What Oolong Are You Drinking

[Bok]

Next try for Anxi Dark Roasted Oolong a.k.a. Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

Small ceramic shiboridashi UFO (90 ml)
3 grams of tea
Temp 65 °C
10 seconds steeps

Nice....really nice tea.

I’d try a small Zini, Shantou or reduction fired pot. High leaf ratio and short steeps with high temp.

[pepson]

In my previous session I had to shorten infusions to 3 seconds and decrease temperature.
This tea needs special approach but it is worth of it

[Victoria]

I’ve been enjoying a nicely roasted Lishan by Chen Huan Tang (aka@Tillerman’s Laoshi) that a friend brought to me from his shop in Taipei. It is aromatic, nuanced and complex in the best way. The aroma and layered body is well presented steeped in this Konishi Yohei pear skin shudei kyusu. I think the small black flecks throughout the red clay may be high in iron. Of all the Konishi kyusu I have, this one excels best with high mountain oolong. On the first steep I’m getting foam, something I don’t see very often. Some have said it is a result of calcium carbonate, others identify high content of tea saponin.

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[GaoShan]

I’ve been enjoying a nicely roasted Lishan by Chen Huan Tang (akaTillerman’s Laoshi) that a friend brought to me from his shop in Taipei. It is aromatic, nuanced and complex in the best way. The aroma and layered body is well presented steeped in this Konishi Yohei pear skin shudei kyusu. I think the small black flecks throughout the red clay may be high in iron. Of all the Konishi kyusu I have, this one excels best with high mountain oolong. On the first steep I’m getting foam, something I don’t see very often. Some have said it is a result of calcium carbonate, others identify high content of tea saponin.

Sounds like a nice tea in an interesting pot! I'm encouraged by the fact that you can get a hold of some of Tillerman's teas. I've been wondering if I could find more of his Sweet Scented Dong Ding.

[Victoria]

Sounds like a nice tea in an interesting pot! I'm encouraged by the fact that you can get a hold of some of Tillerman's teas. I've been wondering if I could find more of his Sweet Scented Dong Ding.

I only know of @Tillerman’s Laoshi, Chen Huan Tang, in Taipei. Maybe try contacting Tillerman directly for other sources he’s used. If you order directly from Chen Hau Ying, out of Nantou, he also has a variety of teas that he roasts, but that are not from his farms.

[GaoShan]

Sounds like a nice tea in an interesting pot! I'm encouraged by the fact that you can get a hold of some of Tillerman's teas. I've been wondering if I could find more of his Sweet Scented Dong Ding.

I only know of Tillerman’s Laoshi, Chen Huan Tang, in Taipei. Maybe try contacting Tillerman directly for other sources he’s used. If you order directly from Chen Hau Ying, out of Nantou, he also has a variety of teas that he roasts, but that are not from his farms.

Thanks! I don't remember who made the Sweet Scented Dong Ding and I can't seem to find that information online. It's hard to find Dong Ding that doesn't taste overly roasted to my picky palate. I'll try contacting Tillerman if he's still around.

[LeoFox]

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Andy (Chen Kuan Lin) has again provided our Roasted Dong Ding, the Sweet Scent Dong Ding and the Phoenix Village Mild Roasted Dong Ding.

[Bok]

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Andy (Chen Kuan Lin) has again provided our Roasted Dong Ding, the Sweet Scent Dong Ding and the Phoenix Village Mild Roasted Dong Ding.

Without Chinese characters that will be still a difficult task to find the person, everyone in that area is called Chen, lol

[GaoShan]

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Andy (Chen Kuan Lin) has again provided our Roasted Dong Ding, the Sweet Scent Dong Ding and the Phoenix Village Mild Roasted Dong Ding.

Thank you! A quick Google search wasn't very helpful, but I'll keep digging.

[Bok]

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Andy (Chen Kuan Lin) has again provided our Roasted Dong Ding, the Sweet Scent Dong Ding and the Phoenix Village Mild Roasted Dong Ding.

Thank you! A quick Google search wasn't very helpful, but I'll keep digging.

If it were so easy to find, a vendor wouldn't just put out their sources... Basically any Chinese name in Latin characters is pretty safe to never be found. Save the farmers some hassle dealing with inquiries they may or may not be prepared to deal with and of course protecting their business interests, other vendors read too and are looking for new sources.

[debunix]

i've been drinking a lot of Long recently, particularly Imperial pearl from mountain tea. So friendly on gray and chilly days.

[GaoShan]

If it were so easy to find, a vendor wouldn't just put out their sources... Basically any Chinese name in Latin characters is pretty safe to never be found. Save the farmers some hassle dealing with inquiries they may or may not be prepared to deal with and of course protecting their business interests, other vendors read too and are looking for new sources.

I basically assumed this was the case and had given up on finding that tea again. However, the fact that Victoria was able to locate Chen Huan Tang's shop gave me some hope. Even if I did miraculously find Chen Kuan Lin, he'd have to be able to ship tea to me, so the likelihood of it ever getting into my hands is minimal. (There are a lot of Chens in this business!)

[Bok]

Chen Huan Tang's shop

CHT is quite famous, there's a few Western vendors who get their teas from him. But I believe very few had gotten such a good price on his teas as Tillerman did. Long term relationship building pays off at some point!

[Andrew S]

Brewing Lazy Cat's 'vintage' yancha in my strong style for a little night-time session (as opposed to my usual preference of drinking yancha in the morning).

I think that brewing this tea in a strong way has been my preferred way of approaching it; nice rich flavour, but still fresh overall, especially in the aftertaste.

Andrew

[Darrel]

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