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Loose vs. Compressed Tea & A Riff on Aged Loose Pu’erh
There’s lots of tea that doesn’t strictly fit the definition of pu’erh. Border tea grown from the neighboring Laos or Burma does not technically fit the definition for pu’erh, likely excluding things like 1990s Tongqing Hao. Some definitions of pu’erh also restrict the plant to being the large leaf varietal which would make some of the…
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Budgetary Committee: What My Tea Budget Actually Looked Like
I spent too much money in 2015. Emmett’s group orders and the Asia trip being the large culprits of pushing me from a little over to wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy over.. I’ve compiled some data from purchases from 2015 and without divulging exact teas and $ amounts, here’s some data that is ambiguous enough to save me embarrassment..…
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Pu’erh Blogs & Resources
It’s a lonely world out there for those discussing pu’erh. We don’t have the same accessibility to in-person tea or pu’erh communities like urban centers in the east. This is a straightforward post detailing a few different resources and blogs that you might find valuable or useful.
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2001 Yiwu Spring Buds [Teas I Own] — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #73
Another loot from Hong Kong and one I wish I picked up more of. This tea is traditionally stored Yiwu Spring Buds.
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2003/04 Changtai Brown [Episode 145]
A sample kindly provided by Toby. A HK-stored 2003 Changtai tea.. Nice matured, clean drinker.
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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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Pu’erh, The Body, and Are You Confused Yet!?
In the west, tea is annoyingly difficult to separate from its health claims. Will this help me lose weight? Will this cure cancer? blah blah blah… Due to its post-fermentation, pu’erh has its own set of purported health benefits many based off its status as a chic probiotic. Most seasoned vendors and drinkers roll their eyes at…
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2004 Commissioned 7542 [Teas I own] — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #66
Another tea acquired abroad. This one is a HK trad. stored commissioned (not Dayi) 7542.
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1998 Yiwu Brick [Teas I own] — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #65
Continuing along with teas I own.. This is a tea acquired by James in his recent trip to Taiwan, a massive 500 gram brick from the late 1990s.
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Two Thoughts on Hitting Hard & Buying Pu’erh
Find Tea Worthy of Hitting Hard (Aim High, & DO NOT CHEAP OUT) Repeat that five times… Here’s a few buying scenarios… You buy too much of truly great tea and run out of money and tea. You end up in tea exile quaffing some crappy sea dyke or *gasps in horrs* teabags! We’re all deathly…