# Scottish Caramel - PU-ERH Tea > Loose-leaf Yunnan pu-erh with caramel pieces — earthy aged tea, sweet buttery top, smooth full body. The dessert-leaning pu-erh. - **URL:** https://sampsonecoshop.com/products/scottish-caramel-pu-erh-tea - **Type:** tea - **Brand:** THE METROPOLITAN TEA COMPANY LTD. - **Price:** 11.99 CAD - **Availability:** check store - **Tags:** blacktea, replenishable, tea ## Description 💫 Pu-Erh🍬 Caramel Notes🍃 Aged Tea🌿 Loose Leaf The dessert pu-erh — Yunnan’s aged dark tea with real caramel pieces, the funky earth of pu-erh meeting the sweetness of toffee. Pu-erh — pronounced “poo-air” — is the Chinese tea that’s aged on purpose. Leaves from the broad-leaf tea trees of Yunnan Province are processed, pressed, and then deliberately fermented over months or years; the result is a dark, earthy cup that drinks closer to coffee than to most tea, with a characteristic “funk” that pu-erh drinkers come to expect and appreciate. Most teas are made fresh; pu-erh is made over time. The Scottish Caramel name nods to Scotland’s long love affair with caramel and toffee — and the pairing works beautifully on a pu-erh chassis. Real caramel pieces (not just an added flavour drop) sweeten the cup at the top, while the deep-aged pu-erh body grounds it underneath. The cup ends up dessert-leaning without going saccharine — earthy, sweet, and full. 💫 Yunnan Pu-Erh Base Aged Chinese dark tea, deliberately fermented 🍬 Real Caramel Pieces Visible toffee bits in the leaf — not just flavour ✨ Earthy & Sweet The pu-erh funk meets dessert sweetness ✨ **The Sampson Promise** We only put ingredients in our products that we would use on our own family. Every ingredient has a purpose. If it doesn’t need to be there, it isn’t. Type Pu-Erh (flavoured) Caffeine Medium Best Time After-meal, evening Format Loose Leaf Steep Time 3–5 min Servings ~25 cups (50g) ## Tasting Notes 🍬 Caramel Top Aroma The first thing the cup does is smell like caramel — cooked sugar, butter, a hint of the brown-sugar pan. Behind it, the deep earthy aroma of aged pu-erh leaves. 💫 Earthy Buttery Body Body Pu-erh carries the cup — full, earthy, slightly funky in the way only fermented tea is funky. The caramel rounds the middle without flattening the depth, and the body is buttery rather than astringent. ✨ Long Sweet Finish Aftertaste Closes with a long, slightly sweet aftertaste — caramel hangs around longer than the pu-erh’s earthiness, ending the cup on a dessert note rather than a bitter one. ## How to Brew 01 Measure One heaped teaspoon (about 2–3g) per 8oz cup. Pu-erh leaf is dense and broken — a level scoop is enough. 02 Heat the Water Bring water to a full boil — 100°C / 212°F. Pu-erh is one of the few teas that prefers full-boil heat; the leaf can take it. 03 Steep 3–5 Minutes Three for a softer cup, five for full earthy body. Pu-erh re-steeps multiple times — the second and third pours stay characterful. Water 100°C Time 3–5 min Per Cup 1 heaped tsp Drinks well neat — the caramel is built in, no sweetener required. A small splash of milk turns it into a Scottish-toffee dessert cup; pu-erh is one of the few teas that takes milk happily without losing its character. ## About the Tea 💫 Yunnan Pu-Erh The Heart Aged Chinese dark tea from Yunnan Province, where the broad-leaf Camellia sinensis assamica grows. Processed, pressed, and deliberately fermented to develop the deep earthy character that defines pu-erh — the only category of tea made by aging. 🍬 Real Caramel Pieces The Sweet Actual caramel pieces in the blend — visible in the leaf, slightly soft, dissolving into the cup as the leaf steeps. Not a syrup or a flavour drop but real cooked-sugar bits, which is why the sweetness lands round rather than sharp. ✨ Caramel Flavour Round The Round Natural caramel flavour rounds the cup, making sure the caramel pieces aren’t the only sweetness in play — the flavour distributes through every sip rather than only the ones that catch a piece. The Scottish-toffee character comes through cleanly. In the tin Pu-erh tea, caramel pieces, natural caramel flavour. Origin & Sourcing Built on aged Yunnan pu-erh — the only category of tea deliberately fermented over time — with real caramel pieces and a natural caramel flavour. A dessert-leaning cup that pairs the pu-erh’s deep earth with Scottish-toffee sweetness, blended in small batches for the Sampson shelf. ## Images - https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0571/5319/2067/files/scottish-caramel-pu-erh-tea-4415788.jpg?v=1780653365 - https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0571/5319/2067/files/scottish-caramel-pu-erh-tea-1782949.jpg?v=1773268220