I’m really enjoying this one today after emerging from a little cold where I couldn’t taste anything. I will say this for a cold: I can get drink and deplete my teas I don’t like very much and not have to actually taste them.
Tea Urchin teas seem to share a similar profile—fairly sweet and clean with a spring water freshness. James @teadb: maybe it would be interesting to do an investigative episode about the small pu-erh vendors like Crimson Lotus, EoT, pu-erh.sk, to discover whether their offerings share similar traits or characteristics regardless of terroir.
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I adore the 2012 version of this tea
And I don’t agree that Tea Urchin teas share a similar profile…which ones have you tried? :)
A fair number. Lao Man E, Man Zhuan, Gao Shan Zhai, Wang Gong. Maybe it’s my insensitive taste buds, but I always get a similar vibe from the TU teas, not much apricot or other stone fruits, just a nice clean floral sweetness.
That’s some silver lining right there re: sickness :).
I agree to some extent with Doug although many of them are different enough to keep it interesting (IMO). I think towards the tail end of the session a lot of their teas do tend to converge. 75% of what they press also seems to be Yiwu teas, which probably doesn’t help in the diversity category.
As far as that other idea.. I’m afraid for the time being I’m completely burned out of young sheng. I’ve had productions from all three vendors though.
Don’t think CLT has a house taste or w/e.
Pu-erh.sk definitely has some similarities across their teas. They seem to source 2-3 teas from a single area with about 3-4 areas total.
EoT I think has a good deal of variance. Even their Yunyun and Yunya from different years are different enough to be interesting.
Fair enough. I’ve heard folks say the same thing about YS shou…all similar towards the end. Interesting!
Thanks for weighing in Stephanie and James!
I adore the 2012 version of this tea
And I don’t agree that Tea Urchin teas share a similar profile…which ones have you tried? :)
A fair number. Lao Man E, Man Zhuan, Gao Shan Zhai, Wang Gong. Maybe it’s my insensitive taste buds, but I always get a similar vibe from the TU teas, not much apricot or other stone fruits, just a nice clean floral sweetness.
That’s some silver lining right there re: sickness :).
I agree to some extent with Doug although many of them are different enough to keep it interesting (IMO). I think towards the tail end of the session a lot of their teas do tend to converge. 75% of what they press also seems to be Yiwu teas, which probably doesn’t help in the diversity category.
As far as that other idea.. I’m afraid for the time being I’m completely burned out of young sheng. I’ve had productions from all three vendors though.
Don’t think CLT has a house taste or w/e.
Pu-erh.sk definitely has some similarities across their teas. They seem to source 2-3 teas from a single area with about 3-4 areas total.
EoT I think has a good deal of variance. Even their Yunyun and Yunya from different years are different enough to be interesting.
Fair enough. I’ve heard folks say the same thing about YS shou…all similar towards the end. Interesting!
Thanks for weighing in Stephanie and James!