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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.Read More!
26/11: Yiwu Workmanship
The most Pu-erh tea cakes and bricks are made in Menghai, but the best workmanship is found in Yiwu.Read More!
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.Read More!
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.Read More!
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?Read More!
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.Read More!
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.Read More!
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 ...Read More!
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.Read More!
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.Read More!
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.Read More!
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.Read More!
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!Read More!
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.Read More!