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Do I just put a boveda pack into the storage tin? Yes. You don't have to worry about it touching the tea. When the pack eventually dries out, you can recharge it by putting it in an airtight container with some water (but not in/touching the water). For me it usually takes a few weeks to fully rech...

O-Cha has this which is significantly cheaper: https://www.o-cha.com/matcha-powdered-g ... atcha.html
No idea how good it actually is, but O-Cha is a respected vendor.

Whenever someone asks me about the health benefits of tea, my answer is that it's not bad for you, probably good in fact, but that they should drink it because they like it and consider anything else a (slight) bonus. So after a good bit of reading and searching I stumbled onto a site talking about ...

The W2T subscription is definitely not just a way for Paul to get rid of unwanted stock. In fact, some months have apparently been anything but trivial to do. It's a good mix of different types of tea, with a focus on pu-er. Oolong Owl has reviews of most of them here: http://oolongowl.com/category/...

Paul from White2Tea is also in on the small-batch hustle.

Edit: Don't remember where I got this info, but there are a number of different ways of doing small-batch, with the basket method apparently not necessarily being the best.

This article seems to be about the same tea: https://teajourney.pub/tasting-notes-ye ... olong-tea/

Perchs description makes a bit more sense after reading that.

I have a sample of the 2016 "Wild Purple Green Mark" from YS. It's definitely shu first, sheng a distant second.

I really like it and will be getting a full cake with my next order.

Have a look at The Tea Crane as well.

I just drank of mine. It's definitely a shu.

I live in France, and have never had any issues with customs.... I have sent packages of tea and other things to France using the post office. First class mail from the East Coast of the USA averages about 8 days to the receiver's door and is not expensive. There is no tracking after the packages a...

I live in France, and have never had any issues with customs. Only once have they opened a box, and never have I had to pay taxes. I choose epacket whenever possible. It probably helps that YS and others typically don't put the full value on the shipping label 8-) Courriers (UPS, DHL etc.) will alwa...

Teachronicles wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:09 pm

I just brew the larger bits with the chunk I broke off and then save the rest in the bag im storing the tea In at the time. Every so often I'll throw all the stuff at the bottom of a bag Into a pot and make teaspresso.

Hmm, wonder how well a mokka pot would work

Only just getting into them myself, so limited experience. - White2Tea has some really nice ones. The 2013 Gongmei is great. - No idea about ideal age. - Don't know about regions either. - White teas are very flexible in terms of brewing. You can do it pretty much however you like: Gaiwan, western, ...

Just had a friend gift me a rather special tea: Dancong leaves, but processed as black tea! Never had it and I love it. Yunnan Sourcing has a Bai Ye Dancong black tea. Only drunk it once so far and will have to do a more thorough tasting, but you can definitely taste the dancong "heritage". Very ni...

Not particularly close to Leipzig, but Rivers and Clouds in Lübeck seems great.
https://www.instagram.com/riversandclouds/