Category Archives: Raw Pu’erh

The Struggle of Making Content Interesting & A Few Unhelpful Phrases

Posted on May 18, 2019 by

As someone that has done a fair amount of content on tea, I have a lot of mixed thoughts on the way information is passed. With tea reviews or discussing a specific tea I have struggled with the question: how … Continue reading →

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2006 Troublemaker Fangcha w/Crimson Lotus Tea Raw Pu’erh [Inbetweenisode 198]

Posted on May 16, 2019 by

This episode, I’m joined by special guest Glen of Crimson Lotus Tea! This is the first of two episodes, and we drink a new semi-aged production. The tea is clearly dry-stored, but any harshness in the tea is mellowed to a … Continue reading →

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2011-2018 Pu’erh Prices [Inbetweenisode 197]

Posted on May 9, 2019 by

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 … Continue reading →

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ICYMI Tea Storage & Humidors on The Tea Fix

Posted on May 9, 2019 by

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

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2017 Zhensilong Yibang Raw Pu’erh via Tea Encounter [Episode 313]

Posted on May 7, 2019 by

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.

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How I Am Storing My Pu’erh

Posted on May 4, 2019 by

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 … Continue reading →

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Tea and Tobacco Guest Appearance

Posted on May 3, 2019 by

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 … Continue reading →

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Stamp Collecting Experiences. Dangers of a Single Session Sample

Posted on April 20, 2019 by

Stamp collecting in the pu’erh world means buying single cakes of a bunch of different teas. The appeal is obvious. A cake is a decent quantity of tea, especially for a single person, and you can chisel a little at … Continue reading →

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2005 Chenyuan Hao Shanzhong Chuanqi via TWL [Episode 309]

Posted on April 9, 2019 by

This episode, Denny and I drink a Taiwan Stored 2005 Chenyuan Hao Shanzhong Chuanqi from Teas We Like. I’ve had a wetter stored version (also TW Stored) previously and was not impressed. This tea is considerably more impressive with the … Continue reading →

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Things I Like & Dislike. Marco’s Hotbox, Flying Blind, Sharing Tea..

Posted on April 6, 2019 by

More things i like & dislike. Marco’s Hotbox Experiment Read here: https://mgualt.com/tealog/2018/08/04/temp-control-experiment-w2t-bosch/ https://mgualt.com/tealog/2018/10/08/storage-experiment-dayi-1701-7542-one-year-in/ https://mgualt.com/tealog/2018/11/05/storage-experiment-801-8582-can-one-year-make-a-difference/ I am pro hotbox experiment. This 1.5 year long test will help to address how much of an impact heat has on the maturation of tea. Even … Continue reading →

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