Friday, December 28, 2018

2018 white2tea Snoozefest & the Real Meaning of Snoozefest

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Sometimes, probably because of my age or just how I see the world or because I’ve been at this tea thing before some of you readers wer...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Tasting an Old Vacuum Sealed Puerh and Famous Puerh in the West: Teamasters 2003 Spring Wild Raw Yiwu

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Reason for Fame :   This was the first introduction to wild tea for Western puerh drinkers.   I remember the initial buzz around this ...
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Thursday, December 13, 2018

2008 Menghai “Big Classic”, Oldish, and Kinda Drinkable

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I have a history with this cake from years ago.   My puerh drinking buddy in Victoria, once brought this one over for us to drink in 20...
Thursday, December 6, 2018

When Puerh Vendors Offer Free Shipping...

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You should always consider the cost of shipping into the price of tea per gram but most of us don't.  No bloggers include shipping ...
Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Storage Issues: “Shelf Fatigue”

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Recently, James of TeaDB published an excellent article on storage comparisons .   He compared 3 of the same Yang Qing Hao cakes from dif...
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Saturday, December 1, 2018

Storage Issues: Maintaining Optimal Aging of a Humidly Stored Semi Aged Sheng Puerh

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I think, one of the biggest challenges to storing puerh in the West is this: How can we advance the aging of a semi-aged more humidly sto...
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Friday, November 30, 2018

2013 Shuangjiang Mengku “Yi Pin Quan” 1 KG & Good Mengku vs Bad Mengku

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I purchased this sample along with this tong of 2008 ShuangjiangMenku Arbour King   from Yunnan Sourcing about a year and a half ago. ...