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1998-2003 House Blend via FarWenwa [Episode 185]
A house-blended mix of 13yr+ pu’erh mixed in together. Generously sent to us courtesy of Geraldo at Far Wenwa.
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Pumidors 101. Designing & Maintain Your Own Pumidor
The idea of a pumidor is simple. Create an enclosed space where conditions like relative humidity can be manipulated to better maintain and age pu’erh. In the west, this usually means creating an environment where the humidity is higher than the ambient conditions. Much of the western hemisphere west is a cold, and dry relative…
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2001 Yiwu Spring Buds [Episode 183]
Another review of the Yiwu Spring Buds cake that James picked up in his trip to Hong Kong in 2015. Traditionally stored, this tea is very drinkable.
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1998 Evening Fragrant Jade via Bana Tea [Episode 179]
A very relaxing, subtle older pu’erh from Bana Tea.
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Pu’erh Vendor Markup — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #107
A video followup to a series of articles on TeaDB. Screencast was meant to be on for the bulk of the video. Sorry guys! Vendor Markup Vendor Markup Followup
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1960s Teabag via Wu Zhong Hang [Episode 178]
An allegedly very old teabag from Wu Zhong Hang.
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Blind Spots (in the Western Market)
The west is a tiny blimp in the Chinese specialty tea market. Having had the experience of traveling and shopped for tea in Taiwan and Hong Kong it gives me some idea of how the market looks in parts of east Asia where tea culture is strong. There are some teas where the west does generally…
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1990s Commissioned Orange Label via Varat — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #104
Traditionally stored in HK, this is a very nice example of traditionally stored sheng courtesy of Varat. Thanks!
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1990s Bazhong — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #100
Finishing off the last session of a cake. This is a fairly heavily stored tea acquired from the now defunct Origin Tea.
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1999 Yangqing Hao Micang [Episode 169]
This episodes features a mellow, oldish, daily drinking brick courtesy of Emmett.