Category Archives: Tea Musings

The Secondary Pu’erh Market & a Few Pricing Factors

Posted on June 17, 2017 by

The secondary market is defined in this ebay guide on collectibles terminology as: “the buying and selling of collectibles previously sold on the primary market by retailers to collectors.” . Even though it is a consumable, the pu’erh market is also … Continue reading →

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Tree Age in Pu’erh [Inbetweenisode 130]

Posted on May 25, 2017 by

This episode, James talks about the tricky topic of tree age, a common marketing point for dealers of modern pu’erh.

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10 Non-Tea Items To Help You Get Started With Puerh – Guest Post w/Garrett

Posted on May 6, 2017 by

Garrett is a local tea friend of mine who I drink pu’erh with regularly for the past two years. He’s appeared in a few inbetweenisodes and you can follow him on Instagram at islikewater. Maybe you have tried a few … Continue reading →

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Buying Teas on Taobao [Inbetweenisode 128]

Posted on April 27, 2017 by

This episode, James walks through the logistics of buying teas on Taobao.  

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Drinking Log Reflections v1

Posted on April 8, 2017 by

Last December, I finally ran out of new samples. After that, I began drinking from my stash exclusively. Being an unabashed data nerd I decided to also record my own tea consumption. This is interesting because it is essentially a speed test and can … Continue reading →

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Extended Episode Pu’erh Regional Primer [Inbetweenisode 124]

Posted on March 23, 2017 by

An extended episode covering the big pu’erh regions of Yunnan. References to babelcarp and a couple of the regional TeaDB articles. http://babelcarp.org/babelcarp/ https://teadb.org/yunnan/

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Baseball Closers, 99 Bottles of Wine (Drink Your Damn Tea & Buy the Good Shit)

Posted on March 11, 2017 by

In major league baseball a team’s best relief pitcher is nearly always their closer. For years, the closer has been only used under very specific criteria. (a) Their team is ahead by three runs or less (b) there is one … Continue reading →

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Early Yunnan Sourcing Production Aging Mini-Report & Some Pu’erh Thoughts

Posted on February 11, 2017 by

Many of the original pu’erh productions by western-facing vendor were in the 2009 or 2010 and principally done by Essence of Tea and Yunnan Sourcing. A lot has changed since then, and while there’s the odd production that has stayed … Continue reading →

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Tea Drinking Reflections 2016 & 15 Cake Challenge 2017

Posted on December 31, 2016 by

In what is becoming a yearly tradition, I spent too much and bought too much in 2016.  An extended trip to Asia didn’t help matters. Unlike 2015 I’m actually pretty happy with what I spent money on. Part of this … Continue reading →

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Pu’erh Home Storage — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #112

Posted on November 17, 2016 by

A non-drinking episode covering some topics of home storage. Basic ideas of storage, pumidors, and some dangers of storing pu’erh. Further reading: Home Pumidor Survey, Kunming Storage

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