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I do believe that Qing Xin Wulong is better suited to greener teas than Tie Guan Yin . The latter has a natural astringency and bitterness that works well with roasting but really stands out when left unroasted. As I said, I find green TGY to be thin, weedy and vegital. Teaforum provides pleasures,...

Taking a break this afternoon to properly focus on and enjoy Ethan's Championship Black from Taiwan. It is excellent, thick aroma and flavor profile of sweet honey, muscat, and spices/fruit? The liquor has a nice viscosity that I also enjoy in Taiwan oolong. The aroma and flavor are complex and ric...

I am looking forward to my next session which will be with some dark chocolate on the side. You often mention having dark chocolate during tea sessions. Sometimes I eat a very small amount right after finishing drinking tea. About once a month, I seem to "need" that chocolate at the end of a session.

What tea festivals are you thinking of attending this upcoming year in Boston? Not Tea events: International _________ Day. (I cannot remember____) at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcestor, Mass. Also Psychi Faire in Wareham, MA for First Universalist Spiritual........... Thes...

OldWaysTea wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 21, 2018 5:36 pm

I've yet to try @Ethan Kurland's products.

Few people
Few people have tried them. I offer teas here sometimes (look for late February for the Winter teas selected this year) and retail a few days year at Festivals in Boston, and have a couple of shops and customers that know me somehow

Sampling and testing the new winter teas. So far it is quite pleasing, though I now think final judgments should be made after teas settle (several weeks more). Early impressions: Very lightly oxidized oolong; from 1600 to 1800m up Shanlanxi that I call Perfect, remains true to its name and seems ev...

I would bet on a scented tea where « sticky rice herb » is used to give its flavor to green or white tea. This type of tea is a speciality from Thailand, Laos, or the area. I’ve had some and it really has the smell and taste of sticky rice. Surprising but quite nice actually. Please read here for a...

Today I tried Ethan Kurland’s Taiwan Championship Black camellia sinensis western style. It is really rich, sweet, spicy and complex gongfu style 6gr/100ml/195f/55sec., but brewed western at 9gr/300ml/195f/3:45min it looses some of its complexity and richness. Victoria, you are teaching me somethin...

If you peruse propaganda used against Tibetans to excuse Chinese theft of Tibet, you will probably find reference to use of bricks as weapons or some other non-drinking use. Ha ha. Seriously, good to see you posting John B. Hopefully, someone who is not ignorant like myself has more to say than hell...

Lots of astute comments here. Fragrance of leaves right after being hit with hot water is sometimes such a wonderful appetizer that gets me primed to enjoy drinking.

Nice and useful categorization, choffman. Another guy on teaforum who knows a lot. Cheers

Chilling with Adaigo's "thai chai". It ain't bad, but it could use some tweaking imo. I was in the area of an Adaigo the other week and decided why not pick up some chai(also it was like 20f out and I needed something to warm me up). I'm a purist generally, but Masala Chai is really one of the few(...

You smell something. You like it, dislike it, or don't react noticeably. That is it, for me anyway. You consume something. Tastes good or not, etc. Feels good or not. Knowing the tea's endurance etc. is necessary to assess its value. Complexity may make it more interesting as a tea drunk for years. ...

chofmann wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 08, 2018 6:37 pm

But it may come to you vacuum sealed

Funny and good timing. Cheers

Or, practically speaking, when I decide on how I will spend my tea budget, what portion of it should I dedicate to special but not necessarily less enjoyable teas? Many of us seem to have this attitude "get the most special and rarest" which is part of what drives the market like this... To budget,...

+1 for gratitude for blog. "A rose by any name would smell as sweet." Most important is having a sweet-smelling flower, secondary is whether it is a rose, what is the name of the rose, or whether it is a rose. I am grateful to have great teas affordably to drink, whether name is exact does not matte...