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Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 4:15 am
by Elise
ShuShu wrote:
Sun Feb 11, 2018 8:33 pm
Elise wrote:
Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:24 pm
Sunday morning Dahongpao.
What kind of teapot is this?
It’s a dark brown teapot from Taiwan given by a friend who didn’t use it.
EDIT: Maybe someone can give additional info by the pictures reposted here: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=328

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 9:00 am
by Henk
Black Tie Guan Yin. I can't really appreciate the greener stuff, it has to be dark and with a good roast for me.

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 1:20 am
by lopin
Cheap dahongpao from aliexpress. Gongfu style from gaiwan. Enjoyable session.

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 5:43 pm
by Victoria
Celebrating the Lunar New Year by splurging with HY Chen's Special Grade Lishan. A whopping 14.5grams/200ml in Jozan Yamada III shudei kyusu. Perfecto; smooth, buttery, sweet, rich and a wonderfully effervescent minerality. This will last into tomorrow, continuing the festivities.

Happy New Year
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Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 12:03 am
by Bok
Victoria wrote:
Fri Feb 16, 2018 5:43 pm
Celebrating the Lunar New Year by splurging with HY Chen's Special Grade Lishan. A whopping 14.5grams/200ml in Jozan Yamada III shudei kyusu. Perfecto; smooth, buttery, sweet, rich and wonderfully effervescent minerality. This will last into tomorrow, continuing the festivities.

Happy New Year

Chen Special Lishan w Jozan III kyusu & Glaze Setoware teapot.JPG
Nice little pot there in the background!

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 12:31 am
by Victoria
Bok wrote:
Sat Feb 17, 2018 12:03 am
Nice little pot there in the background!
Dove? Which one :) Hokujo back handel with borrowed Shimizu Ken Nosaka lid, or another ;) I’m still repairing lid on that one so borrowed a lid that fit.
Happy New Year Bok.

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 3:35 am
by Bok
Victoria wrote:
Sat Feb 17, 2018 12:31 am
Bok wrote:
Sat Feb 17, 2018 12:03 am
Nice little pot there in the background!
Dove? Which one :) Hokujo back handel with borrowed Shimizu Ken Nosaka lid, or another ;) I’m still repairing lid on that one so borrowed a lid that fit.
Happy New Year Bok.
Happy new year to you too Victoria! I meant the one with the dent yes, looks good even with a borrowed lid :)

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 9:09 am
by d.manuk
Starting a long tea day with Yingzhi Hongxin Baozhong from Wenshan.

I’ve had about 10 other Baozhongs before in my life but last week my friend gave me my first from Wenshan. It had a strong nutty characteristic that I liked. This one tilts more to floral/butter.

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Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 10:41 am
by Janice
This morning I’ve been drinking the last of a TeaLifeHK sample of fujian roasted shuixian. When I used the same steeping parameters as the Three Stamps Shuixian I was unenthusiatic. Today I emptied the last of the sample bag into the pot and the extra tea intensified all my favorite aspects of shuixian. Here it is in one of my best pots for steeping yancha. It’s a red shudei pot made by Maekawa Junzo.

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 11:03 pm
by chofmann
Shine Magical wrote:
Sun Feb 18, 2018 9:09 am
Starting a long tea day with Yingzhi Hongxin Baozhong from Wenshan.

I’ve had about 10 other Baozhongs before in my life but last week my friend gave me my first from Wenshan. It had a strong nutty characteristic that I liked. This one tilts more to floral/butter.

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We have the exact same little glass tea pitchers!

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:26 am
by tealifehk
Janice wrote:
Mon Feb 19, 2018 10:41 am
This morning I’ve been drinking the last of a TeaLifeHK sample of fujian roasted shuixian. When I used the same steeping parameters as the Three Stamps Shuixian I was unenthusiatic. Today I emptied the last of the sample bag into the pot and the extra tea intensified all my favorite aspects of shuixian. Here it is in one of my best pots for steeping yancha. It’s a red shudei pot made by Maekawa Junzo.
Hi Janice! Glad you enjoyed the complimentary sample! That shuixian was something I purchased to test out for potential sale as a budget shuixian offering, but I felt it wasn't quite what I was looking for. I did like the shuixian more than some of the wholesaler's other Wuyicha offerings, however. I usually brew all of my Wuyi oolongs and TGY by filling the pot or gaiwan halfway up with dry leaf. It' just how I learned to brew those teas early on and I've found that ratio to work a treat! Thank you for the continued support!

BTW, that's a really lovely pot! Love the texture. My only shudei is in the form of a kyusu. I hope to get a back-handle kyusu at some point!

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:33 pm
by Victoria
Another delicious session with Die Kunst Des Tees ‘Tian Xiang Hong Oolong 2015’. Wow extra leaf and honey fruity chocolate aromas and flavors emerge. The leaf is a beautiful mahogany red exuding a complex and sweet aroma. I shared this heavily oxidized and roasted oolong with LA Club members and seriously everyone became quiet, soaking in the rich aroma and complex flavor profile. Only one more session left that I’ll share at our next tasting at the Aikido Center in downtown LA. A little pricy but oh so good.

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 7:58 pm
by Janice
tealifehk wrote:
Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:26 am
Hi Janice! Glad you enjoyed the complimentary sample! That shuixian was something I purchased to test out for potential sale as a budget shuixian offering, but I felt it wasn't quite what I was looking for. I did like the shuixian more than some of the wholesaler's other Wuyicha offerings, however. I usually brew all of my Wuyi oolongs and TGY by filling the pot or gaiwan halfway up with dry leaf. It' just how I learned to brew those teas early on and I've found that ratio to work a treat! Thank you for the continued support!

BTW, that's a really lovely pot! Love the texture. My only shudei is in the form of a kyusu. I hope to get a back-handle kyusu at some point!
I’ll have to compare the amount of tea I weigh out with the amount needed to fill the pot halfway. When I noted the improved experience from using more tea my thought was to try that with my favorite Three Stamps shuixian. I have such a strong reaction to good yancha, maybe the caffeine, maybe something else, that I have to drink it in small quantities so I don’t need budget tea.

I bought the pot from Artistic Nippon. The red shudei clay is supposed to have been dug up and stored for 40 years. It has a direct filter rather than a sasame filter so it has a quick enough pour for yancha.

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:10 pm
by tealifehk
Janice wrote:
Tue Feb 20, 2018 7:58 pm
tealifehk wrote:
Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:26 am
Hi Janice! Glad you enjoyed the complimentary sample! That shuixian was something I purchased to test out for potential sale as a budget shuixian offering, but I felt it wasn't quite what I was looking for. I did like the shuixian more than some of the wholesaler's other Wuyicha offerings, however. I usually brew all of my Wuyi oolongs and TGY by filling the pot or gaiwan halfway up with dry leaf. It' just how I learned to brew those teas early on and I've found that ratio to work a treat! Thank you for the continued support!

BTW, that's a really lovely pot! Love the texture. My only shudei is in the form of a kyusu. I hope to get a back-handle kyusu at some point!
I’ll have to compare the amount of tea I weigh out with the amount needed to fill the pot halfway. When I noted the improved experience from using more tea my thought was to try that with my favorite Three Stamps shuixian. I have such a strong reaction to good yancha, maybe the caffeine, maybe something else, that I have to drink it in small quantities so I don’t need budget tea.

I bought the pot from Artistic Nippon. The red shudei clay is supposed to have been dug up and stored for 40 years. It has a direct filter rather than a sasame filter so it has a quick enough pour for yancha.
I'm actually caffeine sensitive myself, so I understand completely. A strong Wuyicha session in the morning is often all I want to drink for the entire day!

I understand you don't need the budget SX if you only drink a little at a time, but I was curious to see what people thought of it as I feel the price/quality ratio is good for what it is, and there is a definite market for entry-level Wuyicha. It's certainly a great deal better than Sea Dyke's Laocong Shuixian IMO! The issue is more that I don't know if I want to deal with stocking cheaper teas at this time because of the limited space I have in the warehouse. Cheaper teas mean more volume and more space needed for storage, as well as much larger packages that need to go out! I physically carry my packages to the post office since only 5% of the population here owns vehicles (I'm not part of that 5%), so moving larger boxes would be quite the hassle at this stage.

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 6:48 pm
by Victoria
2017 FuShoushan via HC Chen in my new favorite Emu shudei pot. So glad 2017 was richer, sweeter and more buttery than Spring 2016, since that was way too subtle for me. Saving a cup for you 🍃

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