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28/01: I have a dream

Recently I was engaged in Taobao business more than anything.

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21/01: 2012 Tea Hunting Season Starts Soon

I am writing on the eve of Chinese New Year - this is going to be a Dragon year.


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29/12: 2011 Year End Statement

The worst year of Pu-erh tea has to be 2007.

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26/11: Yiwu Workmanship

The most Pu-erh tea cakes and bricks are made in Menghai, but the best workmanship is found in Yiwu.

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24/11: On ripe Pu-erh tea, Part IV

Let the truth be told, a good ripe/fermented Pu-erh tea is NOT necessarily tasted dirt/earthy, pondy/fishy, or sour when you just bought it.

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22/11: 2009 Small Banzhang Green Tea Cake

If there is a green Pu-erh I am nagging about, it is this 2009 Small Banzhang Green Tea Cake.

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18/11: On ripe Pu-erh tea, Part III

As a tea merchant, I too have a test to pass. When I met up with a new vendor, she/he would cheerfully offer me two teas to try, and ask me which was better and why?

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17/11: On ripe Pu-erh tea, Part II

Why Pu-erh tea is so dominant? Once you start with a Pu-erh, all other teas are faded away.

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16/11: On ripe Pu-erh tea, Part I

My daily tea drink nowadays, believe it or not, is mostly a ripen/cooked/shu/fermented Pu-erh tea.

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27/10: A sorry sight

As you know, our first batch of the shipments arrived.

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09/10: 2011 Fall Tea Trip VII

In a couple of days, I shall be back in the states.

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22/09: 2011 Fall Tea Trip VI

There is a widespread speculation on the price jump next year because of dismay tea harvests this whole year in Yunnan from Spring to Fall. In addition, our governments could not keep the inflation at bay ...

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19/09: 2011 Fall Tea Trip V

We just returned from beautiful Xishuangbanna.

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03/09: 2011 Fall Tea Trip IV

Yesterday I got a chance to taste a genuine LBZ, today I had a genuine Gaoshanzhai, I was in heaven.

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30/08: 2011 Fall Tea Trip III

Despite my jet lag, I was at Kunming Tea markets every single day. The goal was seeking some decent old teas at a reasonable price before heading down to Xishuangbanna for 2011 Fall harvest.

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28/08: 2011 Fall Tea Trip II

The 88 Qingbing is a legend, it is one of the most famous aged tea cakes at the market place.

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13/08: 2011 Fall Tea Trip I

Watch US dollar taking a nose dive against Chinese currency, it's painful to plan another China trip.

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13/08: MGH in the future, Part III

It takes me a long while to fully comprehend this even it is so simple, consider it a top secret, ha ha!

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09/07: A dialog on 2011 MGH 1104 Pu-erh Brick

2011 MGH 1104 Pu-erh Brick Tea is under the radar, few people knew about it.

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23/06: MGH in the future, Part II

The second hint comes from a totally different source.

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