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In the meanwhile, first snow forecasted for Sunday in Beijing...

https://lapsangstore.com/products/yuanzheng-songgan-smoked-lapsang-souchong Lol Songgan selling for $32/50g when it's 52 rmb on Taobao... I'm still doubled over by stuff like this. The maddening thing is, people spend this kind of money for this kind of low quality mass produced stuff, then form op...

Thanks for the recommendations. Specific reference points such as this are really useful. Planning an order for when prices hopefully normalize after Single's Day. Might add something from Zhengshantang. It's no problem! As a point of principle we sell the majority of our teas across all genres at ...

https://lapsangstore.com/products/yuanz ... g-souchong

Lol Songgan selling for $32/50g when it's 52 rmb on Taobao...

Yeah, this is why we got pissed off enough to want to sell.

For example: https://m.tb.cn/h.ff5gB4R?sm=8a8f77十2021年新茶正山堂野茶正山小种红茶特级茶叶罐装野生红茶散装50g Yes, browse through the Taobao of a producer like Zhengshantang. Above is an example of one of their nicer stuff, running $1.50+/g. And of course they produce a ton of cheap stuff as well. Like I said, it's a huge ran...

Lapsang Souchong whether smoked or not range in quality hugely, just like any other category of tea, whether it be yancha or a particular category of green, etc. and not much in general can be said when the market is flooded with mass produced stuff.

If you want a reference point for "good" smoked xiaozhong aka Souchong, grab the top end stuff from either Junde or Zhengshantang, the two most well established Tongmu producers with history behind them, preferably with at least a year or two of resting. Not necessarily the best possible you can get...

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Mon Oct 25, 2021 4:39 pm

Daxue Jiadao's 2020 Queshe from Jiulongke to start the day.

All I can say is, what a beautiful and elegant tea...

Andrew

Boil the leftover leaves to death!

https://daxuejiadao.com/ (password: kuaile) Tongmuguan update: We're moving onto 2021 vintages for Da Chigan Banshan and Xiao Chigan Longdu. The traditional smoked Yanxun Xiaozhong is now offered in two vintages: 2020, and a 2015 that demonstrates the aging evolution of these teas. In other news: We...

A lot of teas that are conventionally considered best "fresh" I noticed go through an arc in time, and if people are open to seeing the evolution it adds a totally new dimension to tea appreciation. Some may "arc" faster than others however

Did a 5th steep in the small pot, then moved the leaves to a 100ml porcelain for a long soak 6th steep. Plenty of tea to enjoy after the main event. Overnight soaks in thermos or a big pot is fun after gongfu to see what these zuhuo leaves still have to offer.

Playing with this tea in my more usual yancha brewing method (1g per 10mL, no intentionally-crushed leaves, and three breaths for each of the first three infusions) yielded quite an elegant result with an intriguing musky note of some sort in the aftertaste, and the tea lasted for a fair number of ...

Yeah, zini I guess is a huge category and they can turn out quite weird with roasty yancha. This particular julunzhu however is just ace for zuhuo as far as I'm concerned. Renders tea beautifully.