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2011 Xia Guan Mushroom FT - Quite a nice tea. Tasted light/mild and gives a sweet aftertaste. Even with soaking, it can still be drank easily.
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Revisited loose ripe 1994 Zhang Xiang from Bana and im think starting to like this one. My first impression of it was that it was bland and boring but cheap. This time around it was full of talcum goodness. I love that basement storage flavor and aroma. The 80's 7572 i'm brewing right now has even more of it. Only rinsed once. 
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Currently drinking Nada's Shupu. Not quite as great as last time but darn good nonetheless. Long huigan, complex flavor, tough to describe the taste but it's not woody or earthy. Seems to lean toward citrus with heavy bottom flavors to round it out.
Here's a photo I snapped after a session of Hou De's 2005 Mingyuan Hao Yiwu. Looks like spaghetti.
Here's a photo I snapped after a session of Hou De's 2005 Mingyuan Hao Yiwu. Looks like spaghetti.
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It would be cool if he sent some of those cakes to Hong Kong for awhile and then re-listed them in a few years so we could compare them.
Jul 6th, '11, 09:58
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Coming sooon... 2011 Gold Dayi Raw
Good job to the person who design the cover... now I have to start saving money for it.
Good job to the person who design the cover... now I have to start saving money for it.
Jul 7th, '11, 22:55
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A very pleasant evening session with 2009 Wuliang Shan Mao Cha from Norbu. Mmmm sweet young sheng!
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So you buy teas based on the wrapper?auhckw wrote:Coming sooon... 2011 Gold Dayi Raw
Good job to the person who design the cover... now I have to start saving money for it.
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Well, I have to admit some I do buy because I like the wrapper / box / shape. I have a few of such in my collection. Never got the chance to drink it yet.MarshalN wrote:So you buy teas based on the wrapper?auhckw wrote:Coming sooon... 2011 Gold Dayi Raw
Good job to the person who design the cover... now I have to start saving money for it.
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You should just get them to sell the wrapper to you when they're done with the sample cake.auhckw wrote:Well, I have to admit some I do buy because I like the wrapper / box / shape. I have a few of such in my collection. Never got the chance to drink it yet.MarshalN wrote:So you buy teas based on the wrapper?auhckw wrote:Coming sooon... 2011 Gold Dayi Raw
Good job to the person who design the cover... now I have to start saving money for it.
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Speaking of selling wrapper, I heard from someone that somebody bought 50s red mark wrapper for quite a big amount of money. I couldn't remember the figure, but I remembered it is a crazy amount of money paid for just a wrapper.MarshalN wrote:You should just get them to sell the wrapper to you when they're done with the sample cake.
Jul 8th, '11, 13:51
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I smell packaging designer needed in Yunnan for top $$$MarshalN wrote:You should just get them to sell the wrapper to you when they're done with the sample cake.auhckw wrote:Well, I have to admit some I do buy because I like the wrapper / box / shape. I have a few of such in my collection. Never got the chance to drink it yet.MarshalN wrote:So you buy teas based on the wrapper?auhckw wrote:Coming sooon... 2011 Gold Dayi Raw
Good job to the person who design the cover... now I have to start saving money for it.
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1997 Heng Li Chang Bulang-
This is one powerful tea. I seriously feel tea drunk after a few cups. Using short infusions and less leaf (3.5g) in my 100ml gaiwan just to tone it down a notch on its bitterness. I'm going back and forth about putting a full cake in my shopping cart as it's about $30 more than what i want to spent on a single cake at the moment.
This is one powerful tea. I seriously feel tea drunk after a few cups. Using short infusions and less leaf (3.5g) in my 100ml gaiwan just to tone it down a notch on its bitterness. I'm going back and forth about putting a full cake in my shopping cart as it's about $30 more than what i want to spent on a single cake at the moment.
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It's a darn solid cake, but, you're right, if it was about $20-$30 less it would be hard not to buy straight away.G-off-re wrote:1997 Heng Li Chang Bulang
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If my memory serves me right that cake was ~$150 about a year ago. I could be wrong, though. Wish I had a cake of it, anyway...the_skua wrote:It's a darn solid cake, but, you're right, if it was about $20-$30 less it would be hard not to buy straight away.G-off-re wrote:1997 Heng Li Chang Bulang
Had a session of 2009 Mahei Yiwu from YS today. Hobbes identified the producer as Dianyi, and also had a pretty unfavorable review of the tea itself. I like it better than he does, but I see what he's talking about with the underlying roughness. It's the flowery butteriness that keeps me interested, though. I say this all the time, but I love a good Yiwu.