2003 Menghai Tea Factory Purple Dayi

This is a comparison between a verified 2003 Purple Dayi 7542 (shown above) and a version from Houde which may or may not be an official Dayi production. Thanks to...

Trio of Zeo process coffees

Tasting of three Zeo process coffees from El Paraiso, home roasted in a modified Behmor roaster. Dan Eils’ water recipe. Brew recipe from Du Jianing. 16g coffee / 240ml water,...

Processing/Aging: W2T Tuhao AF vs 1701-7542

Checking in on some cakes in heated storage from around 10 years ago. First we have the W2T Tuhao AF, which has continued along the trajectory I described here (2018),...

2012 Biyun Hao Mahei

5.5g/90ml, Toronto filtered tap. I’ve been storing my cake of 2012 BYH Mahei at 32C for the past 7 years. I’ve always liked this tea, but I didn’t tong it...

2016 W2T Bosch

5.5g/90ml Toronto filtered tap. Starts with a strangely cloudy liquor, bubbles. Initial steeps are bitter, mushroomy. After rinse and first steep, liquor clears up, bitterness increases. Cup aroma is mildly...

2003 7542 Hong Kong Commission

I just attended a conference where I met a good friend (and great mathematician!) from Hong Kong who happens to be a long time puerh drinker. I asked if she...

Heated Storage 2017-2024

Here we see the same tea, Dayi’s batch 502 of the 2005 8582 recipe, stored for 11 years in Taiwan, followed on the right with 8 years of room temp...

2009 XZH Pasha

5.6g/90ml Yixing, Toronto filtered tap water. Fairly tippy, leading to a quite bright taste, with a chalky astringency that coats the front of mouth and lips. Higher compression than average...

2003 Chenyuan Hao Youle

5g/95ml, Toronto filtered tap. This tea is quite unique among the early CYH productions. In its taste profile, I find what some might call a strong “tea taste” or maybe...

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