Are one of you guys just pulling my leg....?
http://instagram.com/p/ww44hQOw5g/
Re: Is this one of you guys? 2011 Gu Shu fun
Read enough threads on puerh, and you get used to it.
It's normal, Dave.
(Drax is not Dave, just a pop in from Hal3k in my head for generic person)
It's normal, Dave.
(Drax is not Dave, just a pop in from Hal3k in my head for generic person)
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Re: Is this one of you guys? 2011 Gu Shu fun
Or come to China. You'll get a lot of indignant:shah82 wrote:Read enough threads on puerh, and you get used to it.
It's normal, Dave.
THIS ISN'T _(INSERT TEA NAME HERE)_ TEA
Re: Is this one of you guys? 2011 Gu Shu fun
TwoDog2 wrote:Or come to China. You'll get a lot of indignant:shah82 wrote:Read enough threads on puerh, and you get used to it.
It's normal, Dave.
THIS ISN'T _(INSERT TEA NAME HERE)_ TEA
Oh, do I know this.
But I think Drax met the "Hi, care to try this random tea I have here, it this will just cost you a billion dollars" type of crazy.
Re: Is this one of you guys? 2011 Gu Shu fun
Fun thing is...I've had a sample of this tea as well.
And yeah. It's a bulang shu, with no possibility of ever tasting like even aged oolongs--got that barnyard funk that Bulang tend to have in shu.
It's just amazing just how much people being wrong will argue with you. They'd tell you your kid's name is Sayyed, and you be like..."I'm not Middle Eastern or South Asian...why would you thi--oh never mind..."
And yeah. It's a bulang shu, with no possibility of ever tasting like even aged oolongs--got that barnyard funk that Bulang tend to have in shu.
It's just amazing just how much people being wrong will argue with you. They'd tell you your kid's name is Sayyed, and you be like..."I'm not Middle Eastern or South Asian...why would you thi--oh never mind..."
Re: Is this one of you guys? 2011 Gu Shu fun
I guess I've been mostly protected from interacting with the craziness of the internet until now... I typically protect my social media outlets, but I thought for the Instagram one that I would keep it open and public.
I've been enjoying the people who want to "direct message" me, and then the others who are clearly all running businesses (I really enjoyed the person who's account is nothing but pictures of wads of cash... really now).
But this particular person at least has pictures of tea on his account... I guess it's actually been a long time since I've run into this particular type of crazy person...
Re: Is this one of you guys? 2011 Gu Shu fun
Exactly...!! That's why I thought maybe somebody was just making a joke, but... no.....shah82 wrote:And yeah. It's a bulang shu, with no possibility of ever tasting like even aged oolongs--got that barnyard funk that Bulang tend to have in shu.
Re: Is this one of you guys? 2011 Gu Shu fun
aged oolong can taste like puerh - specifically aged Dancong.
Re: Is this one of you guys? 2011 Gu Shu fun
Agreed, I've also had a number of aged oolongs that at first blanch taste like traditionally stored puerh. Mostly just a similar "wet leaf" mustiness, and in the case of oolong tells me it wasn't very carefully stored.
Re: Is this one of you guys? 2011 Gu Shu fun
With aged Dancong it's not really a storage issue it seems - it's just the character of the tea. Many other people have reported on Aged Dancong's similar profile to aged puerh.AdmiralKelvinator wrote:Agreed, I've also had a number of aged oolongs that at first blanch taste like traditionally stored puerh. Mostly just a similar "wet leaf" mustiness, and in the case of oolong tells me it wasn't very carefully stored.
Re: Is this one of you guys? 2011 Gu Shu fun
Very interesting, the only aged Dancong I have has a totally unique profile from pu-erh and indeed other aged oolongs, with a kind of "nutty" finish and no trace of wetness or mustiness at all.drinking_teas wrote:With aged Dancong it's not really a storage issue it seems - it's just the character of the tea. Many other people have reported on Aged Dancong's similar profile to aged puerh.AdmiralKelvinator wrote:Agreed, I've also had a number of aged oolongs that at first blanch taste like traditionally stored puerh. Mostly just a similar "wet leaf" mustiness, and in the case of oolong tells me it wasn't very carefully stored.
Kinda OT but are there any online retailers offering Aged Dancong that you know of?
Re: Is this one of you guys? 2011 Gu Shu fun
The one I tried was from Camellia Sinensis - camellia-sinensis.com/en/tea/aged/feng-huang-wudong-1980AdmiralKelvinator wrote:Very interesting, the only aged Dancong I have has a totally unique profile from pu-erh and indeed other aged oolongs, with a kind of "nutty" finish and no trace of wetness or mustiness at all.drinking_teas wrote:With aged Dancong it's not really a storage issue it seems - it's just the character of the tea. Many other people have reported on Aged Dancong's similar profile to aged puerh.AdmiralKelvinator wrote:Agreed, I've also had a number of aged oolongs that at first blanch taste like traditionally stored puerh. Mostly just a similar "wet leaf" mustiness, and in the case of oolong tells me it wasn't very carefully stored.
Kinda OT but are there any online retailers offering Aged Dancong that you know of?
A better bet would be Tea Habitat, who specializes in Dancong.
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I disagree - I think it's very much related to how the tea was stored, as with most aged oolongs. Of course, the degree of oxidation / roast, and whether or not it's re-roasted at all will also affect the taste. Generally, most Phoenix oolongs I've had (and I've had quite a few) are a low or moderate roast, and low to medium-high oxidation.drinking_teas wrote:With aged Dancong it's not really a storage issue it seems - it's just the character of the tea. Many other people have reported on Aged Dancong's similar profile to aged puerh.AdmiralKelvinator wrote:Agreed, I've also had a number of aged oolongs that at first blanch taste like traditionally stored puerh. Mostly just a similar "wet leaf" mustiness, and in the case of oolong tells me it wasn't very carefully stored.
If stored in a very dry and sealed environment, dancong will continue to retain a lot of the same flavor profile. My belief is that the more medicinal or pu'er tasting aged oolongs (whether baozhong, dancong, wuyi yancha) will tend to have had some period of more humid or more exposed storage. Some people (myself included) do really like the sour tastes that can develop in that case.
I have heard of people storing dancong in a paper bag or similar for the first 10 years, and then going to a sealed container after that.