I tend to buy puer blends, just for the hell of it. They are so uncommon, but puer is getting more attention these days so I see more blends available. Of course, Lupicia has some really nice blends, it is hard to resist a puer blend from them!
Sunny Fruits Puer is a tea blend (puer black tea as stated on the ingredients list) with dried mango, dried papaya, and safflower.
Dry leaf
Sunny Fruits Puer smells super fruity! It has a tangy mango scent, with the dark tea leaves mixed with mango chunks and reddy orange petals. I could smell this tea all day!
Steeping Instructions
The steeping instructions on the package state to use boiling for a 1.5 to 2 minute steep. I went with 2 minutes, steeping the tea in a glass mug.
Tasting of Lupicia’s Sunny Fruits Puer
Sunny Fruits Puer steeps up a dark amber tea with earthy mushroom scent with a dash of tropical. Tropical mushroom? Why do I think man-eating mushroom?
Sunny Fruits Puer sips in with a distinct papaya mango flavor. The papaya is more upfront for me and fairly natural tasting. However, to me the papaya flavor borders tasting like fruity flower soap. The base is earthy and a little mushroomy. The more I sip the more I enjoy the blend’s contrast of tropical and dark puer. This confirms this tea is a man-eating mushroom fungus scented like tropical fruit to lure you into it. You then get tea drunk as you get digested. The aftertaste is the best part – smooth Philippine yellow mango! Fruity burps!
Iced: Iced Sunny Fruits Puer is tastier than hot Sunny Fruits Puer – after having this, I will probably always prepare this tea iced. The tropical fruit comes out more and with an even better papaya mango flavor and is a little sweeter. You don’t need much sugar in this tea as the fruit does the work for you! I found iced to be less soap papaya – I think my first cup had more papaya chunks in the teaspoon of dry leaf.
Comments
Lupicia’s Sunny Fruits Puer is a fun fruity puer blend for someone that wants to get some puer in their tea rotation.The puer base is easy to drink not overly heavy for western style steeping. If you love a tropical black blend this would be a tea for you.
I personally prefer Lupicia’s Chocolate Strawberry Puer more as I think a earthy deep ripe puer pairs better with berry, chocolate and creamy flavors. However, if you want iced puer, Lupicia’s Sunny Fruits Puer is the winner!
