A Manzhuan production from Taiwanese boutique, private label.
Author: James
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Xizihao Report & Tasting Note Compilation
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…)
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Wuyi Origin Xingren Xiang Dancong Oolong [Episode 206]
An almond aroma (Xingren Xiang) Dancong from Cindy Chen over at Wuyi Origin.
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Wuyi Origin Milan Xiang [Inbetweenisode 126]
Another very pleasant Dancong from Cindy at WuyiOrigin. This episode features another guest appearance by Meet.
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2016 Theasophie Guoyun [Episode 205]
One of the high-end Yiwu 2016 production from Theasophie.
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Drinking Log Reflections v1
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…)
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2013 Chensheng Hao Naka [Inbetweenisode 125]
A Naka production from a big Chinese brand, Chensheng Hao.
Thank you to a tea friend for sending a sample my way!
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2006 Yangqinghao Wushang Miaopin [Episode 204]
One of the topdogs from YQH. This is a dark, potent premium Yiwu tea. Thanks to Emmett for sending it our way.
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Wuyi Origin Yashi Xiang aka Duck**** Aroma [Episode 203]
The infamous Duck**** aroma tea featured on TeaDB. This is an oddity for TeaDB, a Dancong. Enjoyable, aromatic tea. Thanks to Cindy for sending this our way.