The Gao Jia Shan Tian Jian is really great, and it's made me really interested in trying other heicha. It's been a perfectly mellow yet complex tea when I wasn't really interested in a particular type of tea like pu'erh or oolong or black tea.

Oh no not a 6 hole filter, thats going to negativity affect the brew. It should only ever be an odd number.

It's good, but I'd rather have a newer ripe or am aged raw :-).

We will never get any Denny in-between isodes😭😭😭

I have a brick of this same year and I almost never reach for it, not because I don’t like it but because it super compressed and annoying to break up. I agree that the bitterness is fairly mild/medium. To me this tea is loaded with peach aroma and florals, very sweet and enjoyable. I used to only drink ripes but primarily drink young sheng now. My go-to’s lately are YS Tiger in the Mists which I’d say is on par with this tea in terms of a balanced sweet and bitter sheng, also farmerleaf’s Tang Fang Liang Zi is one of my daily drinkers, it’s not as sweet but more toasty and bitter.

This is one of my all time favourites! Excellent tea.

I'm kinda the opposite I drink mainly raw puerh and not too much ripe

It seems like they are shipping to Europe, it at least converted into my local currency + asked if I wanted to set the shipping address to my country when I accessed the site. It sounds like a nice one, I for sure should try and place an order soon. I really should get around to trying more non-bulang teas, especially if I want young sheng to drink daily... One that stands out to me as a nice daily young sheng is CLT's moon princess, and their simple sheng (which I wish glenn would remake into a full cake), those two sometimes have been able to brew up super sweet and nicely fruity somehow. Thanks for bringing attention to less commonly used vendors here in the west!

I have the same year of this brick. I really enjoy it, I think it's a great young raw for the price.

How many millilitres is your perfect teapot?

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I love how “cheerio” has gone from something that made Denny crack up every time, to something both of you say while maintaining a serious, analytical face.

Do you have any recommendations for tea shops in Taipei? My experience was that the couple larger ones I tried didn't serve you any of the tea to try, just let you smell it, which was a bit unfortunate.

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Wu-Pu Clan ain't nothing to F with!

Hahaha The Lich is a character in Adventure Time that they are referencing fyi. Great episode y'all!

Nice episode y'all! Have tried one raw puerh from 1980s from liquid proust and it was phenomenal! Curious what kind of clay your pot is made of for ripes. I have heard Jianshui is best for all types of heicha due to heat holding properties.

Thats a cool looking tin❤❤❤

Can this be the precursor to a spin-off series where you sample tea from museums and archeological digsites?

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Lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you guys look so young

That one video I've been waiting for!

Hey! After first getting into Tea several years ago, taking a break, and then coming back to it daily again, it is really refreshing seeing you both still doing this. Thank you for what you guys are doing! Your channel is underrated. Keep it up you guys! Cheers as I drink a 8113 Yunnan 2011 Raw Puerh this morning!

@teadb how stringemt is the labeling in Taiwan in your opinion? Are Alishans really from Alishan??

You never go to Yunnan and Fujian in China?

I just bought 3 chengshenghao 2019 cakes❤❤❤

Bookmarking this video as I'm going to Taiwan in February! :)

I’m glad we got to meet up for tea at Wistaria and good to hear that you enjoy visiting Taiwan so much. I’ve been here 17 years and still appreciate the wonderful people, culture, food, public transportation, nature, cities and countryside and safety.

Nice episode. Your earlier videos on Taiwan inspired me to take a trip there last year, it was a great time. Thanks for that and all the other quality content, keep it up!

Is Wistaria no longer shutting down for renovations? I was last there in July and they said they're closing for a few years but I'd be very happy if they changed their mind. I also wanted to call out some english friendly tea shops in case someone stumbles over this: tea4joy for pu'er (mostly - if you ask they have other things too), Wolf Tea and DigniTea for Taiwanese oolong.

Hey James! Is there any difference between the boxed and non-boxed versions of Xiaguan Jia Ji?

You guys seems confused by this one lol

All hail the Denny high pour

white2tea always has weird stuff. i like the idea of a "green" ripe

absolutely love this tea. Such a unique experience, never had anything quite like it. Steeps for days (hence the lich moniker imo) and even the color is something remarkable. I think spot on review, not a daily but definitely a tea nerd's tea and would recommend a sample to both raw and ripe aficionados.

I cannot see myself ever paying $240 for a 200g shou cake. There are so many banger's out there for relatively cheap, and most of the stuff I drink is going to be in the daily drinker tier. I've yet to have anything that was more than $1/g that blew my mind enough to buy a whole cake (as far as shou goes). I don't even necessary want a super complex shou either. The thing I love about it about is that it's consistent and great for a relatively low price most times. If I want complexity and intensity then I usually find the money better spent on sheng.

interested in interesting teas :) (this one seems interesting...)

As a level 83 Lich myself, it pains me to see you all drink this

Really appreciating the broad coverage of high-end ripes on the channel. Keep up the great content!

Excited to see this on the show, been very curious about it. I generally really like high end ripes but this ones price is really in the high end of the high end, so I never picked up a sample. Some premium ripes I really enjoy are the YS lao man'e old tree and recently crimson lotus have released an yiwu gushu ripe which is super tasty. Keep these western vendor episodes coming guys the content on the channel has been amazing lately

Guess it's shou season

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i find that ordering cheap ripe also ends up being thinner tea. so i would ultimately pay less, but use up the tea maybe twice as fast because the good flavour only comes out on double the tea.

I would imagine I would actually gravitate towards the Yunnan stored tea, based on my experience with Yee on and other vendors, who sells "HK-storage" or "traditional storage", I find that my preference often is more towards Kunming and Yunnan storage in general. I don't mind the dank teas that you can get from Hong Kong, and I actually do like them. However, for me, brighter notes is what I typically enjoy a lot more on a daily drinker-type tea. Really interesting comparison though. I would love to have the chance to get the same production from 2-3 different storages to test this myself.

Those high mountain oolongs are goood! My fave is Jin Xuan though

I like this tea for when I want a pick me up, but not an intense session.

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Imma need context for the ultralight test, i cant figure out what it means XD cheerio!

Would you recommend any particular years and batches of Dayi 8582? Thank you

Doris would love this tea