70s Shou Brick

Thanks to Wooju for connecting me to this blast from the past. Recently I’ve been exploring different styles of warehoused and piled teas, including Hong kong traditional storage, shou, and...

2004 Nanqiao Wang Bulang

This is a Taiwan stored example of the 2004 Nanqiao wang, a cake from the (I believe) initial year of production at the Nanqiao factory in Menghai. The material is...

2008 Tao Tea Leaf Lao Banzhang

Tao Wu is the proprietor of my local Toronto tea shop, Tao Tea Leaf.  He is very active in tea education in the area: he is the main organizer of the...

2005 Dayi 8582 502

Oct 20 and 24, 2016, 3.9g in 70ml Novak Shibo. [7.5] First two sessions with new cake bought on auction.   The dry leaf is slightly smoky, sweet, a bit...