u/polyglycerol1

Found this on marketplace for $15 and thought why not. It's pretty low quality but I mean you can't beat $15

I don't usually have sessions at night but my stomach was bothering me after dinner so I thought that a ripe puer session would help with digestion.

Anyways here's my gongdaobei lamp.

I first tried ripe two months ago, a 2009 jinggu from YS. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good. I also got a 2019 year of the pig from YS, which was disgusting. I thought maybe I just didn't like ripe but these three proved me wrong. They were so much better than the ones from YS, especially the pu zhi wei that one was by far my favorite out of the three. I'm glad I gave Ripe another chance these were a very pleasant surprise.

I typically use a strainer but sometimes I don't, and when I don't I really like to stir the liquid and make a vortex and watch the solids settle

The first time I had this tea I was dissatisfied but this time around I changed some parameters. Lower leaf to water ratio, longer steep times, and a clay pot. Ended up tasting much better this time around.

This came from my grandparents house and that‘s about all the additional information I have. Was just wondering if anyone can give me any information on it.

Mine is the polar opposite 😭

Having some 2008 roasted tieguanyin with my new cup.

I don't know what about iit draws me in so much.

Picked up a 10 g sample from beautiful Taiwan tea company, I'm assuming that this isn't the highest quality yancha but it didn't taste bad! I was afraid it was gonna taste burnt and bitter but it was actually pretty pleasant. I definitely wanna try some higher quality stuff now.

If anyone has any recommendations, let me know.