Hehe, i think that was the very first sheng for me as well! Admittedly, that's the only cake i have tried from them. What about you, did you find any other interesting sheng pressed by urchins?
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polezaivsani
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Tea Urchin is one of my favorite vendors but all I've had from them is yanchas and I got a hefty sample of that Snake Blend due to curiosity. I just had some of it since you mentioned it ;Dpolezaivsani wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2020 10:52 amHehe, i think that was the very first sheng for me as well! Admittedly, that's the only cake i have tried from them. What about you, did you find any other interesting sheng pressed by urchins?
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polezaivsani
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Yeah, i heard of them sporting fine oolongs. Guess i'd do some more sampling while replenishing the snake blend.
I already have a hit list of shengs to get from them after perusing steepster which for the most part will be samples as I am still trying to figure out my favorite shengs based on location.polezaivsani wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2020 11:47 amYeah, i heard of them sporting fine oolongs. Guess i'd do some more sampling while replenishing the snake blend.
I like this tea!I'll have to give it another shot, it reminded me of a really green oolong. I'm waiting on my Jun 5th EoT order myself
On my side I have just about 20 grams left of the 2013 version and I am tempted to buy the 2014 version when finances improve. Hopefully it will be comparable to the previous version.klepto wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2020 10:30 amI have the 2013 spring version, its very good. It is what started me drinking sheng puerh.polezaivsani wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2020 5:45 amTea urchin's snake blend is a special tea for me. I love '13 version more, but ran out of it hence it's '14 version's turn.
@Balthazar I think the sample I got from Wistaria is the same as your tea...the Tibetian flame. I received a reply email from Wistaria tea house saying that the tea was made by a company "下關茶廠 ,Yun-nan Province, China". They also attached the following 3 pictures. They are selling it for 1500 NTD each if you want to buy. It looks a little bit new for a tea made in 2000 thoughBalthazar wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:53 amvuanguyen: The Wisteria tea looks more like pure sheng (and maybe better leaf quality) to me, although it's hard to say for sure.
I bought mine from TeaPals. Unfortunately I bought up the remaining stock of four "mushrooms".
From a quick search, it seems to be sold both as ripe and raw, depending on vendor and vintage. Seems to be different versions of it.
I had a chance to sample the tea a third time. It tasted to me now like a wild tea... like the one offered by Denong tea house (https://www.denongtea.com/collections/d ... ripe-puerh).
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@pantry Hoot my EoT haul came in and I thought I'd have to wait a couple more months to see it. Btw that mushroom looking thing looks intimidating 
EDIT: **Milestone** Opened my first puerh cake today, after watching numerous videos luckily I mess up the cake. Although putting the wrapper back on was done poorly by me.
EDIT: **Milestone** Opened my first puerh cake today, after watching numerous videos luckily I mess up the cake. Although putting the wrapper back on was done poorly by me.