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Verdant Tea – Hand-Picked Spring Tie Guan Yin
Posted on August 8, 2011 | 5 CommentsTweetThis was a pleasant surprise from a tea company that I knew little about before this experience. Several weeks ago Verdant advertised a “Tea As Art” competition through their website.... -
2006 – Ke Yi Xing Tea Company – Lao Pai Bi Tong Earth Brick Raw Puer – 375g
Posted on July 20, 2011 | 4 CommentsTweetThis is a 375g brick of raw ancient arbor tea leaf puer from the Yiwu area. The leaf is somewhat broken with a fair amount of stem. It smells so... -
Late 1970s – Lin Cang Yin Hao Puer Tuo – 100g
Posted on July 15, 2011 | 6 CommentsTweetThis will be a “semi-wordless whatever day this is” post. I spent most of my time on the pictures and drinking the tea. Needless to say, this little precious is... -
American Tea Room – Silver Needles
Posted on July 5, 2011 | No CommentsTweetThis was part of a schwag bag from An International Tea Moment (@teamoment). She said that these teas were her favorite new finds from this year, and it is obvious... -
2009 Yunnan Sourcing “Jing Gu Bo Lin” Raw Puer
Posted on July 4, 2011 | No CommentsTweetThis 357g raw cake is not packaged in the Yunnan Sourcing wrapper, but was leaf sourced by YS in Jingu and pressed by the company on the wrapper. Scott’s name... -
1999 Unknown Soldier Raw Puer Cake :P
Posted on June 2, 2011 | No CommentsTweetThis is yet another mystery cake from my early days of collecting. It was marked with the year…but nothing else. It is quite nice so I thought I would at... -
2005 Yunnan Simao Mojiang – Arbor Tree Silver Hair Raw Tuo
Posted on June 2, 2011 | 3 CommentsTweetOne of my favorite little tuos. I acquired this back when it was produced in 20o5 direct from the manufacturer and have never seen it for sale anywhere. It is... -
2008 Ming Xiang Ya Yuan – Jing Mai Spring Notes
Posted on May 12, 2011 | No CommentsTweetThis is a May pressing of Hailanghao’s Mingxiang Yayuan raw 250g brick puer. Purchased from Yunnan Sourcing. The leaves appear outstanding: many whole leaves, likely of a grade 8 or... -
2010 Tulin Tea Industry – Phoenix Tea Brick
Posted on May 11, 2011 | No CommentsTweetThis 100g brick is very attractively packaged and doesn’t have any obvious unpleasant aromas. The brick is of medium-tight compression and looks like a good mix of identifiable young tips... -
2007 Shen Ye High Mountain – Qing Tuo – Raw Puer Tuo
Posted on May 10, 2011 | No CommentsTweetThis is the July 26th pressing of a 250g tuo cha. The appearance of the tuo is good with medium compression and a fair mix of tips and leaves. ...