This episode, Denny and I drink another Dancong from Cindy at WuyiOrigin. This one is everything you like from a greenish oolong. It is aromatic, floral and very tasty.
Author: James
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Datapost: 2018 Pu’erh Prices are More of the Same
About a year ago, I used the Way Back Machine/Archive.org to go back and examine the prices at conception of tea from western vendors since 2011. This was a valuable exercise and produced some interesting findings on a range of things, from price fluctuation, to the specific market each vendor aims for, etc. Crunching the numbers also statistically confirmed what many have long known. Fresh/young pu’erh prices have gone up in price by a whole lot in this decade.. I decided to update that post with teas that were added since. I added 55 spring productions in total, 51 productions from 2018 and 4 from Chawangshop’s 2017 (they were slow to add them to their site in 2017). (more…)
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2013 Xiaguan FT Love Forever Paper Tong Raw Pu’erh [Inbetweenisode 188]
This episode I drink a tea that I own quite a lot of, the 2013 Xiaguan Love Forever Paper Tong. This tea has become fairly popular in the specialized western pu’erh in the last couple years. Despite being pressed six years ago, the tea material is older (from 2003) making this a tea with significant age on it. The tea is also special to me as my wife and I were gifted a tong of this on our wedding day from the tea community.
The tea itself is quite strong, with a very dense taste and a long lasting mouthfeel. It is also not really like other Xiaguan teas as it was made by Feitai (FT) under the Xiaguan label. While it is semi-aged, this is a tea with a lot of potency to be aged in the future. In the video I also go over a bit of the history of this tea and talk a bit about the bamboo tong version, which is not as good.
Rating: 6.3
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2018 WuyiOrigin Tafu Hou Dancong Oolong [Episode 298]
This episode, Denny and I drink an excellent Dancong from WuyiOrigin. While it is relatively green, the tea has a lively texture and is vibrant. Very enjoyable tea from a genre of oolong we don’t have often on the show.
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2015 YS Huirun Ripe Pu’erh [Inbetweenisode 187]
This episode, I drink a ripe pu’erh from Scott’s Huirun series. it’s a tea I’ve brought onto the show before, but now I’ve gotten through nearly an entire cake of it! This tea is textured, elegant, and well-balanced. A quality ripe pu’erh.
6.4 Rating.
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2018 W2T Old Arbor Red Black Tea [Episode 297]
This episode, Denny and I drink a very high-quality hongcha from White2Tea, their Old Arbor Red. This is a complex, long-lasting tea with good depth.
Sample kindly provided by Oolong Owl.
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2018 Thai Grown Yueguangbai Moonlight White via Tea-Side [Episode 296]
In the first filmed episode of 2019, Denny and I drink a Thai-grown white tea from Tea-Side. The tea is robust, slightly smoky, with good longevity. It is also unique as Moonlight White is a Chinese-style tea but is grown in Northern Thailand.
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2009 Yiwu via W2T Raw Pu’erh [Inbetweenisode 186]
This episode, I drink a semi-aged raw pu’erh from W2T. The tea is from one of my pu’erh areas, Yiwu and stands out for its decent storage, clean profile, and good aftertaste. Finding affordable Yiwu can be difficult and this one is solid and doesn’t cost too much.
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Mystery Ripe (1997 CNNP 7581) [Episode 295]
This episode, Denny and I drink an aged mystery ripe, unlabeled in Denny’s stash. In the episode, we’re not totally sure what the tea is. Given the profile, after the episode we compared the wrapping and neifei to a brick I have we were able to get a pretty good guess on what the tea actually is, an old ripe 7581 brick.