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2015 Cliff Three Tea Tieluohan [Episode 161]
The 2015 Tieluohan from Wuyi Oolong specialist, Cliff Three Tea. This one still has a lot of roast on it but is a very nice tea. Brewed for full potency.
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2015 Cliff Three Tea Rougui [Episode 160]
Fragrant Rougui from Wuyi Oolong specialist, Cliff Three Tea. This one is pleasant and kicks off a couple episodes from this vendor.
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Essence of Tea’s 2013 Bairuixiang [Episode 158]
A high-end Yancha from Essence of Tea. Thanks to Richard for the sample!
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The Box. Aged Oolong Report
The aged oolong market in the west leaves a lot to be desired. Most of the time the teas are usually significantly flawed (re-roasted/sour), overpriced, or more often than not both. A couple years ago, I was lucky enough to sample a number of aged oolongs from Tony of Origin Tea that were offered off-shelf. This…
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HK Report
Big thanks to those that contributed knowledge and time to helping make this a successful trip. You know who you are! Hong Kong is a very different place than Taipei. Not having been to either, I naively expected a few more similarities. They’re both just big cities in east Asia, right? HK is dense, dense, dense,…
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Cha Ceremony’s Premium Rou Gui [Episode 141]
Sample provided courtesy of Marcus at Cha Ceremony. This is a dark roasted Rou Gui that’s a nice change of pace to the pu’erh we’ve been quaffing.
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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…
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Bana Tea’s Jade Buddha Da Hong Pao [Episode 133]
A Yancha from Bana Tea. This is a fun drink from Linda Louie and a nice change of pace from all the pu’erh we’ve been quaffing!
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Traveling in Taiwan, Things I Like & Don’t Like. TW Report Part 1
Big thanks to Max, Tony, and all the others who tossed in bits of advice or recommendations. Another high-recommendation but less personal thanks goes out to Marshaln whose blog and archive was and is highly valuable in navigating Taiwan in search of tea. I recently embarked on a trip to Taiwan and Hong Kong. I’ve been…
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Baxian (Taobao) Yancha [Episode 127]
A good for the price Yancha directly from China.