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The Case for Northern Tea (North of Banna)
In the pu’erh world there’s three major prefectures in Yunnan that make pu’erh tea, Xishuangbanna, Simao (pu’erh), and Lincang. These do not necessarily get proportionate coverage. It’s hard to argue there’s not a heavy Xishuangbanna bias when it comes to the dialog in the pu’erh scene. I’d admit that TeaDB by extension of my own…
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2001 Xiaguan Iron 8653 Raw Pu’erh [Episode 322]
This episode, Denny and I drink a sample kindly provided by Pat, a 2001 Xiaguan Iron 8653. This is a famous recipe and the tea itself is fairly aged, but still potent raw pu’erh. The character is partly woody, earthy and aged but there’s also a brightness and liveliness to the tea that keeps the…
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2004, 2006, and 2007 Xiaguan Gold Ribbon from MX-Tea [Inbetweenisode 200]
This episode, I drink three different years of the Xiaguan Gold Ribbon production from Taobao vendor, MX-Tea. This was originally produced by Xiaguan in 2004 as a 100 gram Tuocha and in my opinion is quite a bit better than their average tea. The teas are quite potent and were consumed over the course of…
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Western Brands are Very Different from Big Factory Tea
The data from this original post was originally taken from puer.cn, and isn’t totally complete (it’s probably missing some productions). The information is intended as a proxy to look at some trends. Here’s the dataset of White2Tea, Yunnan Sourcing, Dayi, and Xiaguan. Dayi and Xiaguan we looked at 2004-2006 and 2014-2016. For W2T/YS we just…
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2004 Xiaguan FT T004 from MX (Taobao) [Inbetweenisode 145]
A 2004 FT production. This is an above average, robust solid Xiaguan tuo. Thanks to Garrett for guest-starring in this episode.
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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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1980s Xiaguan Xiao Fa Tuo Ripe Pu’erh [Episode 216]
This episode, James and Denny bring on a much older version of one of Denny’s favorite daily ripe teas, the Xiaguan Xiao Fa Tuo. Thanks to Bev for providing it. Listening to Leaves Best Tea House
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2013 Xiaguan FT Love Forever [Episode 215]
In episode 215, Denny and James review a wedding gift to James! This is a special tea, that was secretly coordinated by a bunch of fellow tea-loving freaks. Thank you all! The tea is a Xiaguan production but a bit of an oddity. It is made by Feitai (FT) out of leftover aged maocha (supposedly…
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2008 Xiaguan Happy Tuo [Teas I Own] — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #88
Revisiting an old, inexpensive purchase from a few years back.