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I tried the new shuixian I bought recently against an older one that I had. One of them is 4x the price of the other. Any guesses? I used 3.5g for each side to ensure consistency in the amount of … Continue reading
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I tried my new shuixian today. The first two or three infusions were great…. and then the dropoff was rather sudden. I don’t know what happened. I don’t know if it’s the way I brewed them, the amount of leaves … Continue reading
Today was a lovely day, with warm temperature and great weather, and the sky was actually blue and not some shade of yellow. I am rather jet-lagged… feeling sleepy around 12pm. What better way to try to keep myself awake … Continue reading
Today was a total loss for tea, spent traveling, etc… Yesterday, however, was not. I went in the afternoon to the Tea Gallery in NYC. Many of you have probably heard about this place. If you haven’t, it’s basically… the … Continue reading
I went and met up with Dogma and D today at Royal East. Dogma has already written about his previous experience at Royal East with Corax here. A scholar from my school who goes by the net name of Indra … Continue reading
I stayed at home today, and had a rougui given to me free by one of the tea vendors on Maliandao. The leaves are a little green, and indeed, this is a relatively light roasted rougui. The tea is…. quite … Continue reading
When drinking a large variety of teas, one ends up encountering a lot of stuff that is surprising, and most of them are not pleasantly surprising. Since teas are unlabeled, with unknown source and unknown provenance, what the vendor tells … Continue reading
I went back today to the first Wuyi tea I bought in Beijing, the rougui. The leaves are quite broken, mostly as a product of roasting (where you have to move the leaves). They’re dark, and when sniffed, they exude … Continue reading
I drank some dahongpao today. It’s the supposed tea that is used for the national assembly when they entertain foreign guests. It’s really not bad, although tasting it again, I feel like it changed a little and is not as … Continue reading
I didn’t get around to drinking tea today until about 8:30pm. Amazingly enough, no caffeine headaches, yet. I was quite surprised. I think last week’s parade of 06 Yiwu teas really made its mark by doing some serious damage to … Continue reading