Sunday, June 27, 2021

2014 Spring Tea Urchin Xi Kong: Tobacco-ey and Delicious

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(The following notes are from back in 2019 when I blind purchased a cake) This 2014 Tea Urchin Xikong goes for $107.00 for 200g cake or $...

Tea Urchin Upcoming Price Increase

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Okay people… the party is over… The western facing puerh vendor Tea Urchin emerged after production methods for gushu type teas were rea...
Saturday, June 26, 2021

What is “Forest Tea” or “Forest Puerh”?

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 Over the last few years there has been more and more puerh being labeled as “Forest Tea” or “Forest Puerh”.  I find this supper strange bec...
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Friday, June 25, 2021

2020 Puerist You Le “Forest Tea” vs 2020 Puerist Yiwu #8

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  This is my last in a series of samples to try to understand and define the concept of “Forest Tea Puerh” after Shah8 introduced the conc...
Wednesday, June 23, 2021

2018 Puerist Youle (Ya Nou): A Powerful Youle

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This is an interesting Youle for me because it was deliberately sourced by Mark to age based on his tastings of other aged Youle from the ...
Sunday, June 20, 2021

What about Youle???

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 Why does the Western puerh scene not value Youle area puerh compared to other Six Famous Mountain puerh? After blind sampling this 2010 You...
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Saturday, June 5, 2021

2021 Puerist Ban Pen Maocha: Lao Ban Zhang-ish Power

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Ban Pen is an area that is really overshadowed by its close neighbour Lao Ban Zhang.   Its also notoriously known as one of the area ingre...