This episode, James walks through the logistics of buying teas on Taobao.
This episode, James walks through the logistics of buying teas on Taobao.
A Manzhuan production from Taiwanese boutique, private label.
Xizi Hao is a boutique Taiwanese pu’erh brand. With Xizi Hao coming available from Taiwan, I’ve decided to release a few of my notes from my google spreadsheets of tea notes. Unlike other reports these teas were not sessioned in close succession of each other. Thank you to Emmett for sending me a few of these recently. (more…)
An almond aroma (Xingren Xiang) Dancong from Cindy Chen over at Wuyi Origin.
Another very pleasant Dancong from Cindy at WuyiOrigin. This episode features another guest appearance by Meet.
One of the high-end Yiwu 2016 production from Theasophie.
Last December, I finally ran out of new samples. After that, I began drinking from my stash exclusively. Being an unabashed data nerd I decided to also record my own tea consumption. This is interesting because it is essentially a speed test and can be helpful and informative for my own buying. My uninterrupted drinking was halted in mid January when a whole sleuth of samples arrived creating the obvious caveat of a small data size. Nevertheless, here’s a quick look at the data. (more…)
A Naka production from a big Chinese brand, Chensheng Hao.
Thank you to a tea friend for sending a sample my way!
One of the topdogs from YQH. This is a dark, potent premium Yiwu tea. Thanks to Emmett for sending it our way.