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Cross Tea Price Comparisons
I’ve written in the past about relative price comparisons and a couple different models of how we frame tea cost. Tea vs. coffee. Tea vs. wine, etc. How about inner-tea comparisons. Aged pu’erh frequently gets put up against younger tea, Taiwanese Oolong high-mountain tea, low-elevation, Yancha. One comparison I only occasionally see made is types…
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Tea Reports 2015 & 2016, Soliciting Feedback & Looking Forward
As many of you may have noticed the tea of the month reports haven’t exactly been on schedule. They’ve often gone longer than expected and I still have countless unfinished samples which I am trying to drink through. First things first.. I’ll be finishing the last two reports at the end of 2015, Taiwanese oolongs to age…
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Essence of Tea’s 2011 Zhulian Dancong Yancha [Episode 124]
A delicious Yancha from Essence of Tea. The roast has worn down nicely, putting this tea in a great place to drink!
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White2Tea’s Clover Patch Oolong [Episode 123]
A lightly roasted Yancha from White2Tea. Very fragrant/aromatic.
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YS Phoenix Village Shui Xian & W2T Clover Patch Oolong — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #45
Meet joins James for inbetweenisode 45, a comparison between the White2Tea Clover Patch Oolong and Yunnan Sourcing’s Phoenix Village Shui Xian.
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Interview w/Scott Wilson (Yunnan Sourcing) feat. 2013 YS Da Si [Episode 115]
A comprehensive interview with Scott Wilson of Yunnan Sourcing detailing his long 12 year journey based in Yunnan from it’s beginnings as an Ebay store, his own productions and much much more. Tea consumed: 2013 Yunnan Sourcing Da Si. Interview was conducted in Bend where the Yunnan Sourcing US branch is based. http://yunnansourcing.com/
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Tea Urchin’s Premium Shui Jin Gui — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #28
A really nice Wuyi Tea from Tea Urchin. This tea is on the upper-end of the price spectrum, but would make for an excellent special-occasion tea. http://teaurchin.com/premium-shui-jin-gui.html
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JK Tea Shop’s Bai Ji Guan [Episode 102]
A really nice, somewhat unusual lighter-roasted Wuyi tea, JK Tea Shop’s Baijiguan. Like last episode, this is another of James’ picks from his tea of the month tastings.
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Tea Yuan’s Rou Gui [Episode 101]
A very nice higher-roasted Yancha from a new vendor, Tea Yuan. The Rou Gui reviewed in this episode is a new tea company exhibits alot of the traits of higher-end Wuyi.
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Yancha (Wuyi Oolongs) [March 2015 Tea Drinking Report]
![Yancha (Wuyi Oolongs) [March 2015 Tea Drinking Report]](https://teadb.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/other-wuyi-lineup-940x198.jpg)
Big shoutouts to Brian, Carolyn, and Richard (+vendors) for providing several of the teas for this month and allowing the content to be what it is! I hope you like long-form content, because this tea of the month report is truly massive. In the month of March 2015, the tea of the month was Yancha.…