Category: Podcasts

2011-2018 Pu’erh Prices [Inbetweenisode 197]

As we approach summer 2019, another round of young raw pu’erh products are coming up. In the past half a year, I’ve written a couple posts on the topic of pu’erh prices and trends. These posts have been centered around the price of pu’erh produced and sold by western vendors when they’re initially pressed.

This is a short video continuing that discussion. For anyone that is interested in young pu’erh and their price dynamics, I think you will enjoy this episode.

Major Takeaways: (1) Prices have gone up a lot! (2) vendor prices have increased more in the western world between 2011-2014 than 2014-2018. (3) 2017 & 2018 were the highest prices ever.

https://teadb.org/datapost-2018-puerh-prices-are-more-of-the-same/
https://teadb.org/a-look-at-prices-from-nine-yunnan-sourcing-productions/

May 9, 2019
ICYMI Tea Storage & Humidors on The Tea Fix

ICYMI, last summer I had a guest appearance on the Tea Fix where Geoff, Leona and I talked about tea storage in the west.

May 9, 2019
2017 Zhensilong Yibang Raw Pu’erh via Tea Encounter [Episode 313]

This episode, Denny and I bring a tea on from one of the six famous tea mountains, Yibang. It’s quite approachable, with good depth and potency. Thank you to Tiago of Tea-Encounter for sending the sample.

May 7, 2019
How I Am Storing My Pu’erh

I’ve realized that I’ve written quite a bit about storage, but have not done a focused post on how I store my own tea. This is partially because I’m still figuring out how well my own setup has been working and am not sure if it is even a worthwhile example to follow. But I’ve now been storing tea in more or less the same way for five years and wanted to share where I am with my own storage. (more…)

May 4, 2019
Tea and Tobacco Guest Appearance

This is not a TeaDB episode, but a guest appearance I made on Tea and Tobacco. It was a fun conversation and we talked about a wide array of topics from pu’erh storage, how I got into tea, and a few other of my hobbies.

May 3, 2019
2007 Dayi Anxiang Ripe Shu Pu’erh, Atlanta Stored [Inbetweenisode 196]

This episode I bring on one of my favorite ripe teas of all time, an Atlanta-stored 2007 Dayi Secret Fragrance ripe. This tea is complex, textured and everything you’d want from a upper-end ripe pu’erh tea. Thank you Darius for sharing this tea with me again!

Rating: 8.2.

May 2, 2019
2018 W2T Charlie Ripe Pu’erh [Episode 312]

This episode, Denny and I drink a ripe pu’erh from the W2T club. Sample was generously given to us by Oolong Owl. Thank you!

April 30, 2019
2018 WuyiOrigin Smoky Lapsang [Episode 311]

This episode, Denny and I drink another fantastic tea from Cindy at WuyiOrigin. This time we drink her smoky Lapsang which is sweet, smoky, with an alluring depth. Thanks Cindy!

April 23, 2019
Old Ways Tea Baijiguan Wuyi Oolong [Episode 310]

This episode, Denny and I drink one of the four famous Wuyi bushes, Baijiguan. This is perhaps the most unique of the four and usually processed towards the greener end. We discuss how it differs from your average Wuyi and fits into the Wuyi spectrum. Another solid tea from Old Ways Tea.

April 16, 2019
1990s Ripe Pu’erh Brick, TW Stored [Inbetweenisode 195]

This episode, I drink a 1990s ripe pu’erh kindly given as a gift to me by Garrett. It’s smooth, ginsengy, and slightly wet. The off-brand label makes it quite affordable. Decent tea for an inexpensive price (was ~$35/250g).

Rating: 6.0

April 12, 2019