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@Stephen
I ordered 8 of these tuo from Cloud so I’ll update this thread once the tea arrives.

@DailyTX

Yea I’m very confused how anyone can tolerate drinking XG tuo w/ only a few years of Kunming storage.

StoneLadle wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:11 am

How do your guts cope with such tea??

Usually fine unless it’s Kunming stored. I don’t use super high leaf to water ratios that much any more so that might explain why it rarely bothers me.

No doubt that this one is still quite young.

Believe it or not many westerners actually consume these XG tuo even younger than this one. I usually find these pretty nasty until at least 10yrs.

Anyone try the 2005-03 batch of XG jiaji tuo from Cloud(HK)? Any thought on how it compares to other batches from 2004-2006?

http://cloudsteahouse.com/?sp=&p=6&cat2 ... 53&lang=en

Chadrinkincat Nice pot!! Thank you Teas We Like for such a good buy!!! Cheers! Thanks for the approval OCTO!! Nice picture Chadrinkincat, looking good. Wood fired, stone ground zini should be a bit muting initially but mid-aged sheng should be a very good fit. This pot is not low-fired so it should...

Testing out this chubby LQER pot from TWL. Quite muting w/ semi aged puerh but should improve w/ use.

Both of these are excellent teas.

https://teaswelike.com/product-category/liubao/

OCTO StoneLadle Are these bricks the same? Would you choose one over the other? https://teaswelike.com/product/90s-kunming-7581-brick/ https://globalteahut.org/collections/shou-puerh/products/happy-trails vuanguyen Comparing the two, personal preference, I'm more inclined to lean towards TWL's stoc...

Glad to see this month included a tuocha from 2007!

If available, I like to buy vintage and older teapots. So I wanted to make sure I "exhausted" my reasonable options for vintage duanni before going with a modern pot. As great as it would be to stumble across a Qing/ROC duanni teapot, I don't think it'd fit my budget. As of now, I'm still uncomfort...

StoneLadle wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 14, 2020 9:22 pm

Chadrinkincat how do you define par and sub par oolongs?

For me below average teas are often drinkable but likely not something I’d want to consume regularly or consider a daily drinker. Seadyke brand is a good example of sub par tea imho.

Contamination from storage is a separate issue.

A lot of what is sold as aged Oolong in Taiwan is exactly as mbanu said, not intentional, forgotten and often subpar, thus unsold tea. I’d rather consume a subpar 20-30yr old oolong than a subpar newly made one. Not sure about that... we frequently sample some mystery aged teas and they can be quit...

@ezpzeke

Doesn’t look like yixing. Looks more like a modern CZ pot.