Tea Buyers Guide in Five Questions
Buying tea could be overwhelming. You want to get the right thing and pay a fair price. You don’t want to be ripped off. You may not be...
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Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 15, 2021
- 3 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 365 - A Special Sheng Pu-erh from 2000
It is kind of surreal that I’m writing the last post of the 365 teas challenge. It still has not sunk completely that I am finishing this...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 11, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 360 - Hua Zhuan (Flower Brick) Tea 2004
I got hold of this tea when I went to Hunan. In a humble tea shop, I was told that this was the oldest tea they were selling. They only...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 7, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 356 - Raw Pu-erh from Lincang 2007
This was one of the tea experiences that I value. It is because it shows me how lucky I am to access great quality teas. This tea is not...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 6, 2021
- 3 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 354 - Fuzhuan (Fu Brick) Dark Tea 2012
I remember my first encounter with fuzhuan brick tea, it was in a tea expo. I was still learning about teas, and I had no idea what I was...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 351 - Qianliang Hei Cha 2012
I discovered this tea not long ago and reviewed already one qianliang from 2017. This one has been aged more than eight years, and in...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Jan 30, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 348 - Liubao Hei Cha 2000
Liubao is a famous dark tea that comes from Guangxi. Its name come from the town where it is produced. It is from 2000, and I was really...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Jan 26, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 345 - Bangwei Sheng Pu-erh 2019
I have reviewed a few different teas from the same farmer who made this sheng pu-erh. Including one of the most special sheng pu-erhs I...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Jan 22, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 342 - Sheng Pu-erh from Yiwu 2007
This tea was aged more than 13 years when I drank it. It matured well in my view. It is made in one of the significant pu-erh factories:...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Jan 13, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 336 - Laotian Raw Tea
These beautiful leaves come from Laos from ancient tea trees. If I say ancient, I am talking about more than 1500 years old. There are...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Jan 6, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 330 - Bangwei Shu Pu-erh 2018
This cooked (shu pu-erh) comes from Bangwei village of Lancang County in Yunnan. Bangwei is an essential name for pu-erh as it is where...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Dec 31, 2020
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 325 - Blended Shou Pu-erh
I am not sure if this will change in the future, but currently, I am at a stage where I appreciate pure (unblended) single-origin teas...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Dec 28, 2020
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 322 - Pu-erh Dragon Beard Tea
I came across this tea in Shenzhen tea expo and tasted it on the spot. It draws attention because it does not look like a usual sheng...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Dec 21, 2020
- 3 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 316 - Single Tree Sheng Pu-erh
I was trying white tea in Shenzhen tea expo, and next door a Chinese man was trying sheng pu-erh. He invited me over to taste this tea...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Dec 16, 2020
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 311 - Hua Juan (Qianliang) Dark Tea 2017
The dark teas from Hunan are rich in variety. I reviewed a few already, including fuzhuan cha and tian Jian dark tea. According to this...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Dec 7, 2020
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 305 - Tian Jian Dark Tea from Anhua 2018
I tried a few dark teas from Anhua, but none of them tasted like this. I knew that there were different types of dark tea coming from...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Dec 2, 2020
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 301 - Dark tea from 2013, Sichuan
This is a type of Tibetan tea, a dark tea from Yan’an in Sichuan. It has a long history of being transported to Tibet where it is...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Nov 28, 2020
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 297 - Bamboo Roasted Pu-erh Tea 2006
Bamboo and camellia sinensis assamica trees co-exist in the vast and wild highlands of Yunnan. Out of bamboo, some 50+ ethnic minorities...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Nov 24, 2020
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 293 - 7111 Sheng Pu-erh from 2007
I received this sample in a set, and this is the second pu-erh I am reviewing from the collection. Like the first one, this one was also...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Nov 21, 2020
- 1 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 289 - Pu-erh Nugget from 2013
This was one of the teas (or by-product of tea) I have been looking forward to trying. I got hold of some that have been aged for 7...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Nov 13, 2020
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 281 - Fuzhuan Tea Brick 2017
Fuzhuan is the only tea that can grow Eurotium cristatum (aka golden flowers – a type of edible fungus), and this happens because this...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Nov 9, 2020
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 277 - Award-winning Shu Pu-erh from Wuliang Mountain 2011
Well, this is a special pu-erh tea from Wuliang Mountain which is one of the highest mountains in Yunnan’s Simao prefecture. Since this...