Tea Knowledge & Friendship
As long as the tea tastes good! I now use this thick glove when holding the cake while I pry it apart with a tea knife.
I do! I'm not quite sure how upload pictures on here so I will do my best! Also after having this a second time I have come to realize this is one the most mellow and sweet ropes I have ever had, although I will say that my experience with ripe is quite small compared to many members of this forum.
Great pic of a tasty brick! I'm glad you found it palatable. It gets better with age I can assure you!
@Noonie you might want to repost this in "Groups, Clubs & Events" area, and reach out to members who you think might be interested in a Zoom group tasting to generate participation. If enough members are interested we can also make it a TF special event.Noonie wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:47 pmI've always wanted to try a tasting group and thought it would be interesting to do so via Zoom or similar app, with some members here. Between 2 and 5 people would probably be good.
While I'm posting this here in the Pu'er forum, I may reference it in the "Groups, Clubs & Events" folder ( Victoria what would you recommend?).
I realize there are some online and possible more formal groups established but I was thinking of keeping this low profile. I'm also being selfish in that I don't want to go buy new tea just to have this experience, if possible; was hoping someone (or a few people) have the same tea on hand that I do so we could make this easy on folks.
I'm sure there is more to it than below, but so far here are some thoughts:
- Month - I'm fairly busy in the warmer months so would prefer the winter time (November onwards). Though I could certainly do this sooner if we get interest...would be great to have a demo go at it.
- Time of Day - if on a weekend pretty much anytime (10-5 EST); weekday, maybe 4-5 or 6pm
- Tea - posting here in the Pu'er forum because that's the tea I have most of...and nearly all of it from Yunnan Sourcing. Both Ripe and Raw. We would need to share inventories. I live in Canada so I didn't want to get involved with international shipping, but if someone lives in Canada and wants to participate I can mail some samples for one or more planned sessions. I'm guessing this is the hardest part to coordinate. Alternatively, I have some 2019 and 2020 Sencha/Shincha on had from ThesDuJapon I would be happy to use instead. I know it's probably unlikely that more than a couple of us have the same teas.
- Live Session - I use WebEx for work but can use Zoom or whatever. I would be fine hosting the event, technically. I have no experience with how to facilitate a tea tasting event though, but if we keep it informal that's okay. If someone more organized joins in and wants to play this role - great! If not, I would just say what I suggest for brewing parameters but even if people vary a bit that's part of the experience (i.e., some rules, but not too many!).
Post here if interested, or send me a PM. Once I have some names I can post a separate topic in the Groups, Clubs & Events folder and list all of my teas, then take it from there.
If there's a way for me to get cut, I manage to do it. However, I've been lucky with breaking open bricks and bings. I need to get a tea pick, as my only one has been missing me at work since March. What I've been doing is using a wood awl and gently pushing it down into the compressed tea in a couple spots close to each other. Then I take a small paring knife and insert it horizontally and wiggle the knife back and forth to get a chunk of tea from the brick/bing/tou. Knock on tea tree wood but it's been working so far for me.
I was look at some Lao Man E 2014 Spring from Tea Urchin, its on my list. How is Farmer Leaf btw, a few people here have mentioned them.
That Lao Man E is actually the first puerh I've tried from them, so I don't have a definite opinion yet.
I like the level of info they share about their teas, though, and they offer reasonably priced samples. My samples came in about a month, which is impressive given the myriad issues affecting shipping times right now.@klepto Glad you enjoy the tea! That huangpian is definitely worth stocking upklepto wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 8:31 pmYiwu Mountain Tea: 2019 Yiwu Gushu Huangpian
Oily mouthfeel, Buttery sweet and delicate. Considering the price of this, it could be a daily drinker for me.
Thanks to pantry for giving me the heads up and pointing out some of their teas to try out.
I got some teaware in the mail at the same time so I broke them in right away.
