Official Pu of the day

[jayinhk]

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?

[Alucard]

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.

[jayinhk]

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

[Alucard]

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

[pedant]

thanks, guys

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

[jayinhk]

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!

[Alucard]

teaside 2014 0285 maocha sample
another winner



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.

[Haddemall]

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

[mr mopu]

teaside 2014 0285 maocha sample
another winner



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.

[pedant]

teaside 2014 0285 maocha sample
another winner



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

[jayinhk]

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

[kuánglóng]

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.

[jayinhk]

That smokey stuff needs good storage to show its true colors! It just isn't ready to drink yet.

[kuánglóng]

Macallan 18 years old Scotch, does it that count as tea? It does look like it to me.

After how many cups?
As long as they sell stuff like this 2012 TF XG as "tea" almost anything drinkable counts.
This is the most smokey XG I've had over the years and I've tried quite a few. I guess it's not that bad if it's 50° below zero and you desperately need something hot to drink but you might as well brew up some cigar stumps, yuk. Anyway, a friend of mine likes these tuos quite a bit and gave me some nice, aged green Jia Ji's in exchange, a win-win of sorts

Back to some Ban Payasi ...

[Rui]

Macallan 18 years old Scotch, does it that count as tea? It does look like it to me.