Date this old TGY

Semi-oxidized tea
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Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:33 pm

Some more research:
- It looks that the Sea Dyke Brand has been in use since 1972, but was filed for international trademark only in 1979.
https://trademarks.justia.com/732/05/se ... 05235.html
- I couldn't find the date when the Fujian branch of CNNP changed its name, but the Yunnan branch did in 1988
https://helloteacup.com/2017/09/14/hist ... nnp-cofco/
- The leaves look rolled very loosely, as opposed to modern tightly rolled balls. According to @Tillerman's research the change of processing in Anxi happened somewhere around late 80's-90's
https://tillermantea.net/2018/02/ball/
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Thu Sep 03, 2020 11:54 pm

Ethan Kurland wrote:
Fri Jun 26, 2020 5:18 pm
The flavors you list are not what I have tasted from aged oolongs (e.g., vanilla & tobacco). Interesting!

Is this roasted?

Cheers
definitely roasted, just look at the leaves
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Fri Sep 04, 2020 12:03 am

This stuff is the real deal.

The green insipid TGY that the CCP goes GaGa over is undrinkable to me.
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Fri Sep 04, 2020 12:05 am

.m. wrote:
Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:33 pm
Some more research:
- It looks that the Sea Dyke Brand has been in use since 1972, but was filed for international trademark only in 1979.
https://trademarks.justia.com/732/05/se ... 05235.html
- I couldn't find the date when the Fujian branch of CNNP changed its name, but the Yunnan branch did in 1988
https://helloteacup.com/2017/09/14/hist ... nnp-cofco/
- The leaves look rolled very loosely, as opposed to modern tightly rolled balls. According to Tillerman's research the change of processing in Anxi happened somewhere around late 80's-90's
https://tillermantea.net/2018/02/ball/
this stuff is pretty common in tea shops.

restaurants buy it in bulk.

I have a jin of DHP from 2003 that carries the Sea Dyke branding, getting old now!
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Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:33 am

@StoneLadle Indeed, this stuff is very common in the "west" too, usually found in chinese grocery stores and herbal pharmacies. One of my first "serious" (lol) teas that I have very fond memories of. The question was more about dating old boxes of this tea and about their quality. Would love to hear how does your 2003 DHP compare to current Sea Dyke Brand production.
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Fri Sep 04, 2020 7:45 am

Well, it's a good tea in that people drink it. Tea afficionados might turn their noses up, but it's still tea.

If someone offered me a cup, i would never say no. If it's the best tea on offer, I'd be grateful and savour every cup. If someone were to say they drink it everyday, I is be happy for them.

I'm glad this was one of your first serious teas because most likely that many of us so called native tea drinkers grew up on shit like this...

And if kept nicely, because it was heavily fired in the real tradition of TGY... this is always a reference for how the good old days were... It will turn out yummy when aged in the bag... In fact I'm gonna go look for older boxes of these this weekend and crack one open for the hell of it...

As for the DHP, it's a leftover special edition number that my late dad received as a gift from some Mainland business deal and it's drinking wonderfully now. For a current production comparison, I don't know, haven't seen any in town ... But if I do, yea I'll grab one to see... Just for you man
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