Oni wrote:I got upset and I cheered myself up with buying a pack of Da Yu Ling and Fou Shou Shan Li Shan from Houdeasianart, at least this will satisfy me needs, and next year I will try to order some yancha from essence of tea and postcardteas, these vendors seem to sell some high quality tea.
Just one day after posting your orig. thread opener? ADHD much? I think you might want to find a 'calming' tea 1st
Oni wrote:Where can I buy great quality yancha for an affordable price, max 50$/100 grams. I would like to try some good quality, I prefer ordering the whole si da ming, 1 pack of da hong pao, shui jin gui, tie luo han, and bai ji guan or rou gui.
I have seen dragon teahouse selling high priced yancha, but I cannot afford that price range nor the prices at essence of tea, and I do not want to buy classic DHP from teaspring or jingteashop, or yunnansourcing, I want higher than basic quality, andfrom a trustworthy vendor.
AS brandon said, "impossiblé" ...beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
1. define "classic"
2. define "basic"
3. define "high quality"
,,, *your* own terms.
You cannot afford DTH, nor EoT, yet in your next post you say next year you will go for EoT & PC ???
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Probably should just get a loan and buy all you can now, as in the future "basic" might be all you can afford when the prices go up.
So basically you want *us* to give you choices which you probably wont' like, so you can then blame us when you're dissatisfied. Instead of you doing the work yourself, spending the money to find out yourself, and blame yourself for any disappointments?
No thx, I'll take a pass on that 'responsibility', I'm not a professional tea consultant, nor seller
you still don't now, because they are different, btw Phoenix DC & Wuyi, what processing you prefer, what oxidation & roasting levels.
I've seen any number of negative reviews about, sevencups, less than 'classic' fired/roasted Wuyi...and yet this is a trend (less roasted).
https://www.sevencups.com/tea_shop/Feng ... -2011.html
No charcoal is used, so as to not cover up the natural aroma of the tea. This tea’s leaves can be infused many times, with less bitterness than other Dan Cong teas.
^fits your price range, but only *you* can decide "quality" level.
TC'er "Tim/Toki" sells traditional high roasted Wuyi @TheMandarinRoom/TeaGallery , and yet insinuates that 'real' experienced tea drinkers will want less high-roasted, which masks the true tea flavors. Implies that if you like higher roasted wuyi (which are very close in color/flavors to black/red teas with deep copper/orange/red color infusions) you are ignorant/inexperienced >>> I believe Herb_Master likes high roasted teas...eye of the beholder.
http://teaguardian.com/Tea_Varieties/oo ... assic.html
^
Phoenix 'classic' (author w/more than a decade of tasting these teas prefers this style)
vs 'bouquet'
read what Hojo says on the subject Phoenix vs Wuyi:
http://hojotea.com/article_e/phoenix_e.htm basically the older tree/bush has deeper roots, longer after-taste = higher quality...but even there, there are quality differences btw old tea tree/bushes.
Buy samples before buying 100g or more, then
*you* decide.
http://www.norbutea.com/FujianTea?sort_ ... asc&page=2
^offers samples
https://www.imperialtea.com/2011-Editio ... -P58.htmlp
^Roy says this is a great BJG:
it's hard to find authentic Bai Ji Guan and even harder to procure a great one
... hey, there's another catch-all buzz word, Oni forgot to include "
authentic" in the long list of selective requirements.
(but it's not from a mother tree like the high-roasted 'classic' BJG that Herb_Master gets in Malaysia)...buy a sample, then *you* decide, it's in your price range...oops, I didn't no we only had <24hrs to meet your reply requirements as it wasn't stated in the OP
For what it's worth, you can read that both local Wuyi & ChaoZhou drinkers will keep a roasted tea for a year or more to let the 'fire' of the charcoal roasting dissipate, allowing for a smoother tasting tea.
Maybe H_M & I like highly oaked wines more than most, and same for teas
, but I did try early this summer (guessing that means the DHP was oven roasted as charcoal fired would have taken longer) ITR's 2011 DHP & 2010 Competition Wuyi.
https://www.imperialtea.com/2011-Editio ... -P56.htmlp
https://www.imperialtea.com/2010-Harves ... P571.htmlp
If you associate the great oolongs of Wu Yi Shan with the sooty charcoal taste of overfired standard-grade teas, our zheng yan Wild Tree Shui Xian will be a revelation. Carefully hand-harvested from large old trees that haven’t been cultivated on farms, the big, lightly rolled, “dragon” shaped leaves have indeed been charcoal-fired according to tradition, but only to the point of drying the leaves, concentrating their complex, powerful flavors, and slightly caramelizing their juice. The result is a fresh, crisp scent spiced with florals and balanced by undernotes of roasting that enhance but don’t overwhelm.
I bought 1oz (Roy split a 2oz size for me) of each as a "sample" because those <1oz samples are never enough to do enough multiple tea sessions you really need to workout your own brewing preferences. While the '10 Shiu-Xian surely did not taste much more roasted as a 'classic' Phoenix DC, it never the less was surely different < which is what they point out ^above, the environment &
processing really makes a difference.
I preferred the stronger tea flavors of the DHP, but know *many* people would be put off by the overwhelming chocolate/caramel/high-roasting charcoal infused flavors...28g sample went pretty fast---though I know it's too expensive for me to re-order...I'll have to try some less expensive versions, didn't save any to let the 'fire' dissipate
To each his/her own...and one last thing> Oni left out the distinction btw "standard" grade & "basic"
<to make a point about the futility of these requirements and point back to what
teaguardian says about selecting 'quality' Phoenix DC's for fairer prices.