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2000 Menghai Tea Factory Red Ribbon Tuo [Inbetweenisode 122]
A 2000 Menghai Tea Factory Tuo production stored in Taiwan and featured in one of Toby’s Curated Boxes. A good quality, tippy production. Thanks to the Cavemanking for sending it. https://steepster.com/discuss/14371-curated-puerh-box-0003-the-taiwanese-connection-ii https://www.instagram.com/cavemanking/
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2014 Wuyi Origin Laocong Shuixian [Episode 199]
A 2014 Old Bush Shuixian Yancha from Cindy Chen at Wuyi Origin.
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Five Things I Like and Don’t Like. Group Buys, Buying Off the Shelf, Old Trees, YS Wet Teas.
Things that have been occurring in the tea world that I like and dislike.. Group Buys Group buys have been popping up with increasing frequency over the past 1.5 years. They can be a very good way to try teas, often very inexpensively. When there’s a markup it’s nearly always smaller than a vendor and…
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Teaful Taiwanese High Mountain Black [Episode 198]
This episode Denny and James review a tasty high-mountain black from Teaful.
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Extended Episode LA vs. HK Dry 2011 Treasures from Five Mountains Storage Comparison [Inbetweenisode 121]
A storage comparison of LA vs. HK dry stored Treasures from Five Mountains. Thank you to Linda Louie of Bana Tea for sending in these samples!
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2009 Xizihao Guafengzhai [Episode 197]
Another fancy pants pu’erh from Xizihao. This one is a 2009 production allegedly coming from Guafengzhai.
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Early Yunnan Sourcing Production Aging Mini-Report & Some Pu’erh Thoughts
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 somewhat consistent (i.e. YS Wuliang) both vendors are making from very different gardens and areas…
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2007 Xiaguan Xiaofa Tuo Ripe Pu’erh via YS [Episode 196]
Revisiting one of Denny’s old favorite ripe teas.
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W2T’s 2010 Liubao & Hot Brandy [Inbetweenisode 120]
A review of two of the teas in W2T’s December 2016 tea of the month club. A Three Cranes Liubao brick and a new experimental project, Hot Brandy.
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2013 Xizi Hao Yiwu Chawang Raw Pu’erh [Episode 195]
A youngish raw pu’erh from Xizi hao. One of the best young raw pu’erhs we’ve had the pleasure to drink on the show.