Official Pu of the day

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by kuánglóng » Dec 9th, '16, 12:47

jayinhk wrote:That smokey stuff needs good storage to show its true colors! It just isn't ready to drink yet. :)
Sometimes that can work out pretty well but in this case there's not much tea underneath that smokiness.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by jayinhk » Dec 9th, '16, 21:00

kuánglóng wrote:
jayinhk wrote:That smokey stuff needs good storage to show its true colors! It just isn't ready to drink yet. :)
Sometimes that can work out pretty well but in this case there's not much tea underneath that smokiness.
There might be after five years of humid storage. Storage that is too dry would leave XG tea like that--smoke with no aroma.

I bought some new XG stuff this year that just REEKS of smoke. Even the new JiaJis. I expect it to all be great to drink in ten years. lol

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by pedant » Dec 10th, '16, 17:09

teaside 2014 0285 maocha sample
another winner

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new pot and tea boat btw (the teaboatl's from shawn / greenwoodstudios)

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by mr mopu » Dec 10th, '16, 19:53

pedant wrote:teaside 2014 0285 maocha sample
another winner

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new pot and tea boat btw (the teaboatl's from shawn / greenwoodstudios)
Wow nice leaf ! Love the teaboat. I think I have the sibling of it from Shawn as well.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by Haddemall » Dec 11th, '16, 11:32

Drinking 2003 Feng Qing ‘Jia Ji Er Deng’. Day 2. Brewed it better this time. Love the taste, bloody nice tea. Ordered a cake :D

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by Alucard » Dec 11th, '16, 22:10

pedant wrote:teaside 2014 0285 maocha sample
another winner

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new pot and tea boat btw (the teaboatl's from shawn / greenwoodstudios)
Nice. Where did you get the pot from? I'm thinking of trying a clay pot for young sheng as opposed to the usually porcelain gaiwan.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by jayinhk » Dec 11th, '16, 22:16

Very nice pot and tea boat! I had some 2013 Myanmar maocha from tea-side a few days ago. It had serious longevity and was very smooth and pleasant to drink, and had aged well in only three years!

I tend to use hongni or 1970s qingshuini for dry storage sheng. Neiziwaihong would be good too!

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by pedant » Dec 12th, '16, 00:21

thanks, guys
Alucard wrote: Nice. Where did you get the pot from? I'm thinking of trying a clay pot for young sheng as opposed to the usually porcelain gaiwan.
i got it from a teachat member

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by Alucard » Dec 12th, '16, 23:48

I scoped out Chawang, EoT, and TeaMasters for ~100ml red clay pot. Not much out there right now so I'll check back later. What do you think of this one: http://www.tea-masters.com/en/yixing-te ... eapot.html

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by jayinhk » Dec 13th, '16, 01:53

Alucard wrote:I scoped out Chawang, EoT, and TeaMasters for ~100ml red clay pot. Not much out there right now so I'll check back later. What do you think of this one: http://www.tea-masters.com/en/yixing-te ... eapot.html
How about this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/authentic-Chine ... SwL7VWrLu7

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by Alucard » Dec 13th, '16, 10:54

jayinhk wrote:
Alucard wrote:I scoped out Chawang, EoT, and TeaMasters for ~100ml red clay pot. Not much out there right now so I'll check back later. What do you think of this one: http://www.tea-masters.com/en/yixing-te ... eapot.html
How about this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/authentic-Chine ... SwL7VWrLu7
Hi Jay, thanks for providing this. I am skeptical of pots on Ebay, but if you're suggesting pots from this seller it's worth a look.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by jayinhk » Dec 13th, '16, 11:03

Alucard wrote:
jayinhk wrote:
Alucard wrote:I scoped out Chawang, EoT, and TeaMasters for ~100ml red clay pot. Not much out there right now so I'll check back later. What do you think of this one: http://www.tea-masters.com/en/yixing-te ... eapot.html
How about this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/authentic-Chine ... SwL7VWrLu7
Hi Jay, thanks for providing this. I am skeptical of pots on Ebay, but if you're suggesting pots from this seller it's worth a look.
There's a whole thread on that seller on here! The pots are just as good as what you'd get from Teamasters and Chawang carries modern hongni too. You want a hongni pot for sheng?

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by Alucard » Dec 13th, '16, 11:38

jayinhk wrote:
Alucard wrote:
jayinhk wrote:
Alucard wrote:I scoped out Chawang, EoT, and TeaMasters for ~100ml red clay pot. Not much out there right now so I'll check back later. What do you think of this one: http://www.tea-masters.com/en/yixing-te ... eapot.html
How about this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/authentic-Chine ... SwL7VWrLu7
Hi Jay, thanks for providing this. I am skeptical of pots on Ebay, but if you're suggesting pots from this seller it's worth a look.
There's a whole thread on that seller on here! The pots are just as good as what you'd get from Teamasters and Chawang carries modern hongni too. You want a hongni pot for sheng?
Yes, hongni or something similar for young sheng.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by jayinhk » Dec 13th, '16, 11:45

Alucard wrote:
jayinhk wrote:
Alucard wrote:
jayinhk wrote:
Alucard wrote:I scoped out Chawang, EoT, and TeaMasters for ~100ml red clay pot. Not much out there right now so I'll check back later. What do you think of this one: http://www.tea-masters.com/en/yixing-te ... eapot.html
How about this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/authentic-Chine ... SwL7VWrLu7
Hi Jay, thanks for providing this. I am skeptical of pots on Ebay, but if you're suggesting pots from this seller it's worth a look.
There's a whole thread on that seller on here! The pots are just as good as what you'd get from Teamasters and Chawang carries modern hongni too. You want a hongni pot for sheng?
Yes, hongni or something similar for young sheng.
That pot will be fine then. My most used young sheng pot is a Factory 1 170ml hongni pot from EoT. Still available and not too expensive, but I'm guessing you prefer a smaller size.

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Re: Official Pu of the day

by Alucard » Dec 13th, '16, 13:03

jayinhk wrote:
Alucard wrote:
jayinhk wrote:
Alucard wrote:
jayinhk wrote:
Alucard wrote:I scoped out Chawang, EoT, and TeaMasters for ~100ml red clay pot. Not much out there right now so I'll check back later. What do you think of this one: http://www.tea-masters.com/en/yixing-te ... eapot.html
How about this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/authentic-Chine ... SwL7VWrLu7
Hi Jay, thanks for providing this. I am skeptical of pots on Ebay, but if you're suggesting pots from this seller it's worth a look.
There's a whole thread on that seller on here! The pots are just as good as what you'd get from Teamasters and Chawang carries modern hongni too. You want a hongni pot for sheng?
Yes, hongni or something similar for young sheng.
That pot will be fine then. My most used young sheng pot is a Factory 1 170ml hongni pot from EoT. Still available and not too expensive, but I'm guessing you prefer a smaller size.
Yes, something around 100ml +/- 10ml.

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