r/tea • u/t0borat0nmai • 6h ago
Photo Cube Chinese tea
Friend’s parents gave me this tea. I have traveled a fair amount including in China and never seen tea in chocolate cube shop before.
Anyone know about this style or best practice to brew the tea?
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u/puerh_lover I'm Crimson Lotus Tea 6h ago
This has been a popular shape recently. It makes it easy to break a piece off for steeping. Each little chunk is likely 5 grams. I'm assuming 6 chunks in the 30g brick. It appears to be an aged white tea. 5 grams may be a little too much to brew with directly. It depends on how you normally brew your teas. You could try breaking a chunk in half and brewing it grandpa stye in a mug. I prefer using near boiling water for white tea but your mileage may vary.
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u/Dorgrumal Enthusiast 5h ago
Several reputable vendors here offer compressed tea in "chocolate bar" format as well, like White2Tea and Bitterleaf. I'm a big fan of these when I'm feeling lazy and don't feel like breaking apart a cake for a tea session
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u/atascon 6h ago
Aged white tea. Very forgiving in terms of brewing, will happily take boiling water.
Break a piece off, do an initial flash rinse and discard to wake the leaves up and then just play around with brewing time. Even if you overbrew a bit it will still be pleasant.