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@Rui - Thanks for the suggestion...I will e-mail them (I speak French and I imagine their English is pretty handy too). I hope you and your wife has a smooth transition....and find some good tea shops near you (aside from Paris). Please do keep me posted - if you don't mind - whenever you get bakc ...

@Baisao - I completely get the differences that you mentioned in home raised lovestock and eggs versus their commericaly raised cuonterparts. My sister raised chickens for meat and eggs -and they tasted much better than the store bought versions. When she moved, I had to rely on store bought chicke...

@Baisao - What an awful sounding experience..especially since the tea turned on you so quickly. Did you try the tea several times before this happened..or since? I have kidney disease,thyroid, and adrenal issues...sometimes when I overload my body with too much stress caffeine, not enough wate..and...

@Rui - I am asusming that La Maison des Trois Thés doesn't have an online shop...it would be dangerous (for my budget) if they did ;) When you get back to Paris and La Maison des Trois Thés , I would love to hear your experiences and what was in stock. I am a tad bit jealous that you are going back...

@Shine Magical - Thanks for sharing your experiences with EOT's 2018 Spring "Piercing the Illusion" and the 2018 Spring Gedeng Guoyoulin. I was thinking of getting samples of both...so will keep your comments in mind, especially in regard to the 2018 Spring Gedeng Guoyoulin. Have you tried the 2018...

@dloo99 - Where did you get the 2005 Xiaguan Jia Ji tuo? I don't think that I have had any pu erh stored in Chongqing before.

@Rui - I would love to hear more about the 1985 Nan Nuo shan sheng from La Maison des Trois Thés in Paris. :) I have been spoiled lately - drinking lovely 1980s CNNP Yellow Mark sheng from Norbu. It is hands down one of the best aged sheng that I have had. Beautiful forest floor, peat, damp autum l...

@dloo99 - Thanks for the recommendations. Do you have a preference between raw-ripe blend versus half ripe?

Edited because your web site is back up

@Dresden - Wow that is really cool teapot. At first I thought it was a French Press for coffee ;) Thanks for the suggestion of using Kamjove style teapots. Yes, I risk coming off as both a snob and eccentric with my iddy biddy Yixing teapots and 'different' tea :) I am stuck in my way or the high w...

aet - Thanks for sharing youre experience...sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I had no idea that raw-rip blends were a Cantonese thing...learn something new every day here. I have never delved into the dark side of shou....so I probably should try some first. Peurh Junky has a semi aged ...

@gatmcm - Thanks for sharing your impressions of the 2006 as well as the source. I noticed the price difference between the 2006 and 2005 too...quite a difference. @Balthazar - Thanks for clarifying the details in regards the three batches of the iron version of 2005 8653. I am not knowledgable eno...

@Victoria - That tasting sounds wonderful, I only wish that I had been there as I love HY Chen's teas from chofmann..but have not yet tasted any oolong from Tillerman. I am sorry that you are dealing with water sourcing woes due to humidity. Makes me appreciate having a well as it makes for more co...

@mrmopu - I don't remember there being any info on which pressing the cakes were at King Tea Mall. I think it was an order placed by a Japanese outfit with CNNP..which CNNP turned over to Xiaguan to makes...then the order was cancelled and another buyer took it...I may have the detals wrong. There ...

@Ethan Kurland - Good luck at the International Fair....I hope you get some interested folks. I like your idea of brewing at your place, especially as a 'tea pro', people have a chance to observe and see if that brewing method is for them. Which teas are you going to brew? I get the dismayed reacti...