This episode, James talks about how he’s been brewing some older and more mellow teas. Tea featured is a run of the mill 1990s Liubao from Fine Pu’er.
Author: James
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1999 Yangqing Hao Micang [Episode 169]
This episodes features a mellow, oldish, daily drinking brick courtesy of Emmett.
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Pu’erh Vendor Mark-Up Followup & Some Clarifications
Judging from the positive and negative responses in the comments and on facebook to the article published on vendor markup, I clearly hit a certain chord within our small little tea niche. I wanted to post a few quick follow-up thoughts and clarifications.. As some people have mentioned, what is a fair price for a tea is an incredibly complex and personal question that is well beyond the scope of this site. A vendor can provide value through a number of ways many of which have nothing to do with price. They can help by educating or teaching the customer about tea or by allowing the drinker to sample in the store.. It’s also worth mentioning that it’s well within the consumer’s right to search for what they deem a good price to buy their tea. After all, noone should buy a $6000 iphone. (more…)
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White2Tea A&P Hongcha & Fengqing Balls — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #98
This episode, Meet and James drink through the W2T July club. Two different hongchas, the pressed A&P cake and a Fengqing ball.
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Raw Pu’erh Learning & Basics [Episode 168]
This episode covers the basics of raw pu’erh and how to brew it and get started on this very diverse category of tea. Teas included are the 2013 Xizihao Xuanxi, 2004 Jianshen Tuo, and 199 Yangqinghao Micang.
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Pu’erh Nerdy Q&A — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #97
Answering a few more of the pu’erh questions we didn’t get to in our Q&A episode.
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2016 White2Tea Sheng & Red Mengsongs — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #96
This episode, James and Meet review a pair of teas processed as a red tea and sheng from the same material. Teas from the White2Tea club.
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2006 Yangqing Hao Shenpin Chawang [Episode 167]
This episode is the 2006 Yangqing Hao Shenpin Chawang, one of their fancy productions from 2006. Very fun tea to drink! Thanks to Peter for the sample.
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How Much is Your Vendor Marking Up Your Pu’erh?
No one wants to pay for unnecessary things, but even so very few of us know the actual cost of goods, or actual item cost that the vendor bought the tea for. We’re often left clueless about what their markup might be. There are inevitable costs of running a business that we as consumers don’t really think about. Certainly not often. Storefronts, sourcing, marketing, sample costs, a living wage. The money you pay for the tea will go towards not just your tea but as presumably some amount of profit for the vendor.. Are you paying for fancy boxes, marketing material, padding the vendors pockets or is your $$ going to the actual tea. Pu’erh has the advantage of being sold as a labeled cake, which makes it easier to cross-check prices against the Chinese market and help to determine if we are paying a fair and reasonable price. (more…)
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2006 WIstaria Longpa (Youle) [Teas I Own] — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #95
A Longpa tea sold at Wistaria. This semi-aged pu’erh is a bit younger and cheaper than their 2003 productions.