Sometimes pu erh tea can taste like fish which could mean that it was stored in unsanitary conditions.
Pu erh tea taste.
While ripe pu erh can taste like dirt a raw pu erh can sometimes taste fishy.
Due to the fermentation process pu erh tea has a unique pungent or funky taste but this is mixed with other flavors such as sweetness bitterness and.
If this is the case there s nothing wrong with the tea and you probably don t like it.
It calls itself a chen nian pu er tea it says its a ripe 2year pu erh but does not state the actual date of production.
So i bought this pu erh from one of my local international markets.
After appropriate storage and aging of the tea the taste of pu erh should be mellow and smooth.
The loose variants will commonly taste very earthy and wooden with some acidic notes.
The taste of pu erh.
There are a few ways to explain.
The chance of buying a fishy cooked pu erh tea is a lot lower with loose pu erh.
Some people will describe this as fishy.
The other explanation for the dirt note is a personal taste.
The liquor feels soft and silky in the mouth and the throat.
What does pu erh tea taste like.
The world wide popularity of pu erh tea started only about 50 years ago when the ripe pu erh was invented.
Pu erh tea can taste like many things since it s a versatile tea and it s also got two distinct categories black and green.
I get home and excitedly opened the package to find it a loose leaf pu erh.
As loose pu erh tea generally ages faster and through this process loses unwanted smells and taste you might want to try loose cooked pu erh tea before completely giving up on it.
Some raw pu erh has a vegetal seaweed taste.