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- Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:47 am
- Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
- Topic: Your favorite Dan Cong vendor?
- Replies: 83
- Views: 16489
Re: Your favorite Dan Cong vendor?
The Yu Lan Xiang and Da Wu Ye were both obviously flavoured with additives, with the base tea not having much flavour on its own. Are there any tells that a tea might be artificially flavored? Not just for Dan Cong but in general. I ordered a bunch of teas a while back that had vibrant first and se...
- Wed Nov 04, 2020 3:52 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Travel Tea Set
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10821
Re: Travel Tea Set
I have this one from AliExpress. We'll see how long the glass pitcher lasts, but so far, so good 
It can be a little fiddly to pack, but is otherwise quite nice. If you're looking for something compact, I can recommend it.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000195373722.html

It can be a little fiddly to pack, but is otherwise quite nice. If you're looking for something compact, I can recommend it.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000195373722.html
- Wed Nov 04, 2020 1:00 pm
- Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
- Topic: Premium Silver Needle Vendors
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7139
Re: Premium Silver Needle Vendors
So, what is white tea supposed to be? That's a good question. The most common way to describe it seems to be something along the lines of light and fresh. However, I suspect that it's mostly something that gets repeated by people that either don't really know what they're talking about or have only...
- Wed Nov 04, 2020 12:27 pm
- Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
- Topic: white2tea
- Replies: 5
- Views: 826
Re: white2tea
Sheng My experience with his sheng is somewhat limited, but I can recommend the 2009 Jingmai brick and 2016 Diving Duck. If you're into huangpian, the 2016 Fade would be worth looking into, I suppose. Personally I don't care much for huangpian, though, so... meh. The Green Hypes are solid, if somew...
- Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:11 pm
- Forum: Storage & Organization
- Topic: puerh: to air or not to air?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2032
Re: puerh: to air or not to air?
I have some stuff in paper bags inside of tins and it seems to do pretty alright, but might be more susceptible to temp changes for better or worse than a thicker material. I use fermentation/conservation crocks. In my experience, they do smooth out temperature changes, but it's nothing drastic. Mo...
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 10:32 am
- Forum: Black Tea
- Topic: any information on aged/compressed black tea?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1312
Re: any information on aged/compressed black tea?
Perhaps, but usually the term is used to refer to the wet-piling process specifically and not anything happening after.TeaTotaling wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 10:10 amAt some point active, induced, fermentation ceases giving way to post-fermentation.
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 10:02 am
- Forum: Black Tea
- Topic: Loose tea vs bagged tea and where bagged teas may go wrong
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3209
Re: Loose tea vs bagged tea and where bagged teas may go wrong
The way I like to put it is that tea bags go from terrible to decent, while loose leaf goes from terrible to amazing.
It also depends on the kind of tea. Black tea, for example, works fine in bags, but green tea is best avoided.
It also depends on the kind of tea. Black tea, for example, works fine in bags, but green tea is best avoided.
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:37 am
- Forum: Black Tea
- Topic: any information on aged/compressed black tea?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1312
Re: any information on aged/compressed black tea?
i picked up yunnan sourcing's "drunk on red" (2018 picking) and now i'm super interested in compressed black teas. i don't know why i can't find any others on the sites i know of, there is a yunnansourcing 2020 compressed black tea, but that's all they have. definitely going to pick up some more ag...
- Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:00 am
- Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
- Topic: Your favorite Dan Cong vendor?
- Replies: 83
- Views: 16489
Re: Your favorite Dan Cong vendor?
I have only tried the Phoenix Village "Da Wu Ye". It wasn't obviously tampered with.
- Sat Oct 03, 2020 8:27 am
- Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
- Topic: Mei leaf
- Replies: 110
- Views: 16685
Re: Mei leaf
Thanks everyone, I already feel welcome. Like I said, I'm drinking too much tea at the moment haha, so tasting a lot and gaining insight fast. I will check out those other european sites, and definitely keep an eye on the new amsterdam place when it will open, thank you! i just checked the yunnan s...
- Sat Oct 03, 2020 8:10 am
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: Shu Recommendations for Sheng Lover
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2556
Re: Shu Recommendations for Sheng Lover
aet great stuff... Loose leaf PE is a bit of an anomaly for West facing vendors... I didn't even think of mentioning it but loose PE can a great joy and bargain! Here in France, loose leaf shu pu'er seems to be the most common. Asian supermarkets will usually have a tuo or two and some tea bags, bu...
- Fri Oct 02, 2020 3:23 pm
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: Shu Recommendations for Sheng Lover
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2556
Re: Shu Recommendations for Sheng Lover
My experience with shu from YS isn't particularly extensive, but definitely try the 2019 Lao Man'e and the 1999 Menghai Basket Aged Loose Leaf Ripe . The Lao man'e is unlike most other shu you'll find. The Hui Run cakes are sort of the high-end of the YS range of shu. I've tasted the 2011 and 2017, ...
- Sun Sep 20, 2020 8:19 am
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: Fu cha recommendations?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 791
Re: Fu cha recommendations?
Zhen Tea supposedly has some really nice hei cha. Thanks for the recommendation. Would have loved to have checked them out, but whatever HTML5 code that they tried to spice up their site with is preventing me from clicking on anything to get off the first page. Definitely a case of form over functi...
- Thu Sep 10, 2020 3:18 pm
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: Fu cha recommendations?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 791
Re: Fu cha recommendations?
Zhen Tea supposedly has some really nice hei cha.
Talking Tea did an episode with them, which you can find here: https://talkingteapodcasts.com/2019/03/ ... e-shadows/
Talking Tea did an episode with them, which you can find here: https://talkingteapodcasts.com/2019/03/ ... e-shadows/
- Sun Aug 16, 2020 6:12 am
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: tuo cha
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1209
Re: tuo cha
Have a look here: https://yunnansourcing.com/collections/ ... le-serving