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Qingming has come and gone, and I still don't have any spring 2025 green tea. It looks like Bitterleaf has a BLC this year, along with Lapsangstore, Sweetest Dew, and Teavivre. Seven Cups hasn't been able to post their 2025 lineup yet because it's stuck in customs. This will be the first year in a ...

Qingming has come and gone, and I still don't have any spring 2025 green tea. It looks like Bitterleaf has a BLC this year, along with Lapsangstore, Sweetest Dew, and Teavivre. Seven Cups hasn't been able to post their 2025 lineup yet because it's stuck in customs. This will be the first year in a w...

I think the big problem with ming qian is that its used on teas that it shouldnt be. the qing ming cut off date is really for BLC and long jing, but other people have tried to applied this teas. For example I see talk of Pre Qing Ming Huang Shan Mao Feng, but in the core region the first picks of h...

I can't speak about the market for and production of Anji Bai Cha, but I do know that the native seed grown cultivars take longer to mature hence they are picked later by 1-2 weeks (we are only talking about difference of a few days but the difference is huge). The risk of picking later is that the...

I recently emailed Hojo about Mingqian tea and he had very strong opinions in his response: We do not carry Mingqian tea at our store. The reason is simple—Mingqian tea is of poor quality. While it is commonly believed to be high-quality, this is merely a marketing tactic to sell tea to uninformed c...

However, tea is listed among many, many other American goods subject to tariffs according to this link. Please note the difference between sales taxes (money you have to pay when purchasing a good or service, whether it is an import or not, and are therefore not protectionist in nature), and tariff...

Does anyone know if the de minimis exemption for orders under $800 still applies to American products imported into Canada? This is very confusing. I realize that in my haste to criticize our good government's fees, I forgot this is a tea forum, and tea is tax free as it is considered part of basic...

Thanks for the BLC recommendations. Is your BLC Mingqian? I know TXS and Hojo also have BLC, though I'm not sure how early it's picked. None of these vendors carry Anji. [/quote] Yea, so I actually seperate the pickings by the day. So you can choose exactly what day you want and even compare them [...

Does anyone know if the de minimis exemption for orders under $800 still applies to American products imported into Canada? This is very confusing. I am not sure there ever was such an exemption as a formal rule, but some years ago small parcels shipped to Canada through USPS were typically not ass...

I tried searching it and couldnt find anything. There is the 800 minimis from canada to American so I assume Canada will do the same. As for BLC One River Tea and (please excuse the self promotion) Sweetest Dew both offer widely enjoyed BLC. not sure about Anji It's hard to understand what will be ...

I discovered Seven Cups last year and really enjoyed their green teas. In fact, their First Pluck Bi Luo Chun was one of my top five teas of 2024. However, with what's going on in the States right now, I'm not sure I want to order Mingqian teas from them this year and risk getting hit with tariffs....

I discovered Seven Cups last year and really enjoyed their green teas. In fact, their First Pluck Bi Luo Chun was one of my top five teas of 2024. However, with what's going on in the States right now, I'm not sure I want to order Mingqian teas from them this year and risk getting hit with tariffs. ...

Gu wang keng lao cong black tea. It had the smooth and elegant character, forest notes.. if it was a little light in taste. Not lapsang, but also memorable was Tongmu Jin jun mei. I don’t know if Jin jun mei should be so sweet (I don’t think so), but this sweetness was different galaxy. But they ar...

I had red teas from DXJD a few years back. I must admit that the smoked lapsang (2021) I found quite bad, it was all smoke, no taste of the tea underneath.. I was expecting much more, since lot of people here like the shop. Da chi gan was better, but still average for the price.. I’m sure their top...

I bought small samples of Hojo's Lapsang Souchong Hua Xiang and Lapsang Souchong Qi Zhong, but haven't tried them yet. Yesterday I had the 2015 Yanxun Xiaozhong from DXJD and it was super smokey, even after ten years of age. It wasn't tannic or bitter, just full of clean pine smoke. I couldn't reall...