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- Mon Mar 06, 2023 4:08 pm
- Forum: White Tea
- Topic: Jinggu Xue Ya: Chinese White Peony Tea
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1907
Re: Jinggu Xue Ya: Chinese White Peony Tea
"Xue Ya" actually means "Snow Buds" in Chinese. Mostly it indeed consists of buds and small leaves, otherwise it wouldn't live up to its name.
- Sat Sep 24, 2022 7:46 am
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: Chinese tea poor harvest year
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2815
Re: Chinese tea poor harvest year
From what I heard the bigger challenge is about hiring tea pickers. Unless many countries where tea pickers are underpaid, in China it's hard to hire this year. Due to covid, many seasonal workers prefer to stay in their home town to avoid getting stuck. that was in Yiwu last year , when village ( ...
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 1:55 pm
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: Chinese tea poor harvest year
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2815
Re: Chinese tea poor harvest year
From what I heard the bigger challenge is about hiring tea pickers. Unless many countries where tea pickers are underpaid, in China it's hard to hire this year. Due to covid, many seasonal workers prefer to stay in their home town to avoid getting stuck.
- Fri Aug 26, 2022 3:36 am
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: Cha Tou suggestions?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1722
Re: Cha Tou suggestions?
Love this one from Teasenz.eu, but it's based in Europe though: https://teasenz.eu/products/2005-ripe-m ... ao-cha-tou
Not sure why they don't have it in their global store.
Not sure why they don't have it in their global store.
- Tue Jun 14, 2022 12:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How do you stop hoarding tea?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4072
Re: How do you stop hoarding tea?
True, shipping cost are outrageous, not to mention I get so unlucky with the custom fees each time. I just paid DHL this morning 37 euro custom fees for my order on top of shipping cost. I would have much preferred to sip some lishan with that money. But it is what it is. I hardly spend any crazy💰 ...
- Mon May 02, 2022 3:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What would you tell your novice self about tea
- Replies: 60
- Views: 16346
Re: What would you tell your novice self about tea
I would mainly have made different teaware choices: Don't spend too much money on teaware in the beginning: you don't know yet what you want. Just get a 10-20 dollar gaiwan that you can use for any kind of tea, and start your tea journey trying at lots of different teas. Don't invest in large quanti...
- Thu Mar 10, 2022 7:14 am
- Forum: Display & Storage
- Topic: Clay Jars odors
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10255
Re: Clay Jars odors
Simple clay jars are for me still the best option though. Other methods might remove odors, but it might also remove the aroma of the tea itself.
- Thu Mar 10, 2022 7:11 am
- Forum: Black Tea
- Topic: Hong Kong style milk-tea (絲襪奶茶)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13776
Re: Hong Kong style milk-tea (絲襪奶茶)
Big fan of Hong Kong style milk tea. Also love how it is sometimes served in a glass button/cup inside a bucket of ice. I like the traditional one, but i've made it at home also with Da Hong Pao and ripe pu erh, which also tastes really good. Especially with Teasenz' Da Hong Pao (medium roast), the ...
- Tue Sep 21, 2021 2:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Moon Cakes & Tea Pairing
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2591
Moon Cakes & Tea Pairing
Hi all, today it's Mid-Autumn festival in China, and some of you may know that the Chinese will enjoy moon cakes together with Family. Traditional moon cakes are round and symbolise 'reunion'. Are you familiar with moon cakes? If so, do you pair moon cakes with tea? We would love to hear your though...
- Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:16 am
- Forum: Black Tea
- Topic: Hong Kong style milk-tea (絲襪奶茶)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13776
Re: Hong Kong style milk-tea (絲襪奶茶)
I love to make my Hong Kong style black tea with dark oolongs. Love the rocky flavour with condensed milk, though I'm not sure if you can still call it a hong kong style milk tea though. I've also tried it in combination with an espresso shot, tastes lovely as well. Somehow if you make it with black...
- Mon Jul 05, 2021 4:27 pm
- Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
- Topic: Teasenz.com
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1534
Teasenz.com
Anyone has experiences with buying from Teasenz, please share your experience!
- Tue Jun 29, 2021 5:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pros & Cons of Using Ceramic Tea Caddies
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3405
Re: Pros & Cons of Using Ceramic Tea Caddies
Storage in caddies doesn't work at all for most teas. It does work for both ripe and raw pu erh, especially older ones and darker oolongs. It doesn't work for light oolong, because the flavour is mainly the fragrance that's on the surface of the tea. For darker oolongs, the flavour is more inside th...
- Wed Dec 23, 2020 5:25 am
- Forum: White Tea
- Topic: Aged White Tea
- Replies: 43
- Views: 29948
Re: Aged White Tea
I've always purchased my white tea cakes from Teasenz, they never disappoint. I can recommend their silver needle white tea cake and moonlight white. They also have a breakable waffle white tea cake too, but that one I only recommend if you like a very light and subtle white tea.
- Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:31 am
- Forum: Storage & Organization
- Topic: Fishy smell in Yixing clay storage pots
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9223
Re: Fishy smell in Yixing clay storage pots
In China, people use tea or tofu to remove Yixing clay smells. I seasoned my teapot with tea before and it worked great, but if you want to store any kind of tea in jars, then tofu seems more neutral to me.
- Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:26 am
- Forum: White Tea
- Topic: White Tea & Britney Spears?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7352
Re: White Tea & Britney Spears?
Well, at that time, anything she drank would sell well indeed.