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Drinking loose cha tou--also just bought six bricks of Dayi Lao Cha Tou from 2009. That stuff has mellowed out beautifully and will only improve further in HK.
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If that's like the Norbu private label Lao Cha Tou from 2009, it should be brilliant.jayinhk wrote:Drinking loose cha tou--also just bought six bricks of Dayi Lao Cha Tou from 2009. That stuff has mellowed out beautifully and will only improve further in HK.
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No off flavors and good for 20+ brews...well worth it IMO. So good I am stocking up for the long haul!
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Today was the turn of the third 2016 tea I bought from Bannacha: JINGMAI HONGGU. Fragrant leaves and tea with a sweetish taste following by a very light bitterness that leaves one's throat cool. The colour of the tea is of a warm Indian Yellow.
p.s. This light bitterness almost but disappears in later steepings.
p.s. This light bitterness almost but disappears in later steepings.
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Another day of sampling pu erh maocha, cha tou and dianhong. Bought a kg of maocha, kg of 06 cha tou and a very good sweet dianhong. Now that I see how much space maocha takes up, bricks and cakes make a lot more sense, but maocha sure is fun to drink.
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Maocha again...enjoying having a large stash of maocha to dip into. I drank an unknown maocha that tasted like fresh strawberries and was surprisingly sweet in the third infusion. Nice, clear flavor too with no bitterness. Lovely! Drinking from a chawan airbgr (a member here) sent me in exchange for some tea. His work is inspired by the Swedish forest and I am absolutely loving the tactile sensations and how different it looks from different angles. That and it seems to enhance the flavor of my tea!
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Yesterday I had a lovely thermos session--leaves dropped into thermos, flash rinsed, then thermos filled and tea enjoyed over the course of an afternoon--with Norbu's 2007 Yong De white bud sheng. It had a smoky earthiness when young that was quite enjoyable to me at the time, then that faded and a more delicate floral and spicy taste would be equally lovely in a very different way.
I bought this tea in 2009 and more in 2010, but soon after that, in my dry LA storage, it went through a long phase of being quite unexciting--not bad, but the fading of that smokiness and earthiness left a blandness behind.
A few years later, however, this session was lovely. That baseline floral and spicy quality is back on top, with a delicacy that is quite fine. I need to prepare some gongfu sessions and explore it further again.
I bought this tea in 2009 and more in 2010, but soon after that, in my dry LA storage, it went through a long phase of being quite unexciting--not bad, but the fading of that smokiness and earthiness left a blandness behind.
A few years later, however, this session was lovely. That baseline floral and spicy quality is back on top, with a delicacy that is quite fine. I need to prepare some gongfu sessions and explore it further again.
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Working through cha tou I started two days ago. Bought this stuff in a market in Kunming and from infusion one I knew I'd found some good tea. I LOVE smaller, cleaner-tasting cha tou with sweet flavors. This tea has gone about a dozen infusions and I still taste chocolate and raisins. No fermentation flavors or storage flavors at all--just clean tasting with light bitterness and sweet flavors that are so enjoyable. Glad I bought 300g of this stuff as it is ready to drink and I now have a lovely hand painted ginger jar full of nuggets to dip into as needed. The lid is loose, so the tea will still get some air and it should age nicely.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHBWX33gdX9 ... y=jayinhkg
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHBWX33gdX9 ... y=jayinhkg
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Sipping a sweetish dry stored 2000 Yiwu Zheng Shan from Chen Yun Ming that I bought from Terre de Ciel in France.
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jayinhk wrote:Working through cha tou I started two days ago. Bought this stuff in a market in Kunming and from infusion one I knew I'd found some good tea. I LOVE smaller, cleaner-tasting cha tou with sweet flavors. This tea has gone about a dozen infusions and I still taste chocolate and raisins. No fermentation flavors or storage flavors at all--just clean tasting with light bitterness and sweet flavors that are so enjoyable. Glad I bought 300g of this stuff as it is ready to drink and I now have a lovely hand painted ginger jar full of nuggets to dip into as needed. The lid is loose, so the tea will still get some air and it should age nicely.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHBWX33gdX9 ... y=jayinhkg
Hi Jay,
From your member name I see you are now a vendor member. Have you got an open shop or a website?
Many thanks.
Rui
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Rui,Rui wrote:jayinhk wrote:Working through cha tou I started two days ago. Bought this stuff in a market in Kunming and from infusion one I knew I'd found some good tea. I LOVE smaller, cleaner-tasting cha tou with sweet flavors. This tea has gone about a dozen infusions and I still taste chocolate and raisins. No fermentation flavors or storage flavors at all--just clean tasting with light bitterness and sweet flavors that are so enjoyable. Glad I bought 300g of this stuff as it is ready to drink and I now have a lovely hand painted ginger jar full of nuggets to dip into as needed. The lid is loose, so the tea will still get some air and it should age nicely.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHBWX33gdX9 ... y=jayinhkg
Hi Jay,
From your member name I see you are now a vendor member. Have you got an open shop or a website?
Many thanks.
Rui
Haven't uploaded the teas to the site yet as I've been busy with shipping and other things. You can check it out at http://tealife.hk
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jayinhk wrote:Rui,Rui wrote:jayinhk wrote:Working through cha tou I started two days ago. Bought this stuff in a market in Kunming and from infusion one I knew I'd found some good tea. I LOVE smaller, cleaner-tasting cha tou with sweet flavors. This tea has gone about a dozen infusions and I still taste chocolate and raisins. No fermentation flavors or storage flavors at all--just clean tasting with light bitterness and sweet flavors that are so enjoyable. Glad I bought 300g of this stuff as it is ready to drink and I now have a lovely hand painted ginger jar full of nuggets to dip into as needed. The lid is loose, so the tea will still get some air and it should age nicely.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHBWX33gdX9 ... y=jayinhkg
Hi Jay,
From your member name I see you are now a vendor member. Have you got an open shop or a website?
Many thanks.
Rui
Haven't uploaded the teas to the site yet as I've been busy with shipping and other things. You can check it out at http://tealife.hk
Fantastic. Thank you very much. Looking forward to the website updates.
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