Hi,
Following Poseidon's Mountain Tea group buy (http://mountainteagarden.com/teas-by-type/), and seeing how low their prices are, I am looking to buy a huge amount of their teas and age it in jars for 10-20 years. I'm thinking about something like 5-10 lbs of tea.
I'm interested in any of their teas, but not sure which of them I should pick - i.e. which of their teas are good and would be good candidates for ageing.
I was wondering which of their teas you would recommend for ageing?
Mountain Tea - Aging tea experiment
Last edited by Bef on Dec 7th, '14, 19:58, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Mountain Tea - Ageing tea experiment
i've not tasted their teas before so i cannot offer you any concrete advice so far, but for your consideration, I had made the observation that mid oxidation and mid to heavy roast oolongs age very nicely.
Re: Mountain Tea - Aging tea experiment
I'm currently enjoying the Imperial Pearl, and I think it might age nicely.
Re: Mountain Tea - Aging tea experiment
Thanks to everyone who replied. Really appreciate your help and feedback.
I'm giving myself some time to think about this order and will post either once I make my mind or receive the order.
I'm giving myself some time to think about this order and will post either once I make my mind or receive the order.
Re: Mountain Tea - Aging tea experiment
Here's what I have finally ordered (and received) from Mountain Tea:
- Medium roast TGY (2 lbs)
- Dark roast TGY (2 lbs)
- Medium roast Dong Ding QX (2 lbs)
- Amber oolong (2 lbs)
- Gui Fei (1 lb)
- Oriental Beauty ( 1 lb)
- Imperial Pearls (1 lb)
Next steps: I will fill up mason jars with these teas, store them in a dark place and forget about them for the next 15-20 years.
Also planning to do the same with an order at Teahome - most probably during the winter.
- Medium roast TGY (2 lbs)
- Dark roast TGY (2 lbs)
- Medium roast Dong Ding QX (2 lbs)
- Amber oolong (2 lbs)
- Gui Fei (1 lb)
- Oriental Beauty ( 1 lb)
- Imperial Pearls (1 lb)
Next steps: I will fill up mason jars with these teas, store them in a dark place and forget about them for the next 15-20 years.
Also planning to do the same with an order at Teahome - most probably during the winter.
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Re: Mountain Tea - Aging tea experiment
We should plan to meet up, sample the aged teas, and have a big tea partay!
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Re: Mountain Tea - Aging tea experiment
In a similar vein what about aging bao zhong? I don't even like some of the young ones but I'm trying to single handedly drink up everything that exists from the 80s
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Those baozhongs from back then were more oxidized and roasted initially, better suited for aging. Modern baozhong would be more difficult to age well... And wouldn't come out the samefuturebird wrote:In a similar vein what about aging bao zhong? I don't even like some of the young ones but I'm trying to single handedly drink up everything that exists from the 80s