I think he meant that he got the Puerh from a Thai dealer here in BKK.Puerlife wrote:Kyarazen, you have our full attentionTead Off wrote:Thai?
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Normally, I brew any tea the guest request, not matter how old, rare or expensive, and the only house rule is "nothing is for sale" so that future guest can enjoy them. Tea is just a tea and the real enjoyment is the experience. /quote]
Absolutely. I brew up anything for guests, and if I'm going to be a guest and we're brewing tea, I always bring good stuff (usually a nice, aged oolong). Although I guess my perspective is different since I live in the west (specifically NY) and I rarely drink tea with others.
Normally, I brew any tea the guest request, not matter how old, rare or expensive, and the only house rule is "nothing is for sale" so that future guest can enjoy them. Tea is just a tea and the real enjoyment is the experience. /quote]
Absolutely. I brew up anything for guests, and if I'm going to be a guest and we're brewing tea, I always bring good stuff (usually a nice, aged oolong). Although I guess my perspective is different since I live in the west (specifically NY) and I rarely drink tea with others.
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Hi,drinking_teas wrote:Teaism wrote: Normally, I brew any tea the guest request, not matter how old, rare or expensive, and the only house rule is "nothing is for sale" so that future guest can enjoy them. Tea is just a tea and the real enjoyment is the experience. /quote]
Absolutely. I brew up anything for guests, and if I'm going to be a guest and we're brewing tea, I always bring good stuff (usually a nice, aged oolong). Although I guess my perspective is different since I live in the west (specifically NY) and I rarely drink tea with others.
Great to hear we are on the same page in this. Yes, most of the time, this is the rule of thumb especially for private tea session. Vendor sales tea session is different altogether. As a host and as a guest in private sessions, there are also a lot of unwritten rules and etiquettes. I don't think there is any different in the East and West as far as these unwritten rules or guidelines are concern.
Well, to be in topic, I am drinking a Mangfei Maocha now. Has been doing a lot of exploration in Maocha, tasting heaps of samples from direct source. It is very interesting as the profile is different from compressed cakes although they are the same tea and same batch.
Cheers!
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not necessary for much attention though. thai big tree pu-erh tea. have several samples from a few sources.Puerlife wrote: Kyarazen, you have our full attention
brought some of them to gatherings before but no one was interested since everyone was into premium and aged teas so i started drinking them myself
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This seems to be a common problem. Maybe we should start a support groupdebunix wrote:My problem with Petr's wares is that I like all of the them--snowflake and shino, bizen and tree bark, celadon and clear, magda and grass....
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TwoDog2 wrote:This seems to be a common problem. Maybe we should start a support groupdebunix wrote:My problem with Petr's wares is that I like all of the them--snowflake and shino, bizen and tree bark, celadon and clear, magda and grass....
I see it now: http://www.petr_novak_teaware_addicts_anonymous.org.
I admit I am powerless over my addiction to petr novak ceramics and my life has become unmanageable.
Maybe we'll all have to meet and drink a lot of coffee in a church basement somewhere.
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I try to deal with it by regularly preparing or drinking tea from favorite pieces, as regular use has a somewhat immunizing property when then viewing other lovelies online. This helps a little with many aspects of teaware acquisition disorder. It also helps with puerh acquisition disorder, although again with limited success.
I think a session with some nice soothing 2008 bamboo-aged Yiwu may help, brewed up in a small unglazed shibo, and enjoyed from a new cup with a clear 'stone' glaze--may help immunize against yet another click to darjeeling.cz or Yunnan Sourcing.....
I think a session with some nice soothing 2008 bamboo-aged Yiwu may help, brewed up in a small unglazed shibo, and enjoyed from a new cup with a clear 'stone' glaze--may help immunize against yet another click to darjeeling.cz or Yunnan Sourcing.....
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I had 2 today. The first was the 2011 MGH 1105 Mangfei sheng. I tried it in a relatively new yixing. I'm still trying to decide what to use it for. It rounds out raw pu nicely though, so I may stick with that. I like this sheng quite a bit. It's got nice tobacco notes among other things and some balanced "good bitterness." I'll probably be getting more of this next time I place a puerhshop order because I'm looking forward to seeing how it ages, but I also like drinking it now.
The second tea, brewed later in the day, was a sample of Mandala's Noble Mark shu. It's a touch pondy, but not terrible. In other words, I'll happily drink the rest of the sample, but won't be ordering a cake of it.
The second tea, brewed later in the day, was a sample of Mandala's Noble Mark shu. It's a touch pondy, but not terrible. In other words, I'll happily drink the rest of the sample, but won't be ordering a cake of it.
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Is the heavy smokiness acceptable to you?Jaymo wrote:I had 2 today. The first was the 2011 MGH 1105 Mangfei sheng. I tried it in a relatively new yixing. I'm still trying to decide what to use it for. It rounds out raw pu nicely though, so I may stick with that. I like this sheng quite a bit. It's got nice tobacco notes among other things and some balanced "good bitterness." I'll probably be getting more of this next time I place a puerhshop order because I'm looking forward to seeing how it ages, but I also like drinking it now.
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Yeah, must be. I've been to teadezhang, the lady near Chong Nongsi Station (sp?) and I know there's also Taeteathai, so I think I've got all the bases covered. There's also a guy in Chiang Mai who knows nothing about puer but sells a Shan wild puer that doesn't taste anything like puer or anything I'd want to drink for that matter. And Emerald Thai Tea sells an eight-year-old "puer" that doesn't taste anything like any puer I've ever had and has zero chaqi, and I've been shown a couple other dusty bings in shops in Doi Mae Salong that looked dubious at best and sound worse when you ask where the trees are. So there, that's what I know about "Thai puer" lol.Tead Off wrote:I think he meant that he got the Puerh from a Thai dealer here in BKK.Puerlife wrote:Kyarazen, you have our full attentionTead Off wrote:Thai?
But I'll always keep a place in my heart for Ponce de Leon-like optimism. Who knows, maybe a small group of Dai people migrated south hundreds of years ago and planted one tree in impenetrable jungle in what is now a lawless border area, and one day it's somehow wind up in my hands and one sip will make me see clearly the oneness of everything. muwahahahahaha.
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nah. thai origin.Puerlife wrote: Yeah, must be. I've been to teadezhang, the lady near Chong Nongsi Station (sp?) and I know there's also Taeteathai, so I think I've got all the bases covered. There's also a guy in Chiang Mai who knows nothing about puer but sells a Shan wild puer that doesn't taste anything like puer or anything I'd want to drink for that matter. And Emerald Thai Tea sells an eight-year-old "puer" that doesn't taste anything like any puer I've ever had and has zero chaqi, and I've been shown a couple other dusty bings in shops in Doi Mae Salong that looked dubious at best and sound worse when you ask where the trees are. So there, that's what I know about "Thai puer" lol.
But I'll always keep a place in my heart for Ponce de Leon-like optimism. Who knows, maybe a small group of Dai people migrated south hundreds of years ago and planted one tree in impenetrable jungle in what is now a lawless border area, and one day it's somehow wind up in my hands and one sip will make me see clearly the oneness of everything. muwahahahahaha.
i think there are still a couple of factories producing cakes. you can try find out where the hong tai chang factory is located in thailand. been producing pu-erh from thai, burmese, vietnamese materials ever since the 20-30s probably. stopped for some time in between and appear to have resumed production
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Never heard of or seen a Thai Puerh cake. Can't imagine it being any good.kyarazen wrote:nah. thai origin.Puerlife wrote: Yeah, must be. I've been to teadezhang, the lady near Chong Nongsi Station (sp?) and I know there's also Taeteathai, so I think I've got all the bases covered. There's also a guy in Chiang Mai who knows nothing about puer but sells a Shan wild puer that doesn't taste anything like puer or anything I'd want to drink for that matter. And Emerald Thai Tea sells an eight-year-old "puer" that doesn't taste anything like any puer I've ever had and has zero chaqi, and I've been shown a couple other dusty bings in shops in Doi Mae Salong that looked dubious at best and sound worse when you ask where the trees are. So there, that's what I know about "Thai puer" lol.
But I'll always keep a place in my heart for Ponce de Leon-like optimism. Who knows, maybe a small group of Dai people migrated south hundreds of years ago and planted one tree in impenetrable jungle in what is now a lawless border area, and one day it's somehow wind up in my hands and one sip will make me see clearly the oneness of everything. muwahahahahaha.
i think there are still a couple of factories producing cakes. you can try find out where the hong tai chang factory is located in thailand. been producing pu-erh from thai, burmese, vietnamese materials ever since the 20-30s probably. stopped for some time in between and appear to have resumed production
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ah. its in chiangmai anyways.Puerlife wrote:Agreed. I don't need a wild goose chase.
no need to be a goose, their teas are heavily exported down south, maybe its more convenient to buy a piece off the malaysian shelf than to prance around in the large tea trees
their early cakes which should be over 80-90 years old now are worth a pretty dime. recently sighted some HTC label cakes, a nice recently made shou cha shown tremendous improvement in its processing technique that there is a very clear "red date" taste
old brand, classical "textbook" record
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http://www.xm-tea.net/shu-puer-hong-tai ... 0-god.html
As is plain to see, this is a product of the Chun Yue company, in Yunnan.
As is plain to see, this is a product of the Chun Yue company, in Yunnan.