Just stocked up today at Hojo today:-

Asahina Gyokuro
http://hojotea.com/item_e/g04e.htm

Meng Ku High Mountain Raw Pu-er
Produced: 2009 (spring)








A nice read about The Myth and Truth of Pu-erh
http://hojotea.com/article_e/puerh_e.htm

This post has been edited by auhckw: Aug 8 2010, 11:01 PM

monkey tea??? what is that??

Goodness. That is way too expensive for fermented puer tea. No wonder Hojo could survive in Gardens.

I've emailed and asked more details about this tea:

Question: Meng Ku is the factory name right? So, from which mountain is the tea leaves that I bought?

Reply: You are right about Meng Ku being a mountain, it is located in the south west part of Yunnan in a area called Cang Lin Shi 沧临市, close to border next to Burma. Meng Ku is located at altitude 2200-2750m, considered one of the highest altitude that produces pu-erh tea. This place is known for its vast area of ancient wild tea trees grown all over the forest area. For this particular Meng Ku raw pu-erh, tealeaves are plucked from 150 years old tea tree(grown in the wild).

I was introduce to this http://tea-li.com/index.php
So I went to their Serdang branch today. Bought this:







They said this is promo price, selling below market price to attract people to come. Link: http://tea-li.com/goods.php?id=119

They have quite a lot of teas. They said they are doing wholesale. Their teas are cheap. Frankly I see the price I was like (err is this real?). They have 7542 year 2001 @ RM150 / USD47. If buy 2 pieces, free 1 piece. Took some samples






This post has been edited by auhckw: Aug 8 2010, 12:09 AM

Interesting video about Secrets of Pu-erh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5vel9utESU

Production of Pu-erh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij7hjioQQIs

Shopping spree

I will post the cover (original wrapper) of the Pu-erh later on.

I tested all 3 of em today and compared side by side. My humble/noobish review. All 3 were great, but if were to rate in sequence,

Flavor (from highest to lowest)
-Mi Di (2010 - spring)
-Lao Ban Zhang (2005 spring - but packed in 2006)
-Meng Ku (2009 - spring)

After Taste (from highest to lowest)
-Lao Ban Zhang (2005 spring - but packed in 2006)
-Mi Di (2010 - spring)
-Meng Ku (2009 - spring)

I was asked to drink in the sequence from Meng Ku -> Lao Ban Zhang -> Mi Di. This is a good sequence. Menku was the lightest in terms of the flavor. It has good after taste. But after drinking Lao Ban Zhang, it was clear that LBZ flavor and after taste was better. Last was Mi Di, and it shows stronger flavor but after taste weaker than LBZ.

I was served using Shigaraki Clay. They go through hot water from this clay into a glass pot. This clay is amazing. Just tasting the water itself from the Shigaraki Clay, the water was sweeter.

Reason found: I was told by the staff, that there is a baking with fire process for Karigane, maybe that is why it may be consider as heaty drink to my body

PS: Seems like I syiok sendiri in this thread

2009 Spring – HOJO Meng Ku High Mountain Raw Pu-erh





2005 Spring (Packed in 2006) – HOJO Lao Ban Zhang Raw Pu-erh





2010 Spring – HOJO Mi Di Raw Pu-erh

I was told there's going to be a teapot exhibition in KL this NOV. The theme is something like Old Teapots, before and during Republic Era. A lot of Ming and Ching old teapots going to be there.

i'm looking for chinese tea art workshop in KL?
anyone know about that??

You can contact Purple Cane. They should have classes. You can also try contact Jing Si cafe. Not sure if they still got class

2009 Menghai Da Yi Gong Tuo Raw Pu-erh tea tuo in box * 100 grams











2010 Menghai "Da Yi Jia Ji Tuo" Raw Pu-erh tea tuo



2010 Menghai V93 001 Ripe Pu-erh tea * 500 grams bag


This post has been edited by auhckw: Aug 13 2010, 04:28 PM

thx dude

i am looking for a type of chinese tea that has a sweet aftertaste.. tasted a chinese tea at taiwan but forgot the name already... something like dan chong..anybody know about this..?

currently consuming ho yan hor, since it tastes good, doing well with my digestion, easy to get & can reuse the tea bag content for about 3 times..

Just bought this:-

Bodum YoYo Double Wall Glass Personal Tea Set, includes YoYo Stainless Steel Infuser and 12-Ounce Glass
http://www.amazon.com/Bodum-Personal-Stain...e/dp/B0010NR7C0






*Photos above not mine..

In short, this is going to be so much stylish and convenient in office

Highly recommended for 1 person usage.

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Added on August 15, 2010, 3:34 pmEdit: After giving it a try, the glass is firm, thick, heavy and nice to hold. You can feel a little heat from holding the glass, but not burning hot.

It can retain heat quite well. I compared it with my Purple Clay cup (200ml) vs this Bodum glass, seem like Bodum can retain heat longer. Reason is most likely because it is much thicker than my Purple Clay cup.

Initially I wanted to buy a Gaiwan, but seems like this can be an alternative. Love the the inbuilt stainless steel infuzer, so much convenient.

This post has been edited by auhckw: Aug 15 2010, 03:34 PM

wow! it is elegant, how much is this? where i can buy it?