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Can’t I Just Settle Down? Menghai County Raw Pu’erh [September 2015 Tea Drinking Report]
Shoutouts to Meng, Carolyn, Bellmont, and Dignitea for providing teas for this month and allowing the content to be what it is! Menghai County Part 2! This is the last of the pu’erh reports for 2015. I’ll be traveling to Taiwan and Hong Kong in October and will finish up the year with a pair…
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YS Phoenix Village Shui Xian & W2T Clover Patch Oolong — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #45
Meet joins James for inbetweenisode 45, a comparison between the White2Tea Clover Patch Oolong and Yunnan Sourcing’s Phoenix Village Shui Xian.
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2014 Yunnan Sourcing Autumn Daqing Gushu [Episode 120]
A very good autumn tea from Yunnan Sourcing and a good value buy.
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Evaluating & Purchasing Teas. A Few Things That Might Alter Your Perception.
You’ve just come back from an amazing experience at a tea shop at your local Chinatown. Not only did you strike up an engaging conversation with the tea shop owner but you got to drink through several different teas and eventually pick out your favorite of the bunch. Eager to recreate the experience, you dump…
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2013 Yunnan Sourcing’s Dasi — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #42
A revisiting of the tea consumed in episode 115, Yunnan Sourcing’s 2013 Dasi.
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Yunnan Sourcing’s 2015 Walongzhai [Episode 117]
The final episode featuring Yunnan Sourcing is one of the wildest episodes of TeaDB. An outdoor tea session with some fresh 2015 raw pu’erh in the wilderness in Bend, followed by a proper session in the TeaDB HQ back in Seattle.
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5+ Year Old “Menghai County” Raw Pu’erh [July 2015 Tea Drinking Report]
Shoutouts to Dignitea, Brian (double B), and Hster for providing teas for this month and allowing the content to be what it is! By now you know the drill. I drink a bunch of teas following a certain theme. Blah, blah, blah. This month is Menghai County. One problem.. Menghai County is big and I…
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Interview w/Scott Wilson (Yunnan Sourcing) feat. 2013 YS Da Si [Episode 115]
A comprehensive interview with Scott Wilson of Yunnan Sourcing detailing his long 12 year journey based in Yunnan from it’s beginnings as an Ebay store, his own productions and much much more. Tea consumed: 2013 Yunnan Sourcing Da Si. Interview was conducted in Bend where the Yunnan Sourcing US branch is based. http://yunnansourcing.com/
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2009 Yunnan Sourcing Lao Cha Tou — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #37
A fun brick from Yunnan Sourcing that is also very tasty. Also a preview for episodes with Yunnan Sourcing in the up and coming weeks!
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Tin vs. Straight from the Cake.. 2013 YS Xiangming — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #33
This week’s inbetweenisode is a comparison using Yunnan Sourcing’s 2013 Xiangming. One of the brews has been tinned for the past few months, whereas the other was freshly broken off.