I drank 4 sessions of 2008 801 Dayi 8582 yesterday...here are the events of that day recounted through the lens of a Snoot, desperately trying to learn hydrology (probably the wrong term), apply an increasingly nebulous and woefully inefficient grasp of it to tea, and pray one day he
Context: This is the second tasting of this tea for the blog, off the back of this article here: 2003 Chen Yuan Hao Manzhuan - Wacky WaterThis article was written first, there is a second tasting entry I consider the more “true” entry with corrected water. Moving forward, tasting notes
OK! This one is gonna be pretty comprehensive, not massive, about 2,000 words. So, status update: * Been, what; a month and a half? * Bad tea the whole time, just sorta stopped drinking it. * Not just 'subpar', but genuinely not good in some cases. * Most recent tasting (03
This article was written first, there is a second tasting entry I consider the more "true" entry with corrected water. Moving forward, tasting notes will again be normal. Here is that article: 2003 Chen Yuan Hao Manzhuan - Good WaterContext: This is the second tasting of this tea
That's right! All the way from Greece - which, I guess feels farther and more unique to me cause of what it is. Although, I suppose it really isn't farther than China and Taiwan from the traditions of the far east, but still. I suppose it
Context: This is a tea I know, but don't know. I have a cake, of which this session is from. I have had samples from various places. I didn't care much for this tea out of the lineup a mere 3-4 years ago, even 2...it
I think with any serious tea drinker that's reading tasting notes, they likely fall into one of the following buckets: 1. It's fun to read what friends think about a tea. 2. It's a reference point for how others think about evaluating tea. 3.
First, some brief housekeeping: * I am going to be doing testing with Saratoga bottled but in plastic cause I'm just not willing to spend on their price for glass. More to come on this. * I am also going to be testing a couple filters for tap water. More
BIG DISCLAIMER: I procured fresh, never used Lizella clay kettle stones from the most recent firing of a batch of Lizella teapots. These were as fresh as fresh comes, and were only used for about 2.5 days. I am good friend's with Mark and he is a
The tea community needs more love - not just passion Passion is wonderful, magnetic, and good. Passion can also be misguided Having passion is...sadly rare; we should celebrate it when we see it. Yet, passion alone doesn't get us there. We can be immensely passionate but blind
So there I am I'm sitting down on a Monday morning to have some CYH Zhiwang (2007), a "unicorn piss" tea as one member of the community calls it haha 😆. I prepare my 1960's hongni teapot, preheat the vessel, grab my leaf, and get