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W2T’s January Tea Club — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #69
Featuring guest star Meet. This episode features the W2T January tea club, including some 2008 White Tea and the Ol Reliable.
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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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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…
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Time Machine! Pu’erh Snapshot… 2008
If only I got into pu’erh 5 years earlier… -Every single pu’erh addict (regardless of when they got into pu’erh). The year is 2008. Obama was elected. Lil Wayne was weird but still OK to like. In the midst of the steroids crisis, MLB considered A-Rod the great clean hope. The world economy took a dump……
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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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Yunnan Sourcing’s 2015 Green Miracle Ripe Pu’erh [Episode 126]
A lightly fermented ripe pu’erh from Yunnan Sourcing. Good base material and tasty now, but will likely improve with time.
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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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Useful Pu’erh Resources/Blogs — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #41
Some useful websites for your pu’erh journey. Mentioned: http://marshaln.com/ http://half-dipper.blogspot.com/ http://jakubtomek.blogspot.com/ http://deathbytea.blogspot.com/ http://teacloset.blogspot.com/ http://twodogteablog.com/
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2014 Huang Pian Ripe Puerh from Crimson Lotus – IBS#32 w/Denny on the Bear Lake Trail
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CNNP Zhongcha: Inconsistency, the Bubble & Bargain Hunters
Editor’s Note: After the episode on the 1997 CNNP 7581 (acquired via Yunnan Sourcing) (a good tea) we received several emails showing other options for late 1990s 7581. Some were drastically cheaper and others were more expensive. Such inconsistency in pricing indicates either faked age or drastic difference in quality/mark-up. Much of this inconsistency is…