I was browsing the tea aisle of a local health food store (I love tea, if you didn’t know) and I stumbled across pu-erh tea.  Living in the Midwest it can be challenging to find certain teas, so I was pleasantly surprised to find pu-erh. Numi has added it to their line.  I have had several different green, black, and herbal teas from Numi.  I haven’t been disappointed other than when they stopped making Lapsang Souchong (or campfire tea as my wife calls it).

However, just because I found a mainstream source of pu-erh I wasn’t ready to sing hallelujah.  I was worried because there were several options; one with just pu-erh an “Emperor Puerh” and three combinations.  The three combinations were the reason I was worried, just like flavored coffee, the flavor is used to disguise poor quality tea or coffee beans.  Like I said earlier, I have liked Numi’s other teas, so I gave them the benefit of the doubt and bought a box of “Emperor Puerh”.

As soon as I got home I brewed myself cup.  I smelled the aroma as the tea was steeping…yes, that smells like good pu-erh.  My patience was waning and I almost added ice to cool it down.  I resisted dropping in an ice cube, but I would be lying if I didn’t tell you that I did have a cube melting in my hand.

Honestly, Numi did a good job.  Their tea has the flavor of young pu-erh.  It is not the best, but you can’t beat the $10 price and the convience of getting it close to home!  I will definitely be buying more.

Cheers,

Richard