Runglee Rungliot Forest Honey FF

Runglee Rungliot Forest Honey FF - dry leaf

Maybe It’s a conditioned response of the type that would have made Pavlov himself salivate, but once the weather starts to get even a tad warmer at this time of the year this young (**cough**) man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of Darjeelings.

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2013 Menghai 7562

2013 Menghai 7562 - wrapped front

I picked up this brick during a visit to UK based vendor Green Tea Guru‘s website.

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What-Cha Autumn 2016 Jingmai Shengtai

What-Cha Autumn 2016 Jingmai Shengtai Sheng - wrapped

This is another tea from What-cha‘s fine collection of 100 gram mini-beengs.

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2010 Haiwan Lao Tong Feng Shou Cha

2010 Haiwan Lao Tong Feng Shu Cha - wrapped

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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2015 What-Cha Lao Shu Bai Cha

2015 What-Cha Lao Shu Bai Cha - wrapped

This wee 100 gram beeng had so many interesting points in its favour it was impossible to resist.

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White2Tea 2016 Brown Sugar

White2Tea Brown Sugar - unwrapped

This is the 2016 incarnation of White2Tea‘s 200 gram Brown Sugar shou Pu-erh brick.

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2008 Yong De Zi Yu Wu Jia Wild Arbor Raw

2008 Yong De Wu Jia Wild Arbor - unwrapped chunk

I came across this tea during one of my regular shopping expeditions over at House of Tea.

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2008 Nanjian Tulin Shou Tuo

Tulin Tea Factory 2008 Shou Tuo - wrapped

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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From the Ashes of Disaster…

broken Sama Doyo E-01 glass

It happened, as these things tend to do, (or at least looking back they seemed to at the time) in slow motion.

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What-cha 2016 Road to Lincang

What-cha Road to Lincang - wrapped

What-cha commissioned Paul “Two DogWhite2Tea‘” Murray to produce this 100 gram mini-beeng, which should be enough to grab your attention to start with.

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