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Category Archives: Tea Musings
Storage is Wicked. Long & Short Feedback Loops. Innovation in Pu’erh Storage
David Epstein’s book Range makes the case for generalization in a world that has become increasingly specialized. One of the ways the book categorizes areas of interest are as wicked and kind environments. Kind environments are where information and feedback … Continue reading
Posted in Aged Pu'erh, Article, Oolong, Raw Pu'erh, Tea Learning, Tea Musings
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Missteps & Regrets on TeaDB
In the five years of TeaDB, we’ve made plenty of mistakes and said countless of dumb things in our hours of airtime on TeaDB. This is a list of areas where in retrospect I feel like I would’ve done stuff differently.
Posted in Article, Tea Learning, Tea Musings
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Grams Consumed: Grams Bought. A Relatively Simple Ratio to See If You’re Buying Too Much Pu’erh
Cakes upon cakes. Filling up fridges by the tong.. Filling up apartments by the fridge. We’ve all seen that instagram. Some may buy a pair of cakes, one for aging and one for drinking.. There’s also the stamp collector who owns … Continue reading
Posted in Aged Pu'erh, Article, Raw Pu'erh, Ripe Pu'erh, Storage, Tea Learning, Tea Musings
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The Amazing Health Benefits of Pu’erh Tea [Episode 256]
In the most anticipated TeaDB episode of all-time, James & Denny discuss The Amazing Health Benefits of Pu’erh Tea. The three health benefits are: (1) Aids digestion, (2) Weight Loss, and (3) Improves Memory. Music: Cool Blast – Disco Ultralounge … Continue reading
Posted in Aged Pu'erh, Raw Pu'erh, Ripe Pu'erh, Tea Learning, Tea Musings
Tagged White2Tea
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Five More Things I like & Dislike. Pu’erh Vendors on YT, Seattle, Gambling on Dayi..
Things that have been occurring in the tea world that I like and dislike..
Posted in Article, Raw Pu'erh, Storage, Tea Musings
30 Comments
Settling Down into Tea & Other Reflections
The past year I had a couple goals. The first was to cut down on tea purchases and the second was to settle into more normal purchasing and consumption tea habits. These were motivated by life circumstances and a desire to … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Tea Learning, Tea Musings
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Tea Drinking Reflections 2017
2017 has been a transitory year for me with a few significant life changes. Part of this involved the very painful process of packing up all my tea-related things and moving from my apartment of five years. This is the … Continue reading
Posted in Aged Oolong, Aged Pu'erh, Article, Oolong, Raw Pu'erh, Ripe Pu'erh, Taiwanese Oolong, Tea Learning, Tea Musings, Wuyi Oolong
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A Conversation w/Fellow Tea Blogger Oolong Owl [Inbetweenisode 149]
In this episode, James brings on the one and only, Oolong Owl. Char (Oolong Owl) is a fellow tea blogger who writes on a huge variety of teas. We cover a wide range topics, including Char’s tea journey, tea expos … Continue reading
Posted in Long-form Podcast, Podcasts, Tea Learning, Tea Musings, Traveling
Tagged Oolong Owl
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Does Pu’erh Increase in Value? Part 2. Landmark Years & Dayi Special Productions: A Look at Price
To some extent all pu’erh moves together in the market. When the pu’erh bust hit in 2007, teas across the board were hit. Raw tea, ripe tea, Dayi, Changtai, Lao Banzhang, Yiwu.. Of course this is only part of the picture. In … Continue reading
Posted in Aged Pu'erh, Article, Long-form Article, Raw Pu'erh, Ripe Pu'erh, Tea Learning, Tea Musings
Tagged Menghai Tea Factory
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Does Pu’erh Increase in Value? Part 1. Big Factory Pu’erh Recipes
When I investigated the teas that western vendors tend to sell (tldr: young raw pu’erh), the topic of pu’erhs value over time was brought up. In that post, I found that the average cost of a young raw pu’erh listed … Continue reading
Posted in Aged Pu'erh, Article, Long-form Article, Raw Pu'erh, Ripe Pu'erh, Tea Learning, Tea Musings
Tagged Menghai Tea Factory
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