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This thing was one of the earlier purchases I made in terms of puerh – bought about 10 years ago. When I bought it it was already labeled as “Preciously stored old raw brick”, with a nice wooden box to … Continue reading
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As you can see, I have two cakes of this tea. One, the left, I bought very recently — about a few weeks ago. The one on the right, on the other hand, is from about 5 years ago when … Continue reading
The retasting continues, although in this case, it is also a cake that I haven’t tried since I had it in the store. Yiwu Shunshixing is an outfit headed by Zhang Yi, who was the village head in Yiwu in … Continue reading
This is a tea that I bought along with the last tea I had, the 2002 Mengku. Back in the day this was a hot cake, and although the market is now calmer, the tea’s price is a good 7-8x … Continue reading
This cake is something I first obtained with BBB in Beijing back when he visited me. I eventually ended up with about a tong of this, and he took a few cakes, I believe. I don’t remember how much exactly … Continue reading
Before I go on, I should explain my parameters for this retasting project. 1) I’m going to be using gaiwan for all these, because I used mainly a gaiwan back in the day to try these teas. 2) I’m going … Continue reading
As a way to get started — I thought I’ll try a cake that I have actually never tried before. I bought this cake more or less randomly in Beijing early during my travels — within the first few months … Continue reading
This is the sum of the teas I have here in Hong Kong, minus a few things already in the cupboard that I didn’t bother taking out for this picture. Almost everything here was purchased a few years ago while … Continue reading