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Another QLC up on the site, the 2018 Yunshang "Yezhen" QLC . It's a special tea to me as it was the first QLC I bought a full slice of, back in 2021 . (Another BSX QLC will likely be up by end of next week, before two very limited Li Yuanlong productions hopefully make an appearance by the end of th...

Yeah, the size thing gets almost comical at times. The 62 kg version of the 2010 "World Expo" QLC weighs almost exactly the same as the 2008 "Olympics" QLC (2008 liang, heh), so although this is just speculation on my part it could be that they just wanted to use up leftover bamboo wrappings from th...

Three new bricks added to the site: - 2018 Wang Junan Huazhuan - 2019 Meishan Wuyu “Dichen” Heizhuan - 2018 Yuntaiya “Tuohuang” Heizhuan The first two were made with Gaoma mateials, the last with Yunshang materials. The Wang Junan more on the delicate side, and the other more smoke-prominent (fermen...

Yiqingyuan (怡清源) QLC slice. Heard mixed things about the brand (everything from it being available on the shelves of all shopping malls at some point , and being of average quality, to that they also had some rather outstanding productions), but the brand has a long history. Will be interesting to h...

Three new additions to the site: - 2013 Zhongcha “Xuefeng Jindian” Huazhuan - 2012 Gaojiashan “Tezhi” Huazhuan - 2012 Gaojiashan “Tezhi” Heizhuan The Gaojiashan ones are available as full bricks (1 kg). I had the Xuefeng Jindian (2 kg brick) cut into cubes - weighing in at approximately 200 grams pe...

This is probably somewhat tangential, but how would you recommend one acclimatises to Qianliang cha? I am a fan of Anhua Heicha, but I've noticed most vendors, even specialists, will tend to only have one or two Qianliangs available, which makes getting a general sense for the tea a rather arduous ...

New tea available on the site 2014 Gaojiashan “Qianliang Jinhua Fuwang” Fuzhuan I do not expect to be offering many fuzhuans on the site - despite it being by the biggest (as in highest sales) category of Anhua heichas by far, it's probably my least favorite overall. This one caught my interest tho...

Thanks for the kind words, everyone! teatray : The points you are making are all very good. I too believe that the unit size of these teas will the biggest barrier for most people, and it will probably be a rare occurrence when anyone who hasn't already bought something through me makes an order. I ...

Hi everyone, Some of you may have seen the Anhua heicha group buys I’ve organized — a couple in 2022–24 and quite a few this year. As these buys have become more frequent (and since the way these teas are sold often doesn’t allow much advance notice), I’ve decided to change the format a bit. Going f...

See my post above, you got it at the currently discounted price which is valid until May 5th. If I were to guess, a similar sale will appear around June 18th... And yes, interesting/positive that they're offerings the teas for a similar (or even slightly cheaper) original price at the international ...

I think you just missed out on the "May 1st" deal. These teas are discounted until May 5th, but Superbuy may not pick that up (I guess they can't guarantee that they can make the order/payment for you before the offer runs out, they're probably on vacation too until Monday). Prices from the TB app a...

No idea, but I've seen other examples like it. E.g. Zhang Hui Chun yanchas cheaper from EoT than their Douyin store. (I've seen examples of the opposite too, but quite a few positive surprises from Western vendors.)

Does anyone have experience using any of these for tea? Or should one dig deeper and find a way to use TB directly (create virtual phone numbers to receive texts, etc.)? This thread might be of interest. I've only used shipforwarder the last few years, and that requires than you can browse and pay ...

First tea of the day was the 2003 "Serious Formula". Second session with a newly acquired cake, been three years (I thought two until I checked, boy has time flown by) since I finished my last. Same old familiar Henry, glad to see the storage isn't off. Brewed it in tin today, perhaps the most surpr...

It's a special time of the year here, the cold weather has set in but significant snowfall has yet to happen. Some of the darkest and driest days of the year, with the alluring smell of ten thousand stoked furnaces as a constant olfactory companion when walking outside. I'm particularly drawn to smo...