2015 raw pu’erh! This one is my favorite at the $50 and under price range from White2Tea’s 2015 harvest.
Author: James
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Phoenix Tea’s Taiwanese Oolongs w/Guest Star Brett [Episode 114]
A special episode with guest star Brett Boynton of Phoenix Tea. Brett helped a young Denny get into tea years ago.
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2009 Yunnan Sourcing Lao Cha Tou — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #37
A fun brick from Yunnan Sourcing that is also very tasty. Also a preview for episodes with Yunnan Sourcing in the up and coming weeks!
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2014 Tea Urchin’s Gaoshan Zhai [Episode 113]
The second of a two-part series on a couple Tea Urchin teas that were included in the Yiwu report. This tea is the 2014 Gaoshan Zhai, a tea that has an inviting complex taste and a wonderful aftertaste.
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Not Quite so Young “Yiwu” Raw Pu’erh [June 2015 Tea Drinking Report]
Big shoutouts to Dignitea and Brian (double B) for providing teas for this month and allowing the content to be what it is!
Welcome to Part 2 of the overly-indulgent Yiwu report. Part 1 was young teas and was composed principally of western vendor’s own productions. This month represents a portion of not quite sp young teas, marketed and sold as Yiwu. With a little over 20 teas, it’s shorter than last month. As most pu-heads know the landscape has been very dynamic in the last 20 years. Even though much of the tea from this month is only a few years older than Part 1, it’s a very different era. I’m also going to be preemptively splitting my Menghai County report into two (July and August). (more…)
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2014 White2Tea’s Last Thoughts — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #36
Again. Don’t blink or look at the price. This is the second part of a two episode series of extended sessions with a pair of very premium (and also very nice) young raw pu’erhs. This one is the excellent Last Thoughts from White2Tea.
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2014 Tea Urchin’s Yiwu Beauty [Episode 112]
The first of a two-part series on a couple Tea Urchin teas that were included in the Yiwu report. This one is a soft, easy-drinking young pu’erh, the 2014 Yiwu Beauty.
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2014 Essence of Tea’s Guafengzhai — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #35
Don’t blink or look at the price. This is the first part of a two episode series of extended sessions with a pair of very premium (and also very nice) young raw pu’erhs. First up is Essence of Tea’s Guafengzhai.
https://www.essenceoftea.com/2014-eot-guafengzhai-puerh-tea.html
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2015 Crimson Lotus Tea Kunlu “Slumbering Dragon” [Episode 111]
The final episode with Crimson Lotus. They’re back with an extremely interesting young sheng, the 2015 Kunlu Slumbering Dragon!
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Pu’erh Buying Categories. A Few Common Approaches.
In 2007, it was estimated that as much as 95% of the pu’erh purchased was for storage and speculation, and not actual consumption (Zhang, Ancient Caravans). Psychologically free of tea going bad, pu’erh-heads are known to go a little purchase crazy. People buy and store pu’erh for many different reasons. Some of us buy as we go. Others store pu’erh as a hobby to see what might happen. Others simply store pu’erh because we bought too damn much of it! (more…)