Whilst tea enthusiasts have become more wary of spicy and strongly flavored food and drink effecting their tea sessions, fruits often appear innocuous, unoffending and generally harmless causing us to easily overlook their effects. In addition despite the many tea that are fruit flavored, scented and blended with pieces of dried fruits I would advise those who are seeking to make the most of your experience and appreciation of puerh tea in its truest form to avoid consuming fruits shortly before and during a tea session. Fruits do not enhance a tea session unless your aim is to drink fruit tea. Furthermore in my experience fruits can be very disruptive by altering and overwhelming the more subtle characters of puerh tea.
I hope that by raising this issue and building awareness around this often overlooked subject, more people will seek out the natural appeal and purity within the leaves that make up this ancient form of tea. Such matters may appear insignificant but if you have the good fortune of being part of a special tea session that includes a 30+ year old puerh tea then you may wish to thread with care and do your utmost to maximize that experience.
