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2012 Yunnan Sourcing Wuliang — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #19
A great tea for its value. A nice, well-priced young pu’erh. Plenty strong and good for drinking now. Acquired from Yunnan Sourcing. Hobbes Review: http://half-dipper.blogspot.com/2014/01/all-over-your-wuliangshan.html http://yunnansourcing.com/en/yunnan-sourcing-teas/2112-2012-yunnan-sourcing-wu-liang-mountain-wild-arbor-raw-pu-erh-tea-cake.html
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Nanjian’s 2011 Organic Mushroom Ripe Pu’erh via Yunnan Sourcing [Episode 94]
This is a great clean, daily drinking ripe pu’erh for those on a budget. Ceritified organic, with just a little bit of the pile taste, it’s sold for an exceedingly reasonable price by Yunnan Sourcing. Recommended by Denny as a great intro ripe pu’erh.
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Lincang Raw Pu’erh [January 2015 Tea Drinking Report]
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Big shoutouts to Dignitea, Brian, Jake, Carolyn and Cwyn for providing several of the teas for this month and allowing the content to be what it is! I hope you like long-form content, because this tea of the month report is truly massive. In the month of January 2015, the tea of the month was…
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Yunnan Sourcing 2013 Mini Tuo – InBetweenIsode #16 w/ Denny
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Yunnan Sourcing’s 2012 Yong de Blue — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #14
Inbetweenisode #14 covers a great daily-drinking ripe pu’erh that is very much to James’ taste, 2012 Yong de Blue. If you liked the Yong de Organic Ripe pu’erh covered in inbetweenisode #1 this is an excellent alternate.
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Essential Gong-Fu Teaware — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #12
Inbetweenisode Episode #12 from James. A short episode that covers the basics of what you need to get started brewing gong-fu style!
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Yunnan Sourcing’s More Humidly Stored Pu’erhs. 2007 Bo Nan, 2004 Nanjian Phoenix, 2002 Yiwu Ancient Spirit — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #11
Inbetweenisode Episode #11 from James. Discussion is on wetter-stored pu’erh and some recommendations of the recent additions to Yunnan Sourcing’s tea lineup. Teas talked about include the daily drinker 2007 Bo Nan Mountain Yun Wu and the better 2004 Nanjian Phoenix Aroma + 2002 Yiwu Ancient Spirit.
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Yunnan Sourcing’s 2005 Purple Dehong [Episode 84]
In episode 84, Denny and James review a wetter-stored pu’erh, the 2005 Purple Dehong. Purchased from Yunnan Sourcing, this also uses the purple leaf varietal. Big thanks to redpandaflying for send this tea!
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Pu’erh Budgeting. Buying Psychology, Hoarding & A Calculated Strategy
Due to its reputation as a tea that improves with age, pu’erh and the buying culture surrounding it are different than other teas. This makes sense. People are (rightfully) more comfortable buying larger quantities of pu’erh than dragonwell or green gaoshan. However, it is also a buying culture filled with hoarding and constant procrastination (over drinking the good…
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Menghai 2012 8592 Ripe Pu’erh — Yunnan Sourcing — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #3
Inbetweenisode Episode #3 from James. The tea is 2012 Menghai 8592 Ripe Pu’erh from Yunnan Sourcing. Topics include ripe pu’erh and big factory pu’erh.