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It is a very humbling situation when you conclude, after giving it several chances, that one of the teas you had selected for sale (and an expensive one at that) is just meh. Not defective in any way but just rather boring, dull, uninteresting. So it is with my Winter 2018 Tian Chi (and this winter...

Welcome to TeaForum. Jimtro are you in NYC, can’t see your introduction ? If you are near the city, I can recommend a few very good tea houses for oolong; Te Company and Tea Shop. A base line I use for Taiwan oolong is 6grams leaf/100ml water/just under boil water/45-1:13sec. Of course you can use m...

Sorry, didn’t mean to correct you just wanted to clarify. I often refer to Taiwan Oriental Beauty as black, even though it is actually a highly oxidized oolong. @YatraTeaCo how well would you say 1st flush Darjeeling age after packaging? Are intentionally aged or fermented Darjeeling a thing?

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Wed Feb 13, 2019 3:36 pm

A new shipment of Chen Laoshi's Dong Ding is on the way and should be here by week's end. I also will be receiving some of his Alishan; it's a superb tea at a reasonable price.

Good to hear this, thank you. How does Lasoshi’s Alishan distinguish itself from others?

I've been drinking a lot of lightly oxidized black teas Aren't all black teas fully oxidised by definition? :mrgreen: Technically, yes. But consider Darjeeling First Flush teas. They continue to be categorized and sold as black teas, even thought they are processed in a manner similar to oolongs. W...

I never had an incorrect order until relatively recently. I ordered something like 150g of medium roast and 50-100g of light roast. The quantities were mixed up and i received 100g of medium roast and 150g of light roast. It's not a huge deal cause i like the light roast a lot, but i would have lik...

Victoria, what vacuum sealer do you use to repack the tea? I’ve been shopping around for one...amd looking for one that works well with the really heavy duty bags we like to use for tea (the thick non see through kind). Okay, so I finally got Private Preserve inert gas wine preservation system reco...

With 15-ish years under my belt I have not been terribly impressed with jassid teas, that is until I got a gift sample of some rather exclusive dongfng meiren. It was mid to low oxidation and had a fragrance that I could only describe as being like an eternal sunset. The price, as I understood it, ...

Found a jewel in the haystack. After finishing still drinkable open packs of sencha, I’m now going through unopened packs of Japanese greens I unfortunately didn’t refrigerate. This one is very high quality from 11/30/2017, it is excellent. Anyone recognize this one? The light yellow liquor is very...

Are you looking for Oriental Beauty? Still oolong but higher oxidation levels, with a deeper honey fruit spice profile. I could try that. Now that I think about it I haven't tried any in years, since I was a new, baby tea drinker. I wasn't impressed at the time (hence not having any since), but my ...

Anyone have a vendor they like that sells unroasted highly oxidized gaoshan? I’m looking for anything above 30% oxidation. What do you mean by "highly oxidized"? Gaoshan that in Taiwan would be called "Green" is usually about 5% and black tea is about 100% oxidized. What level in-between do you des...

For the winter harvest I recommend not to hold back this year! It has been good and yield was very low, buy now or it will be gone soon... Thanks, Bok. Winter pick is the only gaoshan I like. Recommend any Western-facing sellers? (DM if you would like) I can recommend Tillerman’s very fresh and ric...

Just came across @Atlas post about water in his and S_B blog, DeadLeaves.club;
What’s in a water?. Here he recommends Kroger’s Palomar Mtn spring water (110-120ppm TDS). I can’t find any data on it though.

Where can I buy Chen Huayin teas? On the topic of Chen oolong, I can only speak from personal experience but if you are outside the US, I highly recommend directly buying from Chen. It is much fresher that way, giving you a much better example of the intended product. It tends to come completely va...

Try Ippodo store in Tokyo; http://www.ippodo-tea.co.jp/en/shop/mar ... tokyo.html

Interesting list here; Tokyo: The 10 Essential Places for Tea