Wistaria (website) is an iconic, Taipei teahouse. The building itself is nearly 100 years old and lived through its share of history. As a teahouse, Wistaria and it’s proprietor (Zhou Yu) have played an important role in the development of modern chayi (tea art) and tea culture in Taiwan. For tea folks or people traveling to Taiwan looking for a tea experience, it’s usually one of the first places on the list. The tea menu is a mix of Taiwanese tea, older teas, green tea, pu’erh, etc. It’s also relatively English friendly with an English menu and a conversationally fluent staff. (more…)
Author: James
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1990s Bazhong — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #100
Finishing off the last session of a cake. This is a fairly heavily stored tea acquired from the now defunct Origin Tea.
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Ripe Pu’erh Learning & Basics [Episode 170]
This episode covers the basics of ripe pu’erh and how to brew it and get started on this very diverse category of tea. Teas included are the 2014 Yunnan Sourcing Year of the Horse Ripe and a 1990s HK-Stored ripe.
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Brewing Darker/Older Teas Feat. 1990s Duoteli Liubao (FP) — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #99
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.
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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.