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thomas.vankeulen welcome! Shanghai is a very nice city to be in - although on the expensive side for what concerns tea. Your pot looks like a modern one indeed. That kind of seal is a repro of seal chops used during the Qing dynasty. In terms of tea it’s hard to recommend as the modern pots can be ...

pedant I’ve heard it from people in the tea industry as well as from regular people when it comes to medicine and other health and safety regulations. Industry lobbies have quite a lot of power and influence in Japan. Also what is allowed in marketing for medical treatments is a lot less strict tha...

@esontea gotcha, that makes more sense then. Thanks.

esontea wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 26, 2020 12:40 am

Bok wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 17, 2020 8:41 pm

esontea do you have different quality grades of DYL?

Our tea is distinguished only by season.
If you see different prices, it should be different seasons.

Must be a small batch then if the quality is consistent for the whole harvest...

Hi Jay, I received my package today! I'm very excited to try your teas. If I could offer one small suggestion it would be to put a note on your website to give advanced warning of delays. Cheers! Quite optimistic not to count on delays in times like 2020... :lol: No delay from you, Bok! Ordered fro...

@LeoFox yeah Japan has the most lax regulations on use of any the above mentioned, plus some other stuff. One reason most Japanese tea can not be imported into Taiwan, it doesn't pass the regulations. Same goes for a lot of pharmaceutical items.

Tea123 wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:39 am

Hi Jay,
I received my package today! I'm very excited to try your teas.
If I could offer one small suggestion it would be to put a note on your website to give advanced warning of delays.
Cheers!

Quite optimistic not to count on delays in times like 2020...

Tetsubin wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 17, 2020 10:42 am

Dan Cong and Yancha, tasty stuff

Second that, just skip the Puerh hahah

LeoFox wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 24, 2020 7:05 pm

Could also be the magic of the kobiwako.

Very good point!

Long, 10 steep session with tea master's 2019 Spring Qingxin Oolong Da Yu Ling 92K The taste reminded me of clean, chicken consomme mixed with some light minty herbs all integrated with subtle tropical fruit sweetness. 2nd and third infusions were thick and oily. Later infusions were buttery and sw...

I noticed something tonight, the other day I brewed some yancha with my lqer pot and today I brewed it with some run of the mill porcelain gaiwan. The lqer pot gave it more body, it was a measurable difference. TBH it tasted a bit better too :mrgreen: 😁😁😁 that's only the beginning... My poor porcel...

Careful with that cup, these brown ones are known to leach lead... Oh really? The glaze looked solid so I never thought to test it. Is that for all versions of the style? I don't know the actual age of this one. Yes most, if not all of them. This brown and the red ones are particular heavy cases.

1999 Menghai Zhang Xiang Ripe Pu Er. A loose leaf tea from Chawangshop. It has developed nicely over the past few years. It has some camphor (zhang xiang) but what I really notice is a grain or bread like flavor. Is there a traditional name or description for that flavor/aroma? ./download/file.php?...

@LeoFox mostly too much fertiliser. Over harvesting is also an issue. Pesticides to some extent.

There is perhaps a greater likelihood of getting an exceptional product from a location famous for producing xyz, but there are always exceptions. Also on the note of Gaoshan, high altitude always being praised as being superior, that is also to be taken with a grain of salt... high altitude, also ...