Excuse my ignorance what exactly is an OTTI? As the old topics have all been deleted in Teanomorechat...
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If Bok curated a green Taiwanese oolong offering I would definitely try it.
The clay pot I purchased from him is probably the favorite purchase of my life aside from my white Saint Laurent sneakers. The inside is now developing a shiny azure blue patina that is beautiful but hard to get a picture of to show you all.
Upset to hear about the supposed quality of Wisteria teas but also I’m not at all surprised. I’ve never been blown away by the tea quality of a popular tea shop I’ve went to in person. The ambiances are usually what make the experience for me.
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OTTI stands for ‘Official Tea Tasting Initiative’ created by Chip. He would curate tea selections and entice members to join in an international tasting of these teas. Typically I think the vendors gave him a little discount (as a promo) and each participant received 5 samples, 10 grams of each, 50 grams total.
That is how I was introduced to Taiwan oolong, via Tony at Origin (SilentChaos) sharing his best Taiwan high mountain teas. If you ever decide to curate one I can share my old OTTI notes with you .
p.s. I see from my notes that Tony gave participants options as to size of samples.
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Wisteria is highly regarded in the pu’erh community, and as I mentioned I had an excellent roasted DongDing from there, so I’m sure there is a range there like in most stores. Although, come to think of it, every Taiwan oolong I have tried at Te Company in NYC has been really good .Shine Magical wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:40 amUpset to hear about the supposed quality of Wisteria teas but also I’m not at all surprised. I’ve never been blown away by the tea quality of a popular tea shop I’ve went to in person.
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+1Tillerman wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 3:55 amWisteria is a wonderful cultural icon (its Japanese roots, set for Eat, Drink, Man, Woman, etc.) and important historically (it is where intellectuals opposed to CKS often met.) Everyone visiting Taipei should go for the experience. My wife just completed her first trip to the country and Wisteria was an early stop. All that being said, however, the tea is all pretty good but certainly not outstanding.
Only there once; yet, I am sure, it is good for a serious tea person to see many people dedicating an evening to tea or at least centering the time spent together around tea. In Boston (and Cambridge) people do sit in places with a pot of tea, but usually alone for them to focus on their computers or smartphones
Happy it found a good home and gives pleasure! Wood-fired clay really has its own patina magic...Shine Magical wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:40 amThe clay pot I purchased from him is probably the favorite purchase of my life aside from my white Saint Laurent sneakers. The inside is now developing a shiny azure blue patina that is beautiful but hard to get a picture of to show you all.
Never been to Wistaria in person, but had mail ordered some of their teas. I tried 4 different puerh. What really blew me away was the effect those teas had on my body, rather than the taste (taste was very pleasant, too, but not particularly special.) I don't get this sensation consistently from puerh from other vendors.
I also ordered a cheaper Taiwanese oolong from them that I couldn't grow into. I think it's eastern beauty. Never had it elsewhere, so it could just be the type of tea that I don't like.
I also ordered a cheaper Taiwanese oolong from them that I couldn't grow into. I think it's eastern beauty. Never had it elsewhere, so it could just be the type of tea that I don't like.
I see Wistaria’s online offerings have expanded. Anyone overseas order directly from here?
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Hours, many of them are gone within minutes! I would know, I've missed a lot of pieces because I was too slow.ShuShu wrote: ↑Sat Nov 17, 2018 9:07 pmwell, wood fire is the current craze, so that makes potters like novak in a pretty good position, but his stuff is sold pretty well all over...and his clay tastes good - which is something I can't say about every star-potter...
Wisteria's puer are quite highly regarded in the west as Victoria said. I've really enjoyed the lanyin and hongyin.
Is it this one? That's what google gave me anyway doesn't seem like the right one
https://globaltea.ucdavis.edu/
No, that is not it. I believe most of the old OTTI threads were deleted.aet wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 10:56 pmIs it this one? That's what google gave me anyway doesn't seem like the right one
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... deleted by Adagio. Which is a big reason why we are here.Dresden wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 9:33 pmNo, that is not it. I believe most of the old OTTI threads were deleted.aet wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 10:56 pmIs it this one? That's what google gave me anyway doesn't seem like the right one
https://globaltea.ucdavis.edu/
That's all I have to day about that. (Gump-ism)
I've heard that there's some batch variation amongst WS cakes. For example, perhaps some 03 WS Zipin Yiwu cakes have more smoke than others, and it can be determined by the serial number printed on the wrapper.
Does anyone have any info on this?
Does anyone have any info on this?