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...

Blind sample tasting

5.5g/85ml Toronto filtered tap. Blind sample from Paul Z. Dry leaf smells slightly smoky and sweet; made from small tippy leaves. Initial steep shows a touch of char, and plenty...

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...

2004 Yao’an Fuyuanchang

Malaysian natural dry storage 5.5g/85ml gaiwan, Toronto filtered tap Wonderful sweet woody incense aroma on warmed dry leaf. Clear liquor, dark orange, concentrated. Concentrated flavour, woody incense, bittersweet, lots of...

2003 Millenial Jingmai

5.5g/85ml gaiwan. Toronto filtered tap. Heavy geosmin storage aroma on warmed dry leaf. This has enjoyed Malaysian natural storage, but definitely on the wetter end. Clear dark orange liquor. Dark...

Naked Yiwu 001

5g/85ml Toronto filtered tap in Yixing. Steeps 3,4,7 are heavy test steeps. This cake has been in mylar at 32C since September 2018. Dry cake smells as good as it...

2006 Green Peacock Lao Man’e

5.5g in 90ml, SS kettle, Toronto filtered tap Strong compression, good looking leaf material and colour. A fair amount of fines. The processing looks quite good, let’s see how the...

2021 Mattcha blind tasting: Delta

Dry leaf is flaky/crispy, quite dark, may be HK stored but with almost no aroma showing it… Wet leaf clearly shows traditional storage, of the mineral and ginseng style, no...

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