This episode, James brings on a premium ripe pu’erh from Bulang mountain. This tea normally sells in large 1kg bricks. Thanks to Scott for providing the tea!
7.3 rating.
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This episode, Denny and James bring a heavy roast Dongding onto the show. Leafy Green is a relatively new vendor who sources some of their teas from Chen Hauying, a Taiwanese tea producer.
This episode, James brings on a tea purchased on his recent trip to Japan. The tea is from Tsuen, one of the oldest teahouses in the world established in the year 1160. Gyokuro is a shade-grown Japanese green tea. Brewed with a very high leaf to water ratio and a low temperature, this tea is very strong, potent and intense.
This Fujitsubo Gyokuro is also available on O-Cha.
It’s common in the pu’erh-verse to note the seemingly always rising price of freshly produced tea. Every year more expensive than the last… Even with the limited scope of western-vendor labeled pu’erh, we can take a quick look at the Way Back Machine and glance at what pu’erhs were selling for a few years ago and compare it to 2017/2018 prices.. It’s also an interesting exercise to look at old Half-Dipper reviews and realize that a lot of tea is simply no longer available. It used to be noteworthy when a fresh cake sold for three figures, now it’s commonplace. Those times are gone.. Oh and that cake is probably 200 grams… (more…)
In this episode, James is joined by recurring guest Garrett for another long conversation on pu’erh.
The first half of the conversation involves a post written by James on Indoor vs. Outdoor Storage and some of the implications on home storage.
The second half of the conversation involves Aging Cigars and how the scenes compare. They discuss the different stages of cigar aging, the importance of temperature, dew point, etc.
This episode, James & Denny review a Hunan Heicha generously provided by Jonny. The tea is tippy, but brews quite smooth and the profile is some combination of oolong and pu’erh. Very interesting and enjoyable tea! Big thank you to Jonny for the tea!
This episode, James brings on a Kunming dry-stored raw pu’erh blend from Yunnan Sourcing, the 2002 Tailian International Pu’erh Tea Expo Raw. Thank you to shah and another tea friend for sending this sample at different points.
6.3 rating.
2002 Tai Lian "International Pu-erh Tea Expo" Anniversary Raw tea Cake
This episode, Denny and James, review a Taiwanese white tea, sold by Everlasting Teas. The tea is a little atypical as Taiwan doesn’t . tasty with a lot of fresh white tea notes. A very nice change of pace from our usual diet of oolongs and pu’erh. Big thank you to Sammy for providing the tea.
Cakes upon cakes. Filling up fridges by the tong.. Filling up apartments by the fridge. We’ve all seen that instagram. Some may buy a pair of cakes, one for aging and one for drinking.. There’s also the stamp collector who owns 250 different cakes including the entire 2015+2016+2017 White2Tea & Crimson Lotus Tea line. The tong (+1). The two tongs (+1). For the obsessed mind, it is all too easy to buy and accumulate lots of tea. (more…)
This episode James & Glen of Crimson Lotus Tea, have a conversation about their tea business. The 2018 trip to Yunnan marks the fifth tea sourcing trip for Glen & Lamu, and we discuss how their business & sourcing has evolved since they pressed their first productions in 2014. Other topics include the growing popularity of premium ripe pu’erh and tea processing.
Big thank you to Glen for appearing on the video and being a recurring guest for the past five years.
Also checkout Crimson Lotus Tea’s original appearance on the show.