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I wonder if it is worth moving this thread to korean teas

Royal copenhagen. Based on Mark- made in 1948 https://www.dphtrading.com/customer-service/quality/age-determine-of-royal-copenhagen/ Video https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ct39t-hNtAl/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== ./download/file.php?id=13970 ./download/file.php?id=13968 ./download/file.php?id=13967 ./dow...

debunix wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 24, 2025 9:50 am

LeoFox wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 23, 2025 7:18 am

interesting brothiness - like stewed mushrooms. Some citrus notes

sounds like a very interesting complex of flavors… Could be awful, or could be brilliant. I think I need a cup of black tea next, after morning gyokuro.

I liked it a lot.

Trying forest hill black tea now
viewtopic.php?p=50251#p50251
https://www.thesteepingroom.com/product ... k-tea-rods

It is very good.

2025 Monkeytail Premium Orange Pekoe from Sri Lanka from the steeping room
- interesting brothiness - like stewed mushrooms. Some citrus notes
https://www.thesteepingroom.com/product ... 5985656031

My preferred cup
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I drink green tea almost exclusively grandpa style since I find gongfu brewing extracts too much bitterness Sounds to me more like an issue of brewing technique... Normally if you do shorter steeps you can control exactly that. Grandpa is actually more risky to get a bitter brew as all the bitterne...

Thanks! Im guessing probably some standard stuff.

Any thoughts on this? Received as gifts. Labeled 2016

2025 long jing from a friend who recently visited me from china.

Labeling claims ming qian and hang zhou. Unlikely. However tea is pretty clean and tasty. Easily withstood long infusions at off boiling despite relatively green character - superior to some very expensive speciments sold stateside

Some dj

I didnt know he is going bankrupt! I never ordered from him but ive always been keen on more naturally produced teas. Hojo sells some that i really enjoy. And the hon yama umegashima teas from thes du japon from essentially abandoned plots are also very good imo. Who else sells tokuya teas?

It seems tea crane carries his teas

https://www.the-tea-crane.com/manufactu ... h08cIq1d9Q

Single wild tree sheng from da xue shan - 2023 https://www.instagram.com/p/DLU5i1-uLPb/?img_index=3&igsh=NXY0dXl1a3pqYWVw Tea leaves from one big wild tea tree growing near the forest of the Big Snow mountain. 1.6kg of mao cha was made from this tree and we pressed it into the 100g cakes. This , gen...

Heard they function well but use very standard (normal) clay that is likely industrially processed with various additives to achieve good handibility and appearance. Nothing wrong with that. But if you are looking for pots with special attention paid to clay and also handiwork - you will have to pay...