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Any recommendations for a vendor for Bao Zhong?

If you are looking for a green one I highly recommend: http://www.tea-masters.com/en/wenshan-b ... zhong.html

Floating leaves is known for its high quality BaoZhong.

I had very good Bao Zhong from TaiwanTeaCrafts. This one in particular: https://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/product ... pring-tea/

There is no self wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 30, 2018 5:55 am

I had very good Bao Zhong from TaiwanTeaCrafts. This one in particular: https://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/product ... pring-tea/

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I would recommend the competition grades which are really good stuff.

I also vote for Teawan Tea Crafts. Very decent quality and the price is ok!

Thanks everyone. I went with a few different kinds of it from Taiwan Tea Crafts.

Any recommendations for spring 2019 baozhong? I heard this harvest isn't very promising due to bad weather in Taiwan. I tried one baozhong (from baguashan not wenshan) but it was pretty lousy. TTC is sold out and a lot of other vendors don't have it on stock. Can anyone share their experiences with this season's baozhong?

LuckyMe wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 25, 2019 2:33 pm

Any recommendations for spring 2019 baozhong? I heard this harvest isn't very promising due to bad weather in Taiwan. I tried one baozhong (from baguashan not wenshan) but it was pretty lousy. TTC is sold out and a lot of other vendors don't have it on stock. Can anyone share their experiences with this season's baozhong?

I cannot talk about Baozhong, but I have a suggestion: If you have some gaoshan, try steeping it quickly. For me, the brew from quick steeping such tea gives much of the experience of baozhong. For what I have, Perfect, seems the most like baozhong. It comes from a height of Shanlanxi not as much higher to the height that baozhong comes from, as the growing areas of Dayuling or Fushoushan.

So again, I suggest quickly steeping some gaoshan that you have on hand. If you have tasted high-mountain oolong and did not like it, please tell us what put you off. It might help me & others find a tea for you that gives you what you want (if you cannot find a Baozhong).

LuckyMe wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 25, 2019 2:33 pm

Any recommendations for spring 2019 baozhong? I heard this harvest isn't very promising due to bad weather in Taiwan. I tried one baozhong (from baguashan not wenshan) but it was pretty lousy. TTC is sold out and a lot of other vendors don't have it on stock. Can anyone share their experiences with this season's baozhong?

The bad weather did compromise the harvest but some excellent tea can be found. The real problem is that there is not a whole lot of it and this is especially true for bao zhong. I could not obtain a reasonable quantity of high quality bao zhong so I did not carry any at Tillerman this spring . A source that does have good bao zhong, however, is Floating Leaves. Check their website https://floatingleaves.com/collections/light-oolong; Shiuwen and Noah sell high quality products. (Too bad TTC is out; they too carry excellent tea.)

Second Floating Leaves Bao Zhong. What is TTC?

Ethan Kurland wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:48 pm

If you have some gaoshan, try steeping it quickly. For me, the brew from quick steeping such tea gives much of the experience of baozhong. For what I have, Perfect, seems the most like baozhong.

That is an excellent suggestion! Not for me, as I prefer the opposite

Ethan Kurland wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:48 pm

It comes from a height of Shanlanxi

If you don't mind me saying, it is spelled Shanlinxi (杉林溪)
Tea naming is confusing enough as it is

@Victoria TTC = Taiwan Tea Crafts. Chen Yuwen and Philip Brook.

That’s a reasonable suggestion, @Ethan Kurland. I think the only thing that would be missing is the spice flavor of baozhong, which I rarely if ever find with gaoshan.

Tillerman wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 25, 2019 8:09 pm

LuckyMe wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 25, 2019 2:33 pm

Any recommendations for spring 2019 baozhong? I heard this harvest isn't very promising due to bad weather in Taiwan. I tried one baozhong (from baguashan not wenshan) but it was pretty lousy. TTC is sold out and a lot of other vendors don't have it on stock. Can anyone share their experiences with this season's baozhong?

The bad weather did compromise the harvest but some excellent tea can be found. The real problem is that there is not a whole lot of it and this is especially true for bao zhong. I could not obtain a reasonable quantity of high quality bao zhong so I did not carry any at Tillerman this spring . A source that does have good bao zhong, however, is Floating Leaves. Check their website https://floatingleaves.com/collections/light-oolong; Shiuwen and Noah sell high quality products. (Too bad TTC is out; they too carry excellent tea.)

Thanks, appreciate the fact that you have high standards for sourcing your tea. Explains why I didn't see it on your site. I ended up ordering mine from Mountain Stream Teas...will see how that turns out.

Floating Leaves does indeed have some excellent baozhong - I liked both their Competition and Standard grade stuff when I tried it a while back.