I recently had the privilege of traveling to Asia for the third time. Within 3.5 weeks I traveled to Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. I wasn’t going to write anything originally, but a slow chatter of emails and messages have convinced me to type up a report. The trip was primarily not tea-related, I did manage to squeeze some tea experiences in along the way. My apologies for those looking for something 100% strictly tea. We are looking to travel to the Cayman Islands next so stay tuned; you can look over here for travel information. (more…)
Category: Taiwanese Oolong
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Floating Leaves Three Roast Dongding [Episode 208]
Three roast Dongding from Floating Leaves. A nicely processed and roasted oolong, that’s a bit different from your standard charcoal roasted Dongding oolong.
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Floating Leaves Tea’s Muzha Tieguanyin [Episode 180]
A Taiwanese, high-fired roasted Tieguanyin from local tea shop, Floating Leaves.
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Wu Zhong Hang Yuansheng [Episode 177]
A supposedly best-selling oolong from a shop in the Yongkang area of Taipei. Thanks to Gio for sending this!
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Teamasters Alishan [Episode 172]
This episode, Denny and James drink a fresh 2016 Alishan from Teamasters generously supplied by Ryan Ahn of the Penn State Institute.
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TW Aged Oolong [Taiwan Tapes] — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #84
A type of tea that is becoming increasingly expensive in the east, but is several degrees harder to find in the west, aged oolong. This episode concludes the episodes filmed in Taiwan.
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The Jade Leaf’s Hong Shui Oolong [Taiwan Tapes] — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #83
This episode guest stars Emilio of The Jade Leaf and features one of his popular oolongs and the increasingly unpopular, scarce Hong Shui Oolong.
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Interview w/Emilio of The Jade Leaf [Taiwan Tapes] — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #82
This episode features Emilio, a potter based in Taipei who specializes in handmade and wood-fired teaware. Check out his wares at The Jade Leaf.
No tea this episode.. Just teaware. Big thanks to Emilio for appearing!
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Chesser’s Tea Lugu Oolong [Episode 153]
From UK-based merchant Chessers, this episode takes James and Denny back to their roots with some Taiwanese oolong. Thea tea is Chesser’s Lugu Oolong.
