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Typically for me, especially when testing out new teas I'll go for 5g/100ml for liu bao as an easy rule of thumb. Over time I have found myself favoring more around 6g/100ml, but that really depends on the tea. 6g/70ml plus cramming big tea seed shells in that small a pot sounds to me like syrup or...

This morning was the "wine fragrance" liubao from 3B. This one was ok, but I preferred the medicine more. I did a similar brew structure to yesterday, a few low ratio brews and then transfer to the nixing 200ml pot to finish the brew. The tea had a nice salivating note and long finish. The actual fl...

Personally, I can't do much more than 5g/100 ml heicha without being overwhelmed. I would say 4-5g / 100ml is what I probably typically use for liu bao, but that is probably because that is the ratio I tend to gravitate to for most teas. I do not remember brewing parameters for liu bao being discus...

2012 "Medicine Fragrance" shu liubao from three bears today. Did 6g of the tea and 1g of the tea seed shells in a 70ml pocket kyusu (ruyao). My wife really likes making homemade playdough for our 4-year-old and this taste like that smells. Has a nice salinity, sort of a lightly cooked flour, but wi...

2012 "Medicine Fragrance" shu liubao from three bears today. Did 6g of the tea and 1g of the tea seed shells in a 70ml pocket kyusu (ruyao). My wife really likes making homemade playdough for our 4-year-old and this taste like that smells. Has a nice salinity, sort of a lightly cooked flour, but wit...

2010 7542 batch 2 this morning in a Hongni pot. Trying to understand how clay affects tea. I think I may pursue a hongni pot I like how it still leaves a lot of the high notes. I tried 7542 in my nixing and didn't enjoy how much it chopped off the high and low notes. Still need to explore zini some,...

Went to LPs to test a few teas with him and pack some samples. Tried the incense fragrance vs a 90s liuan blind. Really enjoyed the 90s liuan and not so much the Liubao. We will see how these 3 bears samples work out, Liubao may not be for me. I'm not a big shou guy either but wanted to give this st...

2011 BXS from a Taobao shop. Super tasty, I really enjoy this consistent soft flavor with minerality on it. I've nearly cleared out all my samples of Anhua stuff. Just have some tian jian left. But have some Liubao from three bears coming in. It's all the ones with "aroma" in the titles. so excited ...

Hey all Cookie here! How long have you been drinking tea? I have been drinking tea since my kid was born 4 years ago, started off with your normal breakfast blends (English/Irish), and then moved on to Chinese tea about a year and a half. What kind of tea do you drink? I mostly drink puer, but I lov...