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Zipin Blind!
Thanks to Listening to Leaves I recently got to try a few versions of the famous Wistaria Zipin cake. The Zipin is a 2003 Yiwu pressed by Wistaria via the Six Famous Tea Mountains company. In the west it is probably the most famous Wistaria pressing. I think because I contributed a portion of my…
I think the comfortable thing is a bit of a strawman — there are teas that are truly uncomfortable and…
Very interesting comparison. I’ve drank through most of my cake and it’s a very enjoyable tea. However, my experience with…
Should still be able to get some good sessions out of it, but from my experience here I suspect it’s…
I got some Paris loose Zipin, conditioned it to 65-70% RH and it has a much stronger (barnyard) smell now…












A good writeup. Would have never known about the tea blog branch growing on substack otherwise. I’m also quite surprised…