Tag Archives: Menghai Tea Factory

Does Pu’erh Increase in Value? Part 2. Landmark Years & Dayi Special Productions: A Look at Price

Posted on October 7, 2017 by

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 →

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Does Pu’erh Increase in Value? Part 1. Big Factory Pu’erh Recipes

Posted on September 23, 2017 by

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 →

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2008 Dayi 8582 801 Raw Pu’erh feat. 2005 8582 [Inbetweenisode 144]

Posted on September 21, 2017 by

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 … Continue reading →

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2005 Dayi 8582 502 Raw Pu’erh [Inbetweenisode 143]

Posted on September 14, 2017 by

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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1999 Big Green Tree Red Ticket Raw Pu’erh [Inbetweenisode 138]

Posted on August 10, 2017 by

This episode, James brings on a famous Big Green Tree production, the 1999 Red Ticket. This tea was lightly humidly stored early, but is very clean now. Big thank you to 3B over at the HK Tea Forum for meeting … Continue reading →

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2009 Menghai 7542 901 Raw Pu’erh w/Emilio of The Jade Leaf [Inbetweenisode 133]

Posted on June 15, 2017 by

In this episode, Emilio and James drink a tea from one of Toby’s Curated Boxes, the 2009 Menghai 7542. Toby’s curated boxes are a project done by Emilio and Toby to expose people to samples of different pu’erh teas. https://thejadeleaf.com/ … Continue reading →

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2009 Dayi Menghai Tea Factory 7542 901 [Episode 211]

Posted on May 23, 2017 by

Not a rerun! This is a tasting of the first raw pu’erh we ever brought onto the show, the classic Dayi recipe 7542. https://www.instagram.com/toby8653/ https://www.instagram.com/thejadeleaf/

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2006 Menghai Tea Factory 0622 via MX Tea [Teas I Own] — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #86

Posted on June 15, 2016 by

A mini-cake from Dayi using the 0622 recipe. Available from MX Tea on Taobao or as a curated sample from Toby.

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