Imperial Choice – Premium Iron Buddha
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This review of Imperial Choice’s Premium Iron Buddha tea should have gone up yesterday which was the fifth day of the traditional fifteen day celebrations of Lunar New Year.
It was the birthday of the God of Wealth so happy belated birthday God of Wealth! The way to welcome the God of Wealth into your home is apparently to open all the doors and windows and set off firecrackers in order to attract his attention. Sadly, I didn’t do this. I didn’t have any firecrackers and it was a bit too nippy outside to be leaving the windows open. This is clearly where I’ve been going wrong all these years, as evidenced by the distinct lack of wealth at TeaFancier Towers
As you’ve probably gathered, I have no legitimate connection with Chinese culture. I used to live in Hong Kong as a child, though, so I do have a genuine fondness for Lunar New Year. We’ll be having a big family lunch to celebrate it next weekend.
Today’s tea is Premium Iron Buddha from Imperial Choice. I bought this tea at my local Chinese grocery store yesterday and, to be honest, my purchasing decision was largely determined by the prettiness of the packaging. This is, I suppose, as good a reason as any to try a new tea.
My first cup of this tea did not go well. The preparation instructions on the box told me to make the tea with boiling water. The resulting tea tasted very tannin-y and not too pleasant. I gave it another go – this time using water of about 80 degrees. I thought it produced a brew that was much nicer.
The lower temperature allowed the fragrant, slightly smoky taste to come through. There was a nice lingering fruity plum favour here.
I bought two other boxes in addition to this one. I wasn’t supposed to buy any more tea. I’ve already got approximately 80 billion different teas to work my way through this year.
So, even though the God of Wealth probably isn’t going to bestow any riches on me this in the Year of the Tiger, at least I’m sorted for tea. Actually, Now I think about it, maybe that’s the reason I don’t have any money. I spend all of it on tea.
Today’s featured book is China Root: Taoism, Ch’an, and Original Zen by David Hinton.
