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Originally Posted by ProfCrash

I think they are both uncooked Pu-Erh but I am still trying to figure all of that fun out. They both appeared to be more raw tea then more processed tea and they looked to be more green and red color in the cup then the TuoCha's which have looked very dark and black in the cup.

I am finding that I tend to prefer what I think are the Black Pu-Erhs, or cooked Pu-erhs. I like the stronger, earthier flavors that come from these Pu Erh. I am guessing that the ones that I have liked are black because,well, the tea looks black when in the infuser and the two that I think were raw/green looked like regular tea that had been compressed together.

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

OK so I made the Sheng Pu-EErh Saiqing Ya Tuo Cha Vintage 2005 tonight. I think it is a green Pu-Erh. It is nice enough but not the strong, earthy taste that I like.

I guess you are right in your findings.
Shu Pu-Erh - cooked, black.
Sheng Pu-Erh - raw, uncooked, green.

From my limited experience, green pu-erh doesn't have earthy flavour. It is very different. I know now, that I prefer cooked Pu-Erh with the dust flavour There are no doubts about it.
When I bought my first Pu-Erh and tried it in tea room in Bath, they told me that the older coocked pu-erh the smoother its taste. Less earthy flavour. The younger, the stronger is the flavour. Some people prefer older because they don't like this flavour. There is no proof that the older cooked Pu-Erh has more health benefits than the younger. As somebody said it is arguable.
There is one important difference between cooked/black and raw/green. Green is energizer, just like black tea. The cooked version is very low on caffeine.
I gave up on green. All my future experiments will be with cooked only.

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

I refuse to give up eating. I just make myself go to the gym

I believe it is the healthiest approach. As long as you eat bad things in moderation, doing sport overrides the negatives and makes you stronger.
Any diet without a sport only postpones what is inevitable.

Stitchawl
Gym, or active life, are all the same for your body. As long as you do it, you are healthy. As long as you are not coach potato So, you can say that you eat whatever you like and don't go to gym, but you still have a very healthy life style, probably healthier than any gym goer does

(all of that IMO, of somebody who is not a doctor, is a typical cocooner, but has an opinion )

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

You're lucky you have a name to go along with your tea. I'm beginning my experiment with NBT's pu-erh sampler, but each pack is only labeled with a number, and no name.

Give me the numbers, I might correspond them to their names
I am surprised you don't have the names on sample labels. Maybe there was a glitch or something. I always have both, the name and the number on my labels.

Originally Posted by maianhvk

at night, when no-one can possibly disturb you, there's not a single sound, it's cold and you're under the thick warm blanket..

Bingo!