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There are a few tea houses in the Bay Area where you can sit back and relax, but I usually just get together with a few friends at home (pre-COVID time).

OCTO .... I keep reaching for Zi Pin and Tai He when I’m in the mood for Wistaria. ..... That's an interesting statement. In the mood for Wistaria, for me would mean wanting to be in a teahouse drinking tea with people I like. Certainly that would be a better way to enjoy tea! I'm hoping we can fig...

OCTO Hard to say. I guess these teas didn’t stand out to me. I keep reaching for Zi Pin and Tai He when I’m in the mood for Wistaria. I’m very much in it for the Qi. As for the wangong tea, i bought it because I like fresh wangong (1-3 yo), so I wanted to try a more aged version for comparison. Fre...

I made the mistake of throwing 7 grams of leaf into a 80ml gaiwan and the raw puerh already had some astringency. Wew lads, it kinda ruined my morning :( Uh oh! Quite a strong brew there! It happens - good time to move those leaves to a bigger vessel or take some out. I should have done that, that ...

Same here. I pretty much gave up all other teas and have gone exclusively pu. Prefer shou but trying to brew sheng better? I recently bought an oolong from same company that I bought pu from. To ME green, sheng, and oolongs all have the same basic taste. OK not all shengs, but young shengs. That's ...

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2013 Spring -- Yue Ma Wan Gong (Horse Rider)
Yiwu Wan Gong materials
This is the original version that Zhou Yu of Wistaria released in cooperation with Baohongyinji
I'm happy to split this cake for $55 $60/50g

I blind purchased these two cakes from Wistaria and did not like it. I still have more than 300g left for each of them, but am willing to sell in an increment of 50g for those who wish to try it out. The price is what I paid for the tea. Domestic shipping is around $8 for up to 100g, and $15 for up ...

Even though I am usually in the short & wide camp for teapots, this shape irrationally bothers me with gaiwans, I think because I don't really like grabbing a teacup like I'd grab a sandwich. Does anyone know anything about the history of these two styles of gaiwan? Did they develop at the same tim...

Finally getting teas from Emmett (Yang Qing Hao). Shipping was fast to California and only took 7 days for direct shipment from Taiwan using just EMS. First up...the 2006 Chawangshu. It's a Yiwu tea. At 85 cents per gram, is it better than the cheaper 2003 Wistaria ZiPin also from Yiwu? For me...no...

I took out the bowls from the shredded wrappers and put them in some paper but I can show my recent order. ./download/file.php?id=5729 klepto Sorry to hear that. If you post images of the shredded wrappers I can tell you which one is which. You can also go back to their website and compare the imag...

klepto My go-to when I want a casual taste of Yiwu without splurging is Yiwu Mountain Tea's gushu huangpian. Flavor-wise, it could be just as powerful when brewing it right :mrgreen: That's my next stop, I've had that on my list for a while. I've been visiting their site ever since you mentioned it...

@klepto
My go-to when I want a casual taste of Yiwu without splurging is Yiwu Mountain Tea's gushu huangpian. Flavor-wise, it could be just as powerful when brewing it right

Part of it is also of course for cultural reasons -- a popular artistic shape is the bundle of sticks, I imagine to show that there is strength through solidarity, but a bundle of sticks has a slang meaning in America that would be immediately picked up by their friends. :) What does Milo Yiannopou...

I don't remember the actual scientific reasons, but I've always thought that resting water overnight would allow the Chlorine in tap water to dissipate a bit. I've found it to be true that overnight water tastes better than freshly drawn from tap. I also find that adding activated charcoal (binchota...

EoT 2020 Yiwu Jiu Miao: Leather and resins in the front, sweetness and astringency in the back. I haven't had a lot of Yiwu but this isn't my favorite flavor profile but i enjoyed it due to it being different. pantry and others? What are your favorite raw puerh terroir and what makes you pick some ...