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Author: RainyRainy Date: Sep 6, 2008 11:33
So, generally speaking, Hou De, Teaspring, Jing Tea Shop, IPOT, Seven
Cups are considered good (did I miss any?), upton and specialteas are
ok, adagio is more or less ok. I know there are also special shops for
pu-erh. Of the shops I listed, which are best for greens? Whites?
Darjeelings? Blacks? Etc.. If you can be more specific, i.e. japanese
greens, dark oolongs, dan congs, great.
I realized at last that I'm much more of a fan of whites and greens -
the reason being not their taste, but smoothness, body, mouthfeel. If
I make a very good oolong or pu-erh, their taste can be more
interesting and complex but at the same time their body is much more
"watery". All good Pai Mutans and Silver Needles have the qualities I
like most in teas. With greens there's much variety and I think that
Dragonwell, BLC, buddha tea (IPOT has it, not sure if it's exclusive),
Zhong Qing Lu Cha, Hao Xian Bi Lu (taiwan Tai-Tung) seem to have these
qualities, while An Si Bai Cha, Liu An Gua Pian, Gunpowder do not - or
I was just unlucky with the first two. If I'm looking at a new - to me
- green tea, how can I tell which category it will fall into?
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Author: Dominic T.Dominic T. Date: Sep 6, 2008 12:02
On Sep 6, 2:33Â pm, Rainy gmail.com> wrote:> So, generally speaking, Hou De, Teaspring, Jing Tea Shop, IPOT, Seven
> Cups are considered good (did I miss any?), upton and specialteas are
> ok, adagio is more or less ok. I know there are also special shops for
> pu-erh. Of the shops I listed, which are best for greens? Whites?
> Darjeelings? Blacks? Etc.. If you can be more specific, i.e. japanese
> greens, dark oolongs, dan congs, great.
>
> I realized at last that I'm much more of a fan of whites and greens -
> the reason being not their taste, but smoothness, body, mouthfeel. If
> I make a very good oolong or pu-erh, their taste can be more
> interesting and complex but at the same time their body is much more
> "watery". All good Pai Mutans and Silver Needles have the qualities I
> like most in teas. With greens there's much variety and I think that
> Dragonwell, BLC, buddha tea (IPOT has it, not sure if it's exclusive),
> Zhong Qing Lu Cha, Hao Xian Bi Lu (taiwan Tai-Tung) seem to have these
> qualities, while An Si Bai Cha, Liu An Gua Pian, Gunpowder do not - or
> I was just unlucky with the first two. If I'm looking at a new - to me
> - green tea, how can I tell which category it will fall into?
> ...
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Author: GrasshopperGrasshopper Date: Sep 6, 2008 14:38
To Dominic's list of vendors for Japanese tea, I would add Ippodo, the
non-EBay version of Maiko, and the non-EBay version of Ryu Mei. These
added to Dominic's list comprise the best I've encountered. They are
all good and receive my business, but I think for me Ippodo might be
the best. Ippodo consistently meets or exceeds my expectations.
~grasshopper
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Author: LurkerLurker Date: Sep 6, 2008 15:43
> So, generally speaking, Hou De, Teaspring, Jing Tea Shop, IPOT, Seven
> Cups are considered good (did I miss any?), upton and specialteas are
> ok, adagio is more or less ok. I know there are also special shops for
> pu-erh. Of the shops I listed, which are best for greens? Whites?
> Darjeelings? Blacks? Etc.. If you can be more specific, i.e. japanese
> greens, dark oolongs, dan congs, great.
> ...
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Author: Space CowboySpace Cowboy Date: Sep 8, 2008 06:16
The last one opened up a new branch in a nearby university area I
mentioned in recent posts. Expensive but they have the best selection
I've ever seen in Chinese teas especially the 2008 crop. I wished I
could go everyday to see if they ever unload the old stale tasteless
worthless 2007 stuff ;-). The best thing about the store, display
glass jars (not storage I assume) where you can see the leaf. I wasnt
in there more than two minutes before someone said you can tell alot
from dry leaf.
Jim
PS I let someone else mention them first.
Rainy wrote:
> So, generally speaking, Hou De, Teaspring, Jing Tea Shop, IPOT, Seven
> Cups are considered good (did I miss any?),
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Author: IggyIggy Date: Sep 8, 2008 12:20
I'd second the recommendation for whites from Spring Cottage. The
owner's wife grew up on her mother's tea farm and the silver needle
white is from there. Incomparable at $100/lb and it sells out fairly
fast.
Spring Cottage also specializes in upper-tier mainland green oolongs.
Their highest grades have spectacularly good mouth-feel, much better
than I've had with any Taiwanese high mountain oolongs, with a flavor
that comes up in one's breath for hours afterward despite a very light
initial flavor on the tongue. It's an interesting effect.
Their bilochuns are very, very good too, and they're experimenting
with selling 6-inch twigs of green pu-erh from older arboreal tea
trees from various mountains in Yunnan.
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Author: RainyRainy Date: Sep 8, 2008 13:27
Iggy wrote:
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> I'd second the recommendation for whites from Spring Cottage. The
> owner's wife grew up on her mother's tea farm and the silver needle
> white is from there. Incomparable at $100/lb and it sells out fairly
> fast.
>
> Spring Cottage also specializes in upper-tier mainland green oolongs.
> Their highest grades have spectacularly good mouth-feel, much better
> than I've had with any Taiwanese high mountain oolongs, with a flavor
> that comes up in one's breath for hours afterward despite a very light
> initial flavor on the tongue. It's an interesting effect.
>
> Their bilochuns are very, very good too, and they're experimenting
> with selling 6-inch twigs of green pu-erh from older arboreal tea
> trees from various mountains in Yunnan. ...
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Author: joanneprjoannepr Date: Sep 12, 2008 10:19
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Author: joanneprjoannepr Date: Sep 12, 2008 10:26
On Sep 12, 1:19Â pm, joann...@ gmail.com wrote: korean green, oolongs, and japanese
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