China & Taiwan • Re: Yixing
Another dragon! Seems to be of better workmanship than the previous one, more detail on the dragon and the fish.Statistics: Posted by WhisperingFrog192 — Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:00 am
View ArticleBlack Tea • Re: What Black Are You Drinking
Had some Black Tea before and during m a short road trip. Nice and clean.Is that some sort of brewing flask?Statistics: Posted by Iizuki — Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:33 am
View ArticleAnnouncements & Guides • Re: Introduce Yourself
Hi all. I'm GlennHow long have you been drinking tea?I've been drinking tea for 25+ years, though I've gotten really interested in Pu'er in the past two years.What kind of tea do you...
View ArticleMiscellaneous • Re: Teaware B&W Appreciation
really lovely pot and compositionStatistics: Posted by debunix — Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:44 pm
View ArticleChina & Taiwan • Re: Taiwanese pots
what a beautiful gem of a pot! and I agree, the photos are very attractive and got me to take a second and the third look at the pot.Statistics: Posted by debunix — Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:57 pm
View ArticleBlack Tea • Re: Req. assistance from tea experts (B/Tea: Darjeeling)!!
We forgot from what it started . I am not a big conoser of Darjeeling but I can tell you for sure to play with different waters. Water is very important and even more important for long steeping time....
View ArticleFermented Tea • Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Yee On's 1997 Jiang Cheng raw brick on an overcast day; tastes mature but vibrant, with a bright and uplifting kind of relaxing feeling for me today, and lasts over many brews. Very nice....
View ArticleBlack Tea • Re: Lapsang Souchong
A couple weeks ago, I received four unsmoked lapsangs from Daxue Jiadao: 50 g each of their Da and Xiao Chigan and 8 g each of their Laocong Taoke and Diaoqiao. Does anyone have steeping parameters...
View ArticleOolong Tea • Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking
2021 Huang Mei Gui from old ways.Statistics: Posted by Darrel — Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:59 am
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • importance of $/g ?
Seeing some online shops have the feature of price per gram added to the tea products , asking myself a question , how important is that? I understand if comparing 2 similar tea in different sizes (...
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • Re: importance of $/g ?
I think it's mainly a Western market thing too. In Norway it's mandatory for certainly goods that prices are stated not only per purchasing unit (box, bag etc) but also per kg. The stores selling the...
View ArticleTea/Teaware Vendors • Re: more on my white tea from Nepal
My oldest brother is enduring massive doses of chemotherapy which makes eating & drinking difficult for a few days every 3 weeks. He is finding this white tea, Himalayan Snow, very tolerable &...
View ArticleFermented Tea • Re: What HeiCha are you drinking
Office having 2012 Cha Yu Lin “29 steeps” fu rong from YS.Statistics: Posted by Darrel — Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:20 am
View ArticleChina & Taiwan • Re: Yixing
Interesting… It is, isn’t it? Any chance this can be a blend of hongni + qingshuini? Clay surely looks blended to me….. Statistics: Posted by OCTO — Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:32 pm
View ArticleVendor Discussion & Recommendation • Re: Green Tea Vendor Topic
Have any of you bought from Treasure Green in Vancouver? They're doing pre-orders for pre-Qingming Dragonwell, Bi Luo Chun, Anji Bai Cha, etc. Their prices seem a bit high, though not unreasonably so...
View ArticleVendor Discussion & Recommendation • Sun Moon Lake Red Jade T-18 Black Tea
Apologies if this is not the right spot for a recommendation request. Anyone know of a Canadian online vendor with good Taiwan T-18? How about an American one? Thank you very much.Statistics: Posted...
View ArticleVendor Discussion & Recommendation • Re: Sun Moon Lake Red Jade T-18...
There's a lot of bitter, overly malty Ruby 18 out there. The best one I've found is A Different Eighteen from Song Tea. However, at over $1/g, it's not cheap.If you don't mind buying outside North...
View ArticleFermented Tea • Re: liu an/ luk on/ lok on
Drinking an early 2000 Liu An tea today. It's quite an interesting tea. It has the taste of an aged/old green tea. The tea broth scent reminded me of dried seaweed. It's a very forgiving tea to brew...
View ArticleBlogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs • Tea history from upton tea blog
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View ArticleOolong Tea • Re: What is "Crimson Pearl Oolong?"
My local tea store sells this tea called Crimson Pearl. I have no idea what this is. It says it's a "deeply fermented" oolong tea, and that it's red in color. Although it's pretty easy to tell that...
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