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2015 W2T Pretty Girls Ripe Pu’erh [Episode 231]
White2Tea’s premium ripe pu’erh brought onto TeaDB. A relatively strong ripe blend, for those that like their shu on the greener side.
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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 the bust’s case, not everything was hit equally and teas definitely didn’t all recover at…
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Morning Crane Tea Balhyocha Yi Ho Young [Episode 230]
This is a very nice Balhyocha made by Yi Ho Young who has unfortunately recently passed. Thank you to Arthur of Morning Crane Teas for providing the tea. Please check out https://www.facebook.com/MorningCraneTea/ for more details on specialty Korean teas.
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WuyiOrigin Old Bush Dusk **** Aroma [Episode 229]
Otherwise known as Laocong Yashi Xiang. Thank you Cindy for this very tasting oolong! https://www.wuyiorigin.com/
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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 on western vendor’s sites tended to be less expensive than the semi-aged (7-15yrs+) or ripe…
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2008 Dayi 8582 801 Raw Pu’erh feat. 2005 8582 [Inbetweenisode 144]
This episode, James continues his exploration of Taiwan stored 8582, with the 2008 version. This is also a solid tea and is starting to mellow to a more drinkable state. At the end of the episode, James compares the 2005 version from the previous episode vs. the 2008 one. Special thanks to Marco for providing…
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1999 Xiaguan All Red Neifei 8653 [Episode 228]
Strong, punch, potent, retired smoke this is a semi-aged factory tea that does not go down without a fight.
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2005 Dayi 8582 502 Raw Pu’erh [Inbetweenisode 143]
This episode, James covers one of the famous raw pu’erh recipes from Dayi, the 8582. He drinks a semi-aged version, previously stored in Taiwan. Special thanks to Marco for providing the tea.
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TShop’s Yushan, Taiwanese High Mountain Oolong [Episode 227]
A crisp, tasty green high mountain oolong from TShop. Extremely refreshing with good depth and huigan.
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The Western Pu’erh Scene is Really Dominated by Modern Young Pu’erh
For people looking to learn about pu’erh I usually recommend picking a western-facing, pu’erh-centric, vendor and ordering a bunch of samples that cover a few different categories (my suggestion: young raw pu’erh, semi-aged raw pu’erh, and ripe pu’erh). Most pu’erh vendors feature teas from two or all three categories but the focus of pu’erh-centered western vendors…