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interesting that the extra funk is associated with the cherry afterwards... I would not have expected that.

lovely *and* lefty, wow!

That's a striking shibo. The deliberate pinholes look like they lend it an interesting texture as well as being beautiful. it is a favorite that feels good in the hand with a mix of coarse clay, slick shino, matte and shiny textures, curves and straight lines and sharp angles, and it makes a fine c...

Kabuse sencha from O-Cha to start the morning....Petr Novak teawares, and Arthur Friso tea table, a fine start to a holiday day

That is LOVELY. It's got to add a lot of pleasure to any session...

i've been drinking a lot of Long recently, particularly Imperial pearl from mountain tea. So friendly on gray and chilly days.

are you working your way through a large sample order of heichas/liu bao? if so, from where? just curious here… I have so much tea that I should not even consider another order at this time…

sure makes me appreciate the value of boiling water

Jekyll and Hyde...

Definitely sounds interesting.

that sounds like very interesting tea. I thought the rou gui was not so much about technique, and more about particular leaves growing with that spicy flavor in them.

Ketlee '2020 Indian Gushu Sheng Coin'. I bought this with an order of mostly samples about a year ago, and this is the first of these 'coins' that I have opened. It looked like more leaf than I wanted for a shorter evening session, and I was pondering breaking it up anyway when I realized the disk w...

Vinski wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 10, 2023 1:49 pm

Not Tseun, but Tsuen Tea. Because someone wants to search for information later on, for example, based on the conversation you had.

thanks

it certainly is very distinctive from the more curly leaf black teas… Makes sense.

That sounds lovely. I had a very fine triple-Rou Gui tasting myself a year or two ago, a delicious experience. Did you have a favorite?