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Once upon a time, in a land far far away, tea was cheap. Puerh was considered very cheap tea, and things like the Laotongzhi, admittedly a very regular cake, would fetch about 25 RMB on the market. The vaunted Dayi, … Continue reading
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So after that terrible, terrible tea from Jabbok, I had to have something else to clear my mouth of the bad taste. I opted for an old reliable – this 2006 Yiwu I bought, online, from a small time maker … Continue reading
This tea is something I bought in 2005/6. The cake is a bit dark now. The tea is similarly dark when brewed. Alas. That’s it. It looks fine, but it tastes terrible. It starts off sour, with some really weird … Continue reading
Speaking of silly prices, here’s one. This is a tea that I have been holding on to for the past few years. Tim of the Mandarin’s Tea Room visited me, or perhaps I visited him, and somehow I ended up … Continue reading
Back in 2007, I was doing research in Taipei for half a year after having spent a year in Beijing. It was there where I discovered good aged Taiwanese oolong, and also drank a fair amount of puerh of various … Continue reading
Sometimes it’s fun to try things that you have written about before, and it’s even more fun when other people have tried the same thing. I was recently reminded by hster‘s post that I have two tongs of this 2003 … Continue reading
This is a brick that, I think, I bought in Taiwan while I was there doing work. I seem to remember picking it up along with a few other things, more as a curiosity piece than anything else. Back then … Continue reading
Not long after I started this blog I went to Beijing for a year of research for my doctoral dissertation. When I wasn’t in the archives or trying to do research, I was probably spending time thinking about, drinking, or … Continue reading
Haven’t done one of these in a while – not that I haven’t been drinking any tea, but just haven’t gotten around to some of my older holdings. So, here’s an unusual one: It’s not exactly an everyday occurrence for … Continue reading
This is a cake that I received from Toki, proprietor of Mandarin’s Tearoom, way back when. It wasn’t too long after we met, if I remembered correctly, and he gave it to me when we met up one of those … Continue reading