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Floating Leaves Tea Oriental Beauty — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #29
An Oriental Beauty from Floating Leaves Tea in Seattle. A nice casual tea.
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Tea Urchin’s Lao Jizi Baozhong [Episode 105]
A blind tasting of a sample kindly provided by Richard. An interesting contrast vs. the Floating Leaves Tea reviewed in episode 103.
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Tea Urchin’s Premium Shui Jin Gui — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #28
A really nice Wuyi Tea from Tea Urchin. This tea is on the upper-end of the price spectrum, but would make for an excellent special-occasion tea. http://teaurchin.com/premium-shui-jin-gui.html
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Floating Leaves Tea’s 2014 Winter Shan Li Xi [Episode 104]
Another good one from Floating Leaves. This is Shiuwen’s favorite high mountain tea of the harvest!
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Sampling Pu’erh. A Few Considerations
What’s in the bag?? For people trying to explore pu’erh, sampling is inevitable. A sample is a good, albeit imperfect way to learn and get a feel for a tea. Pu’erh is an endless subsection of teas with various makes, source materials, storage etc. and while repetition is also very important, it’s also a good idea to…
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Tin vs. Straight from the Cake.. 1990s HK Style Raw Pu’erh via White2Tea — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #27
This week’s inbetweenisode is a comparison using the 1990s HK Style raw pu’erh sold by White2Tea. One of the brews has been tinned for the past few months, whereas the other was freshly broken off.
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Floating Leaves Tea’s 2014 Winter Farmer’s Choice Baozhong [Episode 103]
Back to our roots! A very nice Winter Harvest Baozhong from Floating Leaves.
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2000 CNNP Tiepai 7532 via White2Tea — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #26
A mature pu’erh from White2Tea. This tea has seen some humidity but has hardly any stank to it! This one’s for you Uncle Larry. http://www.white2tea.com/tea-shop/2000-cnnp-7532-tiepai/
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JK Tea Shop’s Bai Ji Guan [Episode 102]
A really nice, somewhat unusual lighter-roasted Wuyi tea, JK Tea Shop’s Baijiguan. Like last episode, this is another of James’ picks from his tea of the month tastings.