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The presence of a cold or virus impairs my palate more than anything else. I can still appreciate tea when I'm moderately sick, but I won't evaluate something new. And I will follow John's lead and thank my toddler and her developing immune system for enabling this empirical observation by rendering...

I bought two of these recently, from teafromtaiwan. They are 4oz to the ridges, decently thick porcelain, don't feel cheap. The bottom has the imprint B-Choice and some Chinese characters. https://i.imgur.com/mvR3RUy.jpg https://i.imgur.com/9SUvhRO.jpg There are models on Alibaba at 10 for $25- mayb...

Love the activity in the hongcha section ;) I posted this elsewhere last week, but its true home is definitely TeaForum. Hojo's Yunnan Wild Black Tea, sku B29C on his lineup. I think but am not certain that these posts refer to this tea (it appears to be C. taliensis. ): http://hojotea.com/en/posts-...

Traditional Halmari Gold is lately my perfect wake-up tea- I prefer it at breakfast to any other hongcha. Even their modestly-priced somewhat broken version is excellent. The estate also produces this pure-gold tips, one of just a few I've seen outside of Yunnan. (notes- experimenting with non-downs...

Hello, Tea World. Sipping one of my favorite 2017 First Flush Darjeelings, Gopaldhara Wonder, invoice EX-12. Brewed per my usual FF Darj custom, 190F for 4min, 3.3g:300mL. Roughly using this fun/helpful Cupping Nomenclature from World of Tea, I'd describe it as: Bright, astringent. Flavor notes - Ve...

Indications for Three Independent Domestication Events for the Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) and New Insights into the Origin of Tea Germplasm in China and India Revealed by Nuclear Microsatellites (2016) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4878758/ Research by scientists in...