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It seems that how much a tea from Jun Chiyabari & Nepal (generally) varies over the seasons, remains greater than how much most teas are different from season to season usually. Baiso, your post has me thinking of getting some white tea from Nepal again; though I have been satisfied using tea from T...

.... My pouring hand gets an agitated feeling when it is time to pour, .....It’s kind of neat. I guess it is a similar feeling that happens when we drive cars. Our hands and feet get a feeling and react when they need to do something, without much conscious effort involved. It’s surprisingly reliab...

I've been drinking Ethan's Longfengxia for about a week and am noticing that it's getting greener, though the coconut, pastry, and floral notes are still lovely. So yes, green oolongs can change very quickly. I feel that all of the goashan from Spring 2021 that I have, have become greener & fortuna...

pleasant qualities that come with time.... not much astringency, and a pleasant grounding feeling. Of your list of qualities that can come from aging, less or no astringency and a pleasant grounding feeling are the 2 that I have found the most common. I have drunk so much of an aged, roasted oolong...

Returned from Thailand w/ latest season's Organic Red Jin Xuan. This dark oolong is well oxidized as before. As before it is easy to drink a lot of this, it is smooth & somehow comforting. It makes some people think of the free tea of Chinese restaurants in America, though it is better than service ...

Cih En Primitive Wild White tea 2300m from chen hauying. $1/g. no clue what cih en means. it's pretty decent. nutty and a bit peppery like some green teas, but it has white tea notes. " "cih en" means whatever you want it to mean" when you have paid $1/gram. Seems to offer a lot of flavors for a wh...

This could indeed be a quality issue with some of my teas, but I still find that water off the boil brings out softer, less vegetal flavours in most green oolongs. I'll be putting this to the test when I finally open your Lishan next month. :) I feel that boiling water can bring out the worst of ma...

Anyway, I digress. Keep digressing. You create wonderful images & make some profound comments. You allow me to envision somewhat harmless & somewhat useless men sitting in easy chairs with pipes & drinks talking free from worry that their "conclusions" etc. will be challenged. I think such men have...

Stevelaughs, . It is so hard to draw conclusions from memories over time. Tea sessions are not scientific experiments. You mentioned aged sheng etc. & earthiness. Earthiness is so often tasted when drinking pu. Drawing a conclusion about aging is not logical in this situation regarding earthiness. P...

Solo piano pieces performed by Dinu Lipatti: Straightforward playing by a gifted musician whose recordings sound recorded, not produced. These "pure" & comparatively simple works have proved perfect for my tea sessions. (So far; I just read about this pianist yesterday. The knowledge is my reward fo...

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Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:11 am

.... this choco- whirlpool has largely calmed down...

That's good probably. A whirlpool in a person's mouth sounds dangerous.

I have one of Gu’s wooden pots. 100% authentic ./download/file.php?id=10930 Clearly a masterpiece! :D These 2 posts are more fun, but I must praise you Steanze for using Daivd Oistrah's mastery of the violin to make your argument about Go & yixing. I am also fond of Bok's argument of the crazy man ...

Modern Da Hong Pao should possess a clear floral and mineral character along with the heavier roasted notes. Last note is that I think modern tastes tend toward a lighter roast... so any modern yancha will have heavy roasting compared to other oolong in the market, but modern tastes tend toward a l...

Regarding tea: The best feature of jade is how well the stone maintains its temperature. One can put it in a freezer to get it very cold & then it can keep a cool drink cold w/out changing it as melting ice would; or, one can preheat jade & keep beverages hot. The stone does not seem to effect flavo...