Tag Archives: sheng Pu-erh

2009 Xia Guan Jia Ji Raw

I bought this tuo in mid-April as part of my efforts to shore up the pu side of my stash.

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2006 Bang Mai Wild Arbor Sheng

Spoiler alert…this was one of those memorable sessions you simply never want to forget.

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Strange Days – This and That

Deja Pu The other day I had what I can only describe as some kind of a tea flashback.

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Sipdown Challenge – The Zombie Vampire Tea Nugget

Bit of a weird one, this.

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My Top 10 Teas For 2019

This is yet another post inspired by Eric’s blog One Man’s Tea Journey (if I’m not careful he’s going to start charging consultancy fees), which was in turn inspired by Marco’s blog Steap’d.

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In-between Days

Greetings from the in-between days, what we hereabouts call the relatively quiet period between Christmas and New Year, the calm eye of the festive storm.

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2019 House of Tea Lincang Old Tree Sheng

Late November, and once again I was browsing the webshop of one of my regular dealers, House of Tea, with a few pennies in the tea buying purse screaming to be let out to play.

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Expedition Lübeck

Whenever we’re out and about travelling, we always keep our eyes peeled for tea shops to pop into.

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End Of A Tuo

7:45 am. Early November. The day was flat and motionless, in that peculiar late Autumn way. You could just sense that the season was running out of energy, like a child’s spinning top when it starts to wobble crazily before … Continue reading

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2010 Yi Wu Hai Lang Hao Wild Arbor Sheng

Funny little post, this one.

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