Comments on: On The Subject of Tea: Puer http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/01/27/on-the-subject-of-tea/ Cook Local, Eat Global Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:26:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Bastlynn http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/01/27/on-the-subject-of-tea/#comment-80783 Bastlynn Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:52:36 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=1053#comment-80783 Seven Cups’s prices at their online shop are not horrifically far off given the quality of the teas they deal in. But the price for tea brewed in a tea house (like coffee brewed in a coffee house) is almost guaranteed to be excessive.

]]> By: Bastlynn http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/01/27/on-the-subject-of-tea/#comment-80781 Bastlynn Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:50:08 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=1053#comment-80781 I love love love love puer :) And have a bad habit of ordering from Seven Cup’s online shop like an addict… ;)

That said – have you ever tried mixing puer with lapsang souchong, half and half? Well worth it as the smoke and the woods tastes blend quite well. :)

]]> By: Kitt http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/01/27/on-the-subject-of-tea/#comment-80769 Kitt Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:41:57 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=1053#comment-80769 Thanks, Roxanne. I don’t think I’ve paid more than $5 for a pot of tea at Seven Cups! And I’m usually there for a while, so I get a few refills, too. I do like Capital Tea, too, though. They use eggs boiled in a smoky Lapsang Souchong to make stellar egg-salad sandwiches.

Barbara, that’s something you might try. Tea eggs for egg salad. Yum.

]]> By: Roxanne http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/01/27/on-the-subject-of-tea/#comment-80671 Roxanne Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:11:35 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=1053#comment-80671 Kitt: Capital Tea, which is about 4 blocks west of Seven Cups (on Broadway in Antique Alley) also sells two varieties of Puer that are quite excellent and won’t drain your wallet like the prices at Seven Cups (which are close to extortion–14 bucks for a pot of tea, Seriously?). Capital Tea also sells a fine selection of about a dozen green teas and some really good Oolongs. The Japanese greens are my favorites.

]]> By: Heather http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/01/27/on-the-subject-of-tea/#comment-80640 Heather Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:23:17 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=1053#comment-80640 I also adore puer (thanks, Barbara). I tried puer tuocha, which are compressed into bowl-shapes, from the same company whose puer I regularly drink. They had little flavor, even after long steeping and multiple steepings, ‘washing’ them before brewing, and varying my water temperature up to boiling. That made me sad as tuocha are such cute little things.

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