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2010 Haiwan Lao Tong Feng Shou Cha
I found this 100 gram feng (square brick) of shou Pu-erh at one of my favourite suppliers, House of Tea.
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Tagged Chinese tea, cooked Pu-erh, feng cha, Haiwan Tea Factory, Pu-erh, ripe Pu-erh, shou Pu-erh, tea, tea brick, teaism, Yunnan
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2015 What-Cha Lao Shu Bai Cha
This wee 100 gram beeng had so many interesting points in its favour it was impossible to resist.
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Tagged Chinese tea, Lao Shu Bai Cha, raw Pu-erh, sheng Pu-erh, tea, teaism, What-cha, Yunnan
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White2Tea 2016 Brown Sugar
This is the 2016 incarnation of White2Tea‘s 200 gram Brown Sugar shou Pu-erh brick.
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Tagged Brown Sugar, cooked Pu-erh, Pu-erh, ripe Pu-erh, shou Pu-erh, tea, teaism, White2Tea
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2008 Yong De Zi Yu Wu Jia Wild Arbor Raw
I came across this tea during one of my regular shopping expeditions over at House of Tea.
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Tagged Chinese tea, Lincang, Pu-erh, raw Pu-erh, sheng Pu-erh, tea, teaism, Wu Jia, Yong De Zi Yu tea factory, Yunnan
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2008 Nanjian Tulin Shou Tuo
I ran across this tuo when I was visiting Green Tea Guru during a multi-site shopping spree with the aim of bolstering the shou side of my stash.
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Tagged cooked Pu-erh, green tea guru, Nanjian tea factory, ripe Pu-erh, shou Pu-erh, tea, teaism, Tulin, Tuo cha
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From the Ashes of Disaster…
It happened, as these things tend to do, (or at least looking back they seemed to at the time) in slow motion.
What-cha 2016 Road to Lincang
What-cha commissioned Paul “Two Dog ‘White2Tea‘” Murray to produce this 100 gram mini-beeng, which should be enough to grab your attention to start with.
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Tagged Chinese tea, Lincang, Pu-erh, raw Pu-erh, sheng Pu-erh, tea, teaism, What-cha, White2Tea
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Clay and Leaves
Mrs. Teaist was away for the weekend, catching up with an old friend, when she glanced in a window, and happened to see a gaiwan.
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Tagged Chinese tea, Chinese teapot, Chinese teaware, green tea, tea, teaism, Xian Zhi
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Cream by White2Tea
The What One of the criticisms often levelled at White2Tea is that they play their cards a little too close to their chests for some folks in the tea community, who want to know to the half metre where on … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese tea, cooked Pu-erh, Cream, ripe Pu-erh, shou Pu-erh, tea, teaism, White2Tea
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Chocolate Shou Pu-erh
The idea behind this experiment began to take shape after I read this article on Oolong Owl’s excellent blog about Tisano chocolate tea.
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Tagged cacao nibs, Chinese tea, chocolate, cooked Pu-erh, flavoured tea, Pu-erh, ripe Pu-erh, shou, tea, teaism
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Northern Teaist 