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...

2012 DTH Yiwu, and the art of tonging

6 grams/85ml with Florentine filtered tap Oily liquor, with a very faint hint of char/smoke and a noticeable bitter medicinal core underneath a quite mild sweet overall traditional tea taste....

Mattcha Yearly Blind Tasting

I like to keep traditions going, and one that has been forming quietly is my yearly sample exchange with Mattcha. This term has been extremely busy for me and so...

2016 W2T Last Thoughts

5g/85ml gaiwan, Toronto filtered tap. This was kept in a sample bag and put into heated storage at 32C *with* added humidity at 72% Boveda, and it developed quite a...

03 CYH Youle / 05 CYH Shanzong Chuanqi

3.5g/60ml identical gaiwans, Toronto filtered tap. 2003 CYH Youle vs 2005 CYH SZCQ. Medium grind for testing. Dry leaf is dark/black for the Youle and dark brown for the SZCQ....

CYH 2003 Yiwu / 2003 Manzhuan

3.5g/60ml gaiwan, Toronto filtered tap. Slightly clearer liquor on the Yiwu. Also a bit darker in appearance. Yiwu has dark leathery profile, sweet, oily. The taste is much more forward...

Puerh Storage Anxiety

It is one of the ironies of the modern consumption of puerh tea, prized for its relaxing and euphoric effects, that lovers of the tea seem to be quite an...