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Altered State

Altered State

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Altered State is an infamous raw Pu’erh from Yunnan China that has been created for how it makes you feel, not how it tastes. It is a great way to explore tea energy and the phenomenon of getting “Tea Drunk”.

These packs are specially sized for The Tea Workshop so you can order by the 10 gram pack instead of needed to buy an entire cake.

This tea is a creative blend of all of the most intense, hardest hitting, mental lobotomizing, consciousness opening, face melting sheng puerh Glen and Lamu of Crimson Lotus could find in 2021.

Cha Qi or “Tea Energy” is an abstract term to largely describe to feelings tea gives to those who drink it from the chemical compounds extracted from the leaf. This spirit of tea is often referred to when referencing getting “tea drunk” - a common phenomenon amongst heavy tea drinkers. It can be described as a feeling of happiness, energized, or making one giggly or conversational.

This tea is prepared by Glen the founder, Gong Fu style in a gaiwan over many steeps. That is not to say it cannot be prepared Western style with an infuser. You should be able to re-steep the leaves multiple times.

Preparation: 212F (100C)

4-5 Grams (1/2 of pack) / 12-16 oz water

2-5+ Minutes

As Glen says, this tea was made for feeling with less consideration on taste. You can get some surprising notes in this tea though that switch from floral to apple pear to even coffee. The point is to steep, extract, and enjoy the ride.

Tip: If steeping Western style (small amount of tea, large amount of water) try steeping one set of the leaves for 2 minutes and then a 2nd cup at 5 minutes to see how the taste changes with time. The longer the steeps the more bitter the tea becomes but also the more "tea energy" extracted.

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