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They are very good quality sample bags. I used my flat iron to heat seal and FoodSaver Vacuum Sealer also. Thank You @pedant for sharing.

Those are really nice. Thinking they can also be used for general loose leaf aging and storage in canisters, to absorb incidental moisture.

Is this pot still available? I’m suffering from some heartbreak after someone knocked my 6 year old, heavily seasoned Shimizu Ken from a counter top... also looking for Fukumashi sencha pot recommendations if not. First time switching over from the old teachat forum! Fun to see familiar faces here....

Has anyone had great 1st flush Darjeeling from this year’s production? Any recommendations...

After several years focusing on Japanese greens, I segued into Taiwan high mountain and roasted oolong, and later as a result of tea gatherings at my house became exposed to very high quality yancha and Pu’erh. I feel lucky that in the west we do have access to excellent teas from Asia and India/Nep...

Interesting, I haven’t had any green teas from Taiwan, just the spectrum of oolong and blacks. I’m thinking as a result of the Japanese occupation from 1895-1945, and their suppression of green tea production from that time, culturally a silent self-imposed restriction was set in place. From my obs...

debunix I’ve been admiring Sou’s blue yunomi, is as it light and thin as it appears in photos ? They also look beautiful to handle. Interesting, I haven’t had any green teas from Taiwan, just the spectrum of oolong and blacks. I’m thinking as a result of the Japanese occupation from 1895-1945, and ...

It is my understanding that Neiziwahong is zini purple clay inside, with a coat of hongni red clay outside, throughout the pot. Your spelling though is different.

Got my samples in today. Looks like it's going to be a Baozhong style hurricane party this weekend! We’ll be thinking of you. I see it is getting very windy and you’ll have a lot of rain for many days. No surfing with your teacup :) . At least I won'r run out of fresh water :lol: Seriously though.....

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Fri Jul 12, 2019 4:53 pm

Got my samples in today.

Looks like it's going to be a Baozhong style hurricane party this weekend!

We’ll be thinking of you. I see it is getting very windy and you’ll have a lot of rain for many days. No surfing with your teacup .

High Mountain (Lishan) Medium Oxidized/Medium Roasted Oolong SPRING 2019: I wrote about being disappointed by this tea because I tasted the roasting too much. I wondered if it needed to breath. YES, that was the situation. Just the package having been opened was enough. I did not put the tea into a...

So now that I have water under control, I steeped Tillerman ’s Tian Chi High Mountain from winter ‘18 (the one he generously gave us a refund on). Well, it was really good, lots of fruity buttery sweet bread aromatics and very rich thick LiShan notes with background citrus spikes. Now I’m curious, i...

How are are you heating water on your trip? Hopefully not hotel kettle :) . Yes :D Yeah, a bad kettle will ruin even mediocre water :) . Here at my mother’s without realizing, I was using a copper bottom kettle that had oxidized and I couldn’t figure out why my teas tasted off, even when using very...

I’m having more sessions with Tea Masters 98k DYL and Ethan Kurkland’s DYL, but with different waters than I’m used to. I’m in LA right now and it seems like Poland Spring isn’t sold here. So I’m trying some Western brand waters that I normally don’t use. It can be hit or miss. Arrowhead wasn’t ver...

Thanks for clarification, so many processing nuances within each type.