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Hi everyone, I haven’t posted for a long time but do read the posts now and then; I’ve just been drinking my favourite teas as always, using teaware I acquired over the years; I would say I’m settled in my routines and not looking for more. Anyway… I’m visiting England with my family and mainly drin...

I haven't posted in a while, though I do check out the latest posts a few times a week. After opening a 2022 Sincha from O-Cha today and having a wonderful tea session, I had a strong desire to post something. After getting 'serious' with tea, Sencha was one of the first teas that really grabbed me....

It has been a long time since I've posted on this forum. I don't even peruse very much. I've been trying to limit my computer/internet time, spending more time outdoors, and less multi-tasking. That said, I did get back into Matcha in the last month, after stopping by this forum and seeing this thre...

I’m having a late 90’s Sho, a tea I’ve had many times before, but this time it’s 8pm and I’m seeing if it will impact my sleep. Hopefully not!

however, the thoughts about the injury and what it stops you from doing, is a distraction. I discovered gong fu style brewing while recovering from a fractured elbow (resulting from a bike accident as well :|). I was doing PT sessions every day and the pain was almost overbearing - during the sessi...

Thanks all for the well wishes and sharing of experiences. This morning’s Shu was an enjoyable session! In addition to Shu in the morning, I ha e either Sencha or Goashan in the afternoon and then either an aged Sheng, or another Shu (aged) after dinner. Tea has, I believe, always had positive effec...

I had a tumble on my bike yesterday and today I *tried* to enjoy tea in a few sessions throughout the day. I thought of this from a couple of different perspectives: 1) Are there teas with anti-inflammatory properties, or other pain-fighting properties? 2) Can you practice a tea session in a way tha...

nobody wins, except perhaps the shipping companies. I hope this is really due to a lack of flights and that it will eventually sort itself out. I have enough tea to get by until Gaoshan season next spring, if not longer. :P Maybe this will finally force me to drink those aging Darjeelings... In the...

I've skirted my TAD for a while now, purchasing more leaf. However, as I sit here looking at my $50 Bamboo tray (enjoying a 90's Shu) I'm now thinking it's time to add a more provocative tray, like pretty much any of the ones above!

Noonie: good to see that you're enjoying a more humidly-stored example; I think that you'll find that there are plenty of good ones out there, albeit that they can be hard to find from Western-facing online sources. After a week of being too busy for a proper tea session (including some days with n...

I placed an order from YeeOnTeaCo and was gifted a sample of 2004 Yunnan Import and Export Corporation 8582 Raw Pu-erh Tea . Lot's of firsts for me! - first order with this vendor - first 'HK storage' / 'traditional storage' (forgive me if I have that incorrect, but I recall James on TeaDB saying so...

2007 Yi Pin Tang "Yi Wu Zhi Chun" Raw Pu-erh from Yunnan Sourcing (US) I haven't had much sheng lately, mainly because I didn't really like the one cake I had opened; also because my morning tea is shu and then I'll have either sencha, gaoshan or aged shu later in the day. The sheng I had opened wa...

Went to Floating Leaves today, and picked up a bunch of new tea! I got some Four Seasons, their GABA oolong, the ”Tradional High Mountain” which is slightly more oxidized than most gaoshan (I’m most excited to try this), and the Gui Fei. They threw in a generous sample of the competition style baoz...

2021 Ming Qian Green Tea from Ha Giang, Vietnam: Slight umami, no bitterness and an aroma like walking through a meadow. Its notes are baozhong like but not as forward. Its soft, sweet and gives off a high elevation mountain air note that was fantastic. I brewed it with very short steeps in a Kohok...