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I tried the same water with 2023 Shan Lin Xi and the mouthfeel was thick as it should be, so the thin mouthfeel was due to trying a new Taiwanese black tea. Anyway, will keep experimenting Yes, one should ask why what is in the cup is not as good as expected. The answer is not always simple unfortu...

1980s tie Luo han Indeed chocolate- but the kind of chocolate found on the top shelf in the closet that my mom once told me is for cooking, not eating My mother did the same thing. She rarely baked; however, she quite often bought bittersweet baking chocolate which came in thick large bars. Sometim...

aet wrote: ↑

Fri May 12, 2023 4:54 am

https://www.pageoftea.com/bitter-tea-journey

I respect the vendor who did not buy bad or over-priced tea just to have plenty of inventory. Some sad accounts & gory paintings at the temple out in the countryside! Thank you, aet.

I think I have not posted in this thread before because you seem to enjoy going out into the big world of choices mostly are your own. I think there is a chance to do a lot less sampling but not everyone wants to avoid sampling a lot of teas. Along time ago, I bought tea from many vendors, some spec...

Oh no! Do you know if that's a common thing? I know what Oriental Beauty is in Chinese and it's an oolong, would someone lie and try to tell me it's Hong Cha? Would knowing its name in Chinese be enough or should I ask more questions? Don't want to get scammed! Relax. These vendors are not liars, n...

and is there one tea that I should buy from lin mao sen vs lin hua tai? It seems like there are different levels of quality for like dong ding tea etc compared to lin mao sen Those stores are next to each other; so, it is easy to return to the first you visit after visiting the second, if you wish ...

..... And remember it's not a marriage. I buy 80% of my tea from YC, and that's fine, but if I told my wife I got 80% of my sex from her she'd get rather upset! Welcome to the teaforum, Iroh! Yes, buying from > than 1 vendor is not the same as intimate relations w/ multiple partners; nonetheless, I...

1. I think they are no longer connected business-wise but they are close (locations) & in price & quality on some teas at least. Usually at this time of year good roasted TGY is gone but perhaps you will be lucky. I suggest sampling that. Also, hong cha/oriental beauty. I enjoyed visiting those shop...

d.manuk, I found your post thought-provoking. I have often written that to have a source who understands what I want & need from teas is most useful & enjoyable; &, now I realize that if one's source is understood that is also useful. Your comment about 64 cents per gram being fair & why is interest...

Shine Magical wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 21, 2023 6:32 am

Due to an unexpected improvement in my health, I've been dipping my toes back into tea as an experiment.

Good luck for your return to drinking tea. Moving to Dallas might be more of a shock to your system than tea's caffeine

It's not spring 2022, but in 2023 it seems the high mountain harvest will be delayed until May, or even June... no rain at all for weeks on end. Some of my sources are quite worried about this harvest. Be ready for little yield and possibly higher prices... Out of curiosity, I wonder how many harve...

Let’s remember forum rules regarding religion and politics, these are intended so we can focus on commonality of purpose ‘tea’ and keep the peace 😇 Sorry, Victoria. I should have left the word "awful" out. I apologize. Where did you get that imogi? I don't see it in the 24 choices on the side of po...

Bok wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 11, 2023 7:11 pm

.... (now just a Trumpian never-ending self-praise blog with little new info).....

"Trumpian". Clever writing, Bok. Enjoyed it though being in USA (stuck between a toupee and an orange face) I fear an awful man might be with us in so many ways for so many years. Cheers

:D To test samples rather than to taste them; to learn that a tea they like is not authentic? What good is the information? Remember that year when Vietnamese tea was awarded in the competition? :D Missed that. Perhaps it happened years before I was into tea. Cheers I am all for honesty & dislike c...

Bok wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 30, 2023 4:46 am

Which is why the really best don’t bother entering this sort of competition in the first place

& they don't need awards to sell their teas