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In the puerh storage world there has been a fierce debate in the past decade or so between those who believe in “dry storage” and those who don’t. Until the appearance of “…| A Tea Addict's Journal
In the puerh storage world there has been a fierce debate in the past decade or so between those who believe in “dry storage” and those who don’t. Until the appearance of “…| A Tea Addict's Journal
So a few days ago I talked about how I was a little shocked by how bad a tea I know well has turned out because my water changed. I moved a few hours away to another city, but the local water is still quite heavy on minerals – same appearance of heavy sediments when […]| A Tea Addict's Journal
I’m currently on the road. The place where I’m at boasts that their tap water is great. Ok, lovely. I can taste the minerals in the water. It’s heavy. Boiling it in the kettle at the hotel, the water leaves a lot of minerals after even one boil. When I brew a lighter oolong with […]| A Tea Addict's Journal
A bit of a history lesson from an old tea drinker here. Back when I first started drinking tea in earnest, around 1998 or so, I mostly hung out with older tea people here in Hong Kong at the Best Tea House. The crowd was mostly an older generation who grew up drinking dim sum […]| A Tea Addict's Journal
Just about a dozen years ago I wrote a post about the dangers of green tea puerh. In short, young puerh that has been processed at too high a temperature that drinks well immediately but will age p…| A Tea Addict's Journal
Quality, in my opinion anyway, is all relative. Nobody is insane if everybody is insane. Likewise, no tea is bad if all tea is bad (or good). Good and bad, I think, are entirely relative terms R…| A Tea Addict's Journal
The Longjing rule simply stated: Do not go to Hangzhou to buy Longjing – the best has already left town. I think this is a basic rule not only for Longjing, but applies generally to all teas …| A Tea Addict's Journal
Old timers on this blog will remember the Longjing rule, in which I stated that one should not go to Hangzhou to buy Longjing – because the best tea has already left town. Recently, as I’m going around Taiwan talking to folks and doing research on my project, I have once again reaffirmed this rule. | A Tea Addict's Journal
Old timers on this blog will remember the Longjing rule, in which I stated that one should not go to Hangzhou to buy Longjing – because the best tea has already left town. Recently, as I̵…| A Tea Addict's Journal
While I’m in Taiwan I’ve been having tea a few times with Alex from Taiwan Tea Odyssey. In our conversations over random teas, obviously one of the topics that would come up is vendors.…| A Tea Addict's Journal
Over the years I’ve had some changes in what I believed in. I googled blending on this blog and it seems like last time I talked about it extensively was some (many) years ago. It’s pro…| A Tea Addict's Journal
This is the 19th year this blog has been in existence, which, frankly, is a long time, even if the past few years it’s more of a ghoul and less of an active blog. The reason I still pay for hosting to keep all this up is because, every so often, people would tell me […]| A Tea Addict's Journal
Yes, I’m still alive. Not sure how many of you will see this though. Today I went to a tea producer’s house to chat with him here in Taiwan. He showed me a bunch of teas he made while we talked about the state of the industry, etc. Aside from drinking some pretty interesting teas, […]| A Tea Addict's Journal
A couple years ago I posted about an outing with a friend to go to the local Dayi store to drink new 7542s (I think I deleted the image by accident). The tl;dr is that they’re very average and way too expensive. Now, two and half years later, we have this: This is a screencap […]| A Tea Addict's Journal
I just spent a month in Taiwan doing research and other things. It was spent almost entirely in Taipei, so there wasn’t much time to go to the tea farms or anything. I did do some tea shopping, revisiting old haunts and finding new ones. A shop ran by someone who’s been there since he […]| A Tea Addict's Journal
So…. this is how I pack my teapots for moving. You buy those butcher paper – enough to wrap them all. Then, just simply wrap the pot with the paper – usually trying to get a sheet between the lid and the body, so it’s at least cushioned if not snug. Although, take care not […]| A Tea Addict's Journal
