I am drinking EOT S 2000 "green Peacock" It is a really easy to like tea. It has that semi aged pu-erh taste while keeping a freshness that is quite enjoyable.
I am also on day 2 of drinking a blend of both XZH 06" Tai Chi" LBZs. I was trying to organise my horde of samples when I found four grams of the Yang cake. I mixed it with 5 grams of the Yin LBZ in a 95 ml Hong ni pot. Combing these to trees was a real treat.
Jan 26th, '16, 19:43
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A Dayi Ripe teabag I was given for free (nine assorted teabags in total) with my purchase of two tuos, a brick and a cake of ripe from Wing Ngai Tea here in HK. I was very impressed with their packaging and they are the official distributor for Dayi for HK, so I think I'll buy more tea soon!
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Drinking my Taipei 7581 brick again. Man, this stuff is good. I've been chasing this flavor profile/sweetness for a while. I have been obsessed with shu since I found it and I am hoping HK home aging some ripe cakes, bricks and tuos will give me similar results down the line. Traditional storage doesn't seem to result in the same sweetness, although it does make for a smooth, easy drinking product once it gets enough air to remove the storage aromas!
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Sipping Bannacha's 2015 Ancient Trees gushu maocha. Surprisingly mild for such a young pu'er but very drinkable with a great aroma and beautiful unbroken tea leaves
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You make me so envious.jayinhk wrote:Drinking my Taipei 7581 brick again. Man, this stuff is good. I've been chasing this flavor profile/sweetness for a while. I have been obsessed with shu since I found it and I am hoping HK home aging some ripe cakes, bricks and tuos will give me similar results down the line. Traditional storage doesn't seem to result in the same sweetness, although it does make for a smooth, easy drinking product once it gets enough air to remove the storage aromas!
I wish I could drink dark coloured tea more often. Kidney stones tendency preclude me from it.
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Rui, sorry to hear that, but be grateful you get to drink tea at all! What's the connection between dark teas and kidney stones?
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With the type of kidney stones I get apparently it is a chemical called Oxalate but like in most things in life it is not a certainty. There is a positive correlation but that is about it.jayinhk wrote:Rui, sorry to hear that, but be grateful you get to drink tea at all! What's the connection between dark teas and kidney stones?
To avoid it nowadays I drink is around 1 1/2 litres of sheng a day and another 1 1/2 to 2 litres of water a day to wash it out. Every couple of weeks I drink a shou or a red (black) tea as a treat.
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Gotcha, that's a lot of sheng! I bought an old 7581 brick here in HK today. A little more expensive and Kunming storage apparently. Not all that pleasant (yet)!
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It is only 5 to 6 gms of tea leaves drunk semi gong fu style.jayinhk wrote:Gotcha, that's a lot of sheng! I bought an old 7581 brick here in HK today. A little more expensive and Kunming storage apparently. Not all that pleasant (yet)!
One day I need to go to HK and follow you on your tea buying expeditions.
Feb 3rd, '16, 20:36
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80s Green Brick from Menghai tea factory. This is a blend of 70% sheng 30% shu. This tea used to have a very strong tobacco flavor that I wasn't a huge fan of. It has now mellowed out to a nice leather and agarwoods taste with bit of tobacco. The qi is very nice.
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'05 Kunming dry storage 7581. This tea is much less flavorful than my Taiwanese 7581 because of the dryer storage and much less sweet. It does taste very clean and date-like, and it is relatively smooth drinking, but not as interesting as the 7581 that was stored in Taipei. Still nicer than the HK traditional storage 7581 from the 90s that I bought the other day--that tea tastes like storage and nothing else! I've since broken it up to air and we'll see how it performs in three weeks or so.
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What is the taste of agarwood?gasninja wrote:80s Green Brick from Menghai tea factory. This is a blend of 70% sheng 30% shu. This tea used to have a very strong tobacco flavor that I wasn't a huge fan of. It has now mellowed out to a nice leather and agarwoods taste with bit of tobacco. The qi is very nice.
Feb 4th, '16, 19:02
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It's woody . I sometimes brew agarwood by itself or with old Liu bao. It enhances the taste and qi of older tea. Check out the kyara/agarwood thread in the miscellaneous section. Tim (who sold me that tea)talks alot about brewing agarwood.
. I sometimes brew agarwood by itself or with old Liu bao. It enhances the taste and qi of older tea. Check out the kyara/agarwood thread in the miscellaneous section. Tim (who sold me that tea)talks alot about brewing agarwood.
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For those unfamiliar with Agarwood, it is one of the most sought after woods in the world for high-end incense making. Some of the most expensive incense in the world uses high quality Agarwood. Japanese as well as Himalayan/Indian/Middle Eastern products produce these.William wrote:What is the taste of agarwood?gasninja wrote:80s Green Brick from Menghai tea factory. This is a blend of 70% sheng 30% shu. This tea used to have a very strong tobacco flavor that I wasn't a huge fan of. It has now mellowed out to a nice leather and agarwoods taste with bit of tobacco. The qi is very nice.