, again a more affordable tea. I

> > read here on Mountain Rose website that Yunnan tea is an orange

pekoe

> tea.

> > Even more affordable

> >

> > So is it correct to say that Pu Erh tea = Yunnan tea = orange pekoe

> tea?

> >

> > I think i am going to send these questions to some of the tea

> > companies that have been mentioned on this list and ask them.

> >

> > --

> > -

> > May the Holy Spirit dance in our hearts!

> >

> > Sister Gloriamarie Amalfitano, S/FC

> > http://knitternun.blogspot.com

> > SanDiegoFiberFolk

> > KnitternunMeditation/

> > MereBenedictines/

> >

> > LET US BEGIN TO SEE BEYOND race, beyond culture, beyond gender,

beyond

> > sexual orientation, beyond religion, beyond, beyond all these

> > externals and see each other as God's beloved. When we relate to

> > others as God relates to us, our sense of being God's beloved

deepens

> > even more.

> >

> > From page 25 of The Way of Transforming Discipleship by Trevor

Hudson

> >

>

August 10, 2007

On 8/10/07, bosseringme <bosseringme@...> wrote:

> Gloriamarie -- Pu-erh tea is a black tea that has been fermented.

Thank you. I was getting very confused!!

Thanks to Zoe's reminder of a reoursce in my very own backyard,

practically, I purchased 250 gr of Formosa Oolong tea for $1.99. True

it comes in an unaesthetic plastic bag, but that can change. I also

found 150 grams of Pu Erh tea for $5.99.

These are a nun's kinda prices!!!!!

> http://www.pu-erh.net/

Ah thank you. Wonder how I missed that one.

>

> Just read about your last taste test! Have fun!

:->

It's a good thing I went out to buy the teas. When I arrived home the

mailperson had been and the scoby Margaret sent arrived. I wonder if

the US Postal Service exrayed it. If so, wonder what they thought of

it. And if the xrays would have harmed it. Although the label does

say the package contains a vinegar solution.

While I was out and about i stopped in at my local Henry's Marketplace

where I found spirulina flakes for $21 for a huge container. GT

DAve's KT was on sale for $2.99 a bottle so i purchasewd 2 of the

Mutli-Green Flavor which had so wowed me and got me involved in this

new endeavor. Have to say, it still wows me and my body is screaming

" Yes, yes, that's it, keep it up. Thank you "

Looking at the list of ingredients which i finally found. on the

bottle of GT KT, it contains raw kombucha, klamath mountain bluegreen

algae, chlorella and spirulina. So I see i now have to hunt for blue

green algae and chlorella powders.

Thanks for letting me know that Pu Erh can be re-used....So i

wonder...if to make enough tea for my gallon pickle jar... If I

previously used 5 tea bags, would i now be able to use 2 teaspoons of

oolong and 1 teaspoon of Pu Erh and let it do the work of 3 teaspoons

or should i use 3 teasp and just save and re-use it?

Have to admit, i was just gonna dump the spent tealeaves on the tomatos

--

-

May the Holy Spirit dance in our hearts!

Sister Gloriamarie Amalfitano, S/FC

http://knitternun.blogspot.com

SanDiegoFiberFolk

KnitternunMeditation/

MereBenedictines/

LET US BEGIN TO SEE BEYOND race, beyond culture, beyond gender, beyond

sexual orientation, beyond religion, beyond, beyond all these

externals and see each other as God's beloved. When we relate to

others as God relates to us, our sense of being God's beloved deepens

even more.

From page 25 of The Way of Transforming Discipleship by Trevor Hudson

August 10, 2007

On 8/10/07, bosseringme <bosseringme@...> wrote:

> Gloriamarie -- Pu-erh tea is a black tea that has been fermented.

Thank you. I was getting very confused!!

Thanks to Zoe's reminder of a reoursce in my very own backyard,

practically, I purchased 250 gr of Formosa Oolong tea for $1.99. True

it comes in an unaesthetic plastic bag, but that can change. I also

found 150 grams of Pu Erh tea for $5.99.

These are a nun's kinda prices!!!!!

> http://www.pu-erh.net/

Ah thank you. Wonder how I missed that one.

>

> Just read about your last taste test! Have fun!

:->

It's a good thing I went out to buy the teas. When I arrived home the

mailperson had been and the scoby Margaret sent arrived. I wonder if

the US Postal Service exrayed it. If so, wonder what they thought of

it. And if the xrays would have harmed it. Although the label does

say the package contains a vinegar solution.

While I was out and about i stopped in at my local Henry's Marketplace

where I found spirulina flakes for $21 for a huge container. GT

DAve's KT was on sale for $2.99 a bottle so i purchasewd 2 of the

Mutli-Green Flavor which had so wowed me and got me involved in this

new endeavor. Have to say, it still wows me and my body is screaming

" Yes, yes, that's it, keep it up. Thank you "

Looking at the list of ingredients which i finally found. on the

bottle of GT KT, it contains raw kombucha, klamath mountain bluegreen

algae, chlorella and spirulina. So I see i now have to hunt for blue

green algae and chlorella powders.

Thanks for letting me know that Pu Erh can be re-used....So i

wonder...if to make enough tea for my gallon pickle jar... If I

previously used 5 tea bags, would i now be able to use 2 teaspoons of

oolong and 1 teaspoon of Pu Erh and let it do the work of 3 teaspoons

or should i use 3 teasp and just save and re-use it?

Have to admit, i was just gonna dump the spent tealeaves on the tomatos

--

-

May the Holy Spirit dance in our hearts!

Sister Gloriamarie Amalfitano, S/FC

http://knitternun.blogspot.com

SanDiegoFiberFolk

KnitternunMeditation/

MereBenedictines/

LET US BEGIN TO SEE BEYOND race, beyond culture, beyond gender, beyond

sexual orientation, beyond religion, beyond, beyond all these

externals and see each other as God's beloved. When we relate to

others as God relates to us, our sense of being God's beloved deepens

even more.

From page 25 of The Way of Transforming Discipleship by Trevor Hudson

August 10, 2007

You mentioned about it coming in bricks and I remember someone having

trouble with it (breaking it apart to get what little they needed).

So, how do you? Because I was thinking of ordering some online that

comes that way. (Ha, can't even remember why. Like haven't I bought

enough? LOL)

I got to admit I am jealous that Gloriamarie's brew is ready before

mine! :oP

Bev, thanks for the post about the smell and the suggestion to get

new scobies if it didn't straighten out. Sometimes patience doesn't

pay off, but I am not giving up just yet. I think it's my German

hardhead, not patience, though. LOL

jan

>

> Gloriamarie -- Pu-erh tea is a black tea that has been fermented.

As I

> understand it, the longer the ferment, the more valuable it is.

There

> is a special process it goes through to become pu-ehr. It can come

> loose, in bricks and in other shapes. I just ran across the

following

> website which has photographs along with explanations:

> http://www.pu-erh.net/

>

> Just read about your last taste test! Have fun!

> Lois

August 10, 2007

You mentioned about it coming in bricks and I remember someone having

trouble with it (breaking it apart to get what little they needed).

So, how do you? Because I was thinking of ordering some online that

comes that way. (Ha, can't even remember why. Like haven't I bought

enough? LOL)

I got to admit I am jealous that Gloriamarie's brew is ready before

mine! :oP

Bev, thanks for the post about the smell and the suggestion to get

new scobies if it didn't straighten out. Sometimes patience doesn't

pay off, but I am not giving up just yet. I think it's my German

hardhead, not patience, though. LOL

jan

>

> Gloriamarie -- Pu-erh tea is a black tea that has been fermented.

As I

> understand it, the longer the ferment, the more valuable it is.

There

> is a special process it goes through to become pu-ehr. It can come

> loose, in bricks and in other shapes. I just ran across the

following

> website which has photographs along with explanations:

> http://www.pu-erh.net/

>

> Just read about your last taste test! Have fun!

> Lois

August 11, 2007

Hi

I am just adding to the Pu-Errh chorus here, I am learning a lot from Ed

extremely informative posts (as usual) and others. Kombucha made with Pu-Errh

has become my favorite, followed by WOG (White Oolong Green). Pu-Errh is

defintely an acquired (learned?) taste but once you understand then the welath

of flavor in Pu-Errh comes flooding... Pu_Errh is truly a remarkable tea.. As

for the health benefits, I do not know. I am in excellent health, thanks God and

following a strict diet, with no refined anything, except for the refined white

sugar I made my KT with. I recently eliminated refined sugar from my KT, using

Organic Cane Sugar which has made my KT even better.. my first experience with

Organic sugar (same brand) resulted in an Acetone-smelling brew which I drank

but learned later that it should have been discarded... so I do not know exactly

which is doing what but KT is certainly helping and I love the taste. I have not

yet attained the spectacular fizziness of GT

Dave's Kombucha but to my taste my brews are much better...

Sort of PS. My mushrooms are whitish in my SCOBY hotel, where they are only fed

straigth tea (no sugar) once I brew with them most mother become brownish and

babies as well although lately I have seen some white-cream babies.. Why's that

I use distilled water but organic sugar?

Fra

bosseringme <bosseringme@...> wrote:

Gloriamarie -- Pu-erh tea is a black tea that has been fermented. As I

understand it, the longer the ferment, the more valuable it is. There

is a special process it goes through to become pu-ehr. It can come

loose, in bricks and in other shapes. I just ran across the following

website which has photographs along with explanations:

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

Just read about your last taste test! Have fun!

Lois

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