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Daxue Jiadao 大学夹道

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 3:23 am
by tjkdubya
Hello from Beijing.

Some of you may already know we (my partner Shuyu and I) have been selling privately for the last several months. We are now expanding out to a larger audience. If you're already familiar with some of our teas, you might know us as a yancha specialist. Yancha will remain a focal point for us, but we do plan to expand our selections well beyond that (and a few of the Liubao teas we already carry) in the future. We are starting that process this summer with a collection of handcrafted Anhui greens from our friends at Yuxiangzhai.

In addition to tea, we also plan on making some of the Dehua porcelain, metal craft, and other teaware items from artisans we represent more widely available.

If you're interested, please take a look at our current selections at https://www.daxuejiadao.com (password: kuaile).

Thank you very much for your support.

Shuyu & Ki Won

Re: Daxue Jiadao 大学夹道

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 3:37 am
by Bok
Congratulations on the start! Good tea from nice people – what can go wrong?

Re: Daxue Jiadao 大学夹道

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 7:02 am
by tjkdubya
Hopefully not too much! Thank you Bok 🙏

Re: Daxue Jiadao 大学夹道

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 9:49 am
by Victoria
Congratulations on your launch tjkdubya. Quite a sophisticated line up. Looking forward to sampling a few of your curated rougui 🍃

Re: Daxue Jiadao 大学夹道

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 12:53 pm
by Balthazar
Interesting selection! Best of luck

Re: Daxue Jiadao 大学夹道

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:13 pm
by pedant
congratulations, kw!

Re: Daxue Jiadao 大学夹道

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 3:36 pm
by Tea Adventures
Congratulations! Seems like a nice selection.

Re: Daxue Jiadao 大学夹道

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 3:48 pm
by LeoFox
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
A pinnacle selection and truly a labor of love! Congratulations!
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉


Recently tried the full roast rougui.

These are my notes.
A stunning tea like a velvet hammer. Soft and rich yet presenting a strong but pleasant astringent note that establishes a firm flavor structure.

Taste is difficult to describe but includes rich milk chocolate and strong minerality as steeps progress. The early steeps include a bright plummy note that balances out the darker flavors. There is a sensation of walking into an ancient church and seeing a dusty canvas in the shadows layered with little mountains of paint - defined by strong textures and a vague impression of old, long forgotten madness.

The minerality is bound tightly with flavors of dried ginseng and ginger.

Re: Daxue Jiadao 大学夹道

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 8:47 pm
by klepto
Congrats!! I was looking for some yancha varieties to no avail but I have found them. @tjkdubya I wish you the best success and will give you much money :D.

Re: Daxue Jiadao 大学夹道

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 8:53 pm
by Bok
klepto wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 8:47 pm
Congrats!! I was looking for some yancha varieties to no avail but I have found them. tjkdubya I wish you the best success and will give you much money :D.
It will be well invested... much better than what most others offer.

Re: Daxue Jiadao 大学夹道

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 8:58 pm
by klepto
Bok wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 8:53 pm
klepto wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 8:47 pm
Congrats!! I was looking for some yancha varieties to no avail but I have found them. tjkdubya I wish you the best success and will give you much money :D.
It will be well invested... much better than what most others offer.
:heart_eyes: :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes:
I've had a couple conversations with tjkdubya in other tea communities but wasn't aware he became a vendor.

Re: Daxue Jiadao 大学夹道

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 9:30 pm
by tjkdubya
Thank you everyone. Hope we can live up to your expectations. Any questions, honest criticisms, suggestions or requests -- please don't hold back on us. 🙏

Re: Daxue Jiadao 大学夹道

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 10:09 pm
by Bok
Might add that anyone who doesn't want to be choked by roast-massacred teas is well taken care of in this line-up :lol:
Well curated and interesting line up, clean and sophisticated.

For those with the big pockets, try the Laocong Tieluohan. It stands out among the rest, a tea worth trying at least once if anything.

Re: Daxue Jiadao 大学夹道

Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 11:00 am
by LeoFox
Highly recommend the green teas:
Beautiful label, hand painted by the tea maker. I notice the strokes he uses possibly reflects the different shapes of the tea. Masterful! The subject is also very appropriate.
Beautiful label, hand painted by the tea maker. I notice the strokes he uses possibly reflects the different shapes of the tea. Masterful! The subject is also very appropriate.
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These teas were all either naturally farmed from old gardens or from the wild. No direct agrochemicals were used.

My thoughts on the offerings:

Maofeng:
viewtopic.php?p=37647#p37647

Dafang:
viewtopic.php?p=37931#p37931

Huoqing:
viewtopic.php?p=38396#p38396

Wild Huoqing:
viewtopic.php?p=38397#p38397

Yun wu zhua Huoqing:
viewtopic.php?p=38398#p38398

Re: Daxue Jiadao 大学夹道

Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 8:14 pm
by Bok
Nice packaging, seems like the content matches it!