The redness of the flower one is what I fear yet it's a beautiful pot, it's super dense, ring like the other two, craftsmanship is close to perfect, but I know it's probably made within the last 10 years. I got it from a shop that sells Chinese hardwood furniture, giant tea tables that you find in tea shop, and some random Chinese imports/porcelains. In term of price, it's half of the cost comparing to the other two. A pot worth appreciating for it's beauty than it's use.Bok wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2019 12:26 amNice trio! The flower one looks a bit too red to be Zhuni. Unless it is Dahongpao Zhuni (which you would know due to the price), it is more likely hongni or zhuni-hongni-blend. I got one similar in tone from the 90s, which I suspect to be a hongni-zhuni-blend of sorts, quite typical to be found in Taiwan.
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Wow Kingteamall carries some great quality clean tasting Sheng. I haven’t tried the shou from them yet but the 4 or 5 shengs are awesome. I am still waiting to finish seasoning the pot before I use it but it is a very nice little pot. High pitch ring to it so must be high fired. I’ll definitely be ordering from them again because of John’s awesome customer service and all great quality teas so far. Fast shipping too! (USA)
I agree on this. I have bought a lot from John. Never any issues.Guy Juan wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2019 9:41 pmWow Kingteamall carries some great quality clean tasting Sheng. I haven’t tried the shou from them yet but the 4 or 5 shengs are awesome. I am still waiting to finish seasoning the pot before I use it but it is a very nice little pot. High pitch ring to it so must be high fired. I’ll definitely be ordering from them again because of John’s awesome customer service and all great quality teas so far. Fast shipping too! (USA)
Second to that. Great service and open and friendly communication
Can also recommend, I have ordered 4 different cakes/tuos by now, inexpensive semi aged factory stuff, and I'm quite happy with the storage, even my latest purchase of a 2012 mengku sheng was a lot further along than I expected, I bought it as an aging experiment but I decided to just drink it as is.
After experimenting with shuiping i am fine with pour. When filled with tea it takes about 8-12 s to get empty. Fine for me
I dont really do tasting notes, but from memory it was quite sweet, good balance between more aged dried fruit notes and some youthful sourness/tartness, aged notes were somewhat similar to a 2003 mengku brick I have that I quite enjoy so thats a good sign as far as im concerned as to where the tea is heading
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