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Category: Low-Elevation Oolong

  • Shopping for Tea in Taiwan

    Forever alone.. Being a pu’erh addict in the west is a lonely endeavor and how we intake information and buy tea is in all likelihood very different than the average Asian pu-head. We’re often resigned to the tea table/closet all by our self. If we’re lucky we can get a good friend/significant other to come over once a month to humor us but we’re mainly drinking alone and talking to each other on instagram.. It’s no wonder why teapets are so popular..

    In the western tea scene… 65ml teapots are in high-demand.
    In the western tea scene… we get teeny, tiny boxes of tea shipped monthly.
    In the western tea scene… a cake is most definitely not a sample.
    In the western tea scene… we occasionally indulge with **gasp** multiple 200g cakes that we we still have trouble getting through! (more…)

  • Floating Leaves Tea Oriental Beauty — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #29

    An Oriental Beauty from Floating Leaves Tea in Seattle. A nice casual tea.

  • Floating Leaves Tea’s 2014 Winter Farmer’s Choice Baozhong [Episode 103]

    Back to our roots! A very nice Winter Harvest Baozhong from Floating Leaves.

  • February/March Tea of the Month 2015

    I decided I’m going to be announcing these early in groups of three months. This gives me a bit more time to combine orders and collect samples. Please suggest teas in the comments or via email teadborg@gmail.com.

    Tea of the Months:

    • Wu Liang/Ai Lao (February), I’ll do other parts of Simao later.
    • Cheap Yancha (first half of March)
    • Cheap Oolongs (second half of March)

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  • Announcing Tea of the Month 2015

    This is an announcement about the tea of the month series for 2015 as well as an outline of January’s upcoming tea of the month. Similar to the other tea of the months this will be more of a personal blogging style post. The mature pu’erh report will come out independently in two weeks.

    I launched the first tea of the month in March 2014 and have since done eight different reports. Overall, it’s a fairly free-form format which I’ve personally enjoyed a good deal. It gives a far less filtered look at certain teas and more comparative impressions. As many have stated, the TeaDB video reviews end up being a biased selection of teas that are usually hand-picked for review. While we (especially Denny) will do blind tastings of teas on occasion, they’re often picked out for some reason or another. Big thanks to our readers and for suggestions, this is a great time to post them in the comments! (more…)

  • Everlasting Tea’s 1982 Baozhong [Episode 80]

    In episode 80, Denny & James review another aged Baozhong. From 1982, this oolong is clean, plummy, with really interesting texture and represents a big contrast vs. the gardeny aged Baozhong from Episode 79 and the modern, green style Baozhong. Thanks to Jake from Drinking Teas for introducing this.

  • 40 Year Old Baozhong via Zero Tea Zen [Episode 79]

    In episode 79, Denny & James review an aged Baozhong kindly provided to them by Philipp Abba of Zero Tea Zen. A total contrast vs. the modern, green-style Baozhong that currently dominates the Baozhong market. Read more about the tea here (English at the bottom of the post).

  • J-Tea’s 1982 Dong Ding [Episode 77]

    In episode 77, Denny & James review a 1982 Dong Ding from J-Tea. Sweet and plummy, this is an excellent example of a well-aged oolong.

  • 1979 Oriental Beauty J-Tea Aged Oolong [Episode 57]

    In episode 57, Denny and James revisit one of Denny’s favorite teas, Oriental Beauty. However, rather than a recent year production, this is a nearly 35-year old tea. A very interesting tea from J-Tea, with some elements of aged oolong and others of more traditional Oriental Beauty.

  • 1981 Wu He Camellia Sinensis Aged Taiwanese Oolong [Episode 51]

    In episode 51, Denny and James review another aged oolong with Camellia Sinensis‘ 1981 Wu He. Very different than the cleaner taste of the 1989 Hualien, this tea has a more aged taste.