I reserve the right to change my mind (again), but I’ve decided that I have been gongfu brewing shu puer wrong.
What’s the point of short short shupu steeps, I wonder? No matter how hard you push it, it won’t bite, so why not give it at least a minute from the first steep on to develop a luxurious thickness? So what if you don’t get ten good steeps? Life is short, says I.