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If you're new to tea, the best advice I could give would be to not buy too much of anything until you know what you like best. One River Tea has an interesting-looking heicha sampler pack that would probably be a good start. White2Tea has a few heicha and a bunch of shou puer, including some like Sm...

pedant wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 22, 2024 4:03 pm

emmett guzman
he used to run yqh group buys and then became a yqh distributor. his website: https://yangqinghao.com/

Emmett's a good dude. I took a drive up his way to snag a black F2 pot a few months ago.

He's also got some solid Yixing for great prices at https://emmettsteas.weebly.com/.

2019 Nan Jian Tu Lin 703 from YS in a Zitao pot from Yunnan Craft, drank out of an incredibly sleek gaiwan courtesy of @ferg.

Feeling grateful for this place.

Taking a break from lurking to say thanks to you all for the great info in this thread.

PM sent!

I'd be happy to give a couple of the gaiwans a home where they'll be put to good use! Very generous offer.

Yunnan Sourcing - Wild Tree Purple Moonlight https://i.imgur.com/LcXkY69.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/YOxeq3s.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/U18JA0i.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/QsVioPy.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/ALFWNoR.jpeg Incredible pictures. That's one of the teas from them that I've really loved, there's so ...

I would not be inclined to trust anyone saying “everyone is bad, except me, only I have the real thing.” Extremism is never a good trait. Facts. It seems to be a marketing strategy to me. Conflict grabs attention. Of course I couldn't speculate on whether his Zisha claims are legit or not, but the ...

Bok wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 27, 2023 8:29 pm

As far as I heard, there is some controversy happening with this guy... he seems to be accusing everyone of selling fake Yixing.

Do you think that's a cover for selling it, or is there any veracity to his claims?

I got a sampler pack of their stuff earlier this year. Generally solid stuff, with a few outliers either way. I loved the Georgian Breakfast, which has huge notes of baking chocolate and just enough tannin to keep things interesting. It'll be the first one I finish from them for sure. The Imereti Su...

Battle scarred UFO is joining the line up… 85ml, Zhuni, very high fired. ./download/file.php?id=13748 ./download/file.php?id=13747 ./download/file.php?id=13746 Battle scarred is right! That's like if Zhou Tai were a teapot, high fired like being in the battle of Chibi. I really like that one.

I'd say yes, but not as an indictment of Yunnan Sourcing. At the beginning of my tea journey, I ordered from both, and found excellent teas from both sites. YS has the larger site and selection, and my favourite teapot is a now discontinued item from them. YC has the better quality/price ratio and ...

If I'm reading the proverbial room correctly, it would seem that the consensus is that Yunnan Craft is generally superior to Yunnan Sourcing. Is that accurate? If so, why? I'd say yes, but not as an indictment of Yunnan Sourcing. At the beginning of my tea journey, I ordered from both, and found ex...

Thanks for the review! What made you order from TTC instead of other Taiwanese vendors like Mountain Stream or Taiwanleaftea? I've never heard of Taiwanleaftea. I've spent a lot of time looking at Mountain Stream and I just don't like people who seem to be serial entertainers. He doesn't seem like ...

Jay Shree's Darjeeling Second Flush Mellow White. Quality appears decent, with lots of white hairs on the leaves, which are mostly whole and picked as two leaves and a bud. 5 g of tea in a 140mL Duanni pot, water at 185F, steeped for 1:30, 1:45, and 2:00 First infusion is gentle, with honey and flor...