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by aet
Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:31 pm
Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
Topic: Green Tea Vendor Topic
Replies: 66
Views: 32241

Re: Green Tea Vendor Topic

my mistake. I appologize for getting involved into this topic with theories. Correct , as a vendor ( although I do not see our selves as a compettior of YDJ , we do not sell JP tea ) I shouldn't express any opinioins about other vendors as this is not ethical. I saw people being puzzled about this J...
by aet
Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:58 pm
Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
Topic: Green Tea Vendor Topic
Replies: 66
Views: 32241

Re: Green Tea Vendor Topic

the guy who has done all work for this JP biz being visible to west , probably now is getting paid only those % differnce between JPY and other currencies.
That's the only theory I can come up with. So if you feel the prices in USD still fair, please support.
by aet
Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:07 am
Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
Topic: Green Tea Vendor Topic
Replies: 66
Views: 32241

Re: Green Tea Vendor Topic

I emailed them as well, and got the same answer. I explained the situation, that I was not paying in USD/EUR, and asked if they could not revert it, and if not could they adjust their exchange rate. They just ignored the questions and mentioned a "technical reason", I still did not understand if it...
by aet
Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:14 am
Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
Topic: Green Tea Vendor Topic
Replies: 66
Views: 32241

Re: Green Tea Vendor Topic

By in my opinion , the people who were buying in JPY before are still minority. [...] Our biz is not related to their's but I just feel their pain , because I believe this change is inevitable to them and they have to face some negative impact related to that now. If they are such a minority, why n...
by aet
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:46 pm
Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
Topic: Green Tea Vendor Topic
Replies: 66
Views: 32241

Re: Green Tea Vendor Topic

At the end of the day, I don't see this as a situation where they should "congratulate themselves" because I see this as sowing the seeds of distrust in their community. That's going to have a much bigger impact than you might think. If you are correct, then they will do something about it alright....
by aet
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:38 pm
Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
Topic: Green Tea Vendor Topic
Replies: 66
Views: 32241

Re: Green Tea Vendor Topic

I think we are talking about the .com site here. I was referring to the actual name . "Thés du Japon" ... , so I assume the western cooperating counterpart is FR. And the only explenation which comes into my mind here is that the deal between JP and FR has changed , so the payments in yen and other...
by aet
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:57 pm
Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
Topic: Green Tea Vendor Topic
Replies: 66
Views: 32241

Re: Green Tea Vendor Topic

ok, then other possibility is that all international payments go trough some separate entity ( could be based in EU ) which takes cut from the payments. The deal between JP owner and the int. payment provider might be that no option in JPY shoudl be available for no JP bank account holder , or somet...
by aet
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:00 am
Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
Topic: Green Tea Vendor Topic
Replies: 66
Views: 32241

Re: Green Tea Vendor Topic

I don't know JPY but CNY is not trade currency ( or how it's properly called ) . Basically if you pay any person in China with your foreign card, the conversion is done on the receiver side ( and so taken from their annual USD income limit ...see more in google ... "Is CNY a restricted currency? " t...
by aet
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:59 pm
Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
Topic: Green Tea Vendor Topic
Replies: 66
Views: 32241

Re: Green Tea Vendor Topic

We had a request from EU customer to pay in euro , saying similar issue with being "overcharged" if paying in USD ( which of course another way of paypal how to make some money ) . There is no direct exchange between EUR and CNY , although it may appear as it is on paypal. But for the moment such a ...
by aet
Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: importance of $/g ?
Replies: 10
Views: 1001

Re: importance of $/g ?

It is interesting , because I've never seen wine drinkers doing the same . Like recalculating the $/ml if bottle is differnt than "regular" size. Maybe because most of the wine sell is done offline ? Or wine enthusiasts not counting the cups but considering many other factors ? Sure alcohocis do hav...
by aet
Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: importance of $/g ?
Replies: 10
Views: 1001

importance of $/g ?

Seeing some online shops have the feature of price per gram added to the tea products , asking myself a question , how important is that? I understand if comparing 2 similar tea in different sizes ( where the smaller pressed version comes more expensive because the pressing and packing fees are high...
by aet
Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:28 am
Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
Topic: Pottery sourcing ( Huaning & Yuxi )
Replies: 0
Views: 481

Pottery sourcing ( Huaning & Yuxi )

Just short read about our recent pottery sourcing trip. I have to admit I couldn't find any interesting "meat" to write about as this was pretty straightforward without any unexpected surprises. Feels like more experienced you are , less exciting it gets. Or maybe I'm just loosing the touch;-) Anywa...
by aet
Tue Jan 16, 2024 7:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Boiled tea flavour
Replies: 10
Views: 1215

Re: Boiled tea flavour

It is common in some Yunnan villages , boiled or baked first then boil. It does "flatten" the taste in some way. Like if you try Cha Gao shu puer for example , that's the way how tastes boiled shu ( cha gao is made by boiling out / extracting , so it makes sense ) . My wife boils quite often shu , a...
by aet
Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:22 pm
Forum: Kettles & Heating Elements
Topic: Electric Kettles
Replies: 163
Views: 121503

Re: Electric Kettles

Brent D wrote:
Mon May 21, 2018 10:53 am
This is my bonavita, 3 months of use
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I've seen that with cheap CN pots.
We use K-Kou chich is the probably the best. It is commonly used on tea markets.
by aet
Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:54 pm
Forum: Black Tea
Topic: Lapsang Souchong
Replies: 65
Views: 19075

Re: Lapsang Souchong

I don' trust my memory of customers' preferences. me too. that's why I write all that in my notes. I have full history of our clientele , samples they tried ( notes if any response ..etc. ) , all notes from comunication related to the taste notes. Yet, I recomend only samples first ( so it just hel...