tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575437434613789658.post2536264592800099570..comments2019-04-10T15:17:11.249-07:00Comments on <br>Something Smuggled In: Aged Jing Zhu Dancong from Hou DeElliot Knapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12558753615945429022noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575437434613789658.post-36548575553461473642009-05-17T21:01:00.000-07:002009-05-17T21:01:00.000-07:00Thanks guys, here goes!Thanks guys, here goes!Zero the Herohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09514904802153982067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575437434613789658.post-90043081883238517222009-05-15T23:07:00.000-07:002009-05-15T23:07:00.000-07:00I love the teapot on the top of your blog, it look...I love the teapot on the top of your blog, it looks so... good. So show us some photos of your pots!Tuo Cha Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948259434826911982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575437434613789658.post-58654157547681988652009-05-15T08:51:00.000-07:002009-05-15T08:51:00.000-07:00Thanks for the comment Bret. Interesting point ab...Thanks for the comment Bret. Interesting point about the Taiwan oolongs; I don't drink very much so I'm not as adventurous as I am with other types of teas, but from what I've tried, I can see how you might get a little bored. Last year's Da Yu Ling was so great, though! I've been thirsting for some lately.<br /><br />A lot of people talk about how you can store Dancong forever and it won't lose flavor. I'm not so sure, since teas I've kept around over a year have definitely tapered off and increased noticeably in astringency, which I thought was weird. Regardless of its merits, I think aging oolong is a delicate process that requires skill, otherwise you get tea that was just stored until stale. Sebastien at Jing Tea Shop once told me that you should only age quantities of 250g and up, because the tea will lose fragrance otherwise. I can see some logic in that.<br /><br />I'll see if I can't whip up a teapot post sometime soon.Zero the Herohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09514904802153982067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575437434613789658.post-86610559077954649222009-05-15T04:10:00.000-07:002009-05-15T04:10:00.000-07:00When it comes to aged Dan Cong I agree with you co...When it comes to aged Dan Cong I agree with you completly, they taste so similar to the un-aged, so why spend more money? Hou De had sent me samples of the Golden Pearls as well as a couple others a long time ago but if memory serves me they were very much of the Mi Lan flavor profile but very intense with an almost cooling medicinal aspect. While I liked the tea, I wouldnt buy it. I remember when they first got the Dan Congs they were really good but in the two years since the teas have lost some of their pizzazz. I also love Hou De but Idont buy from them anymore. I think when it comes to the green Taiwan Oolongs they sell the flavor profile is all too similar, no variety. As good as they are it got to be boring. Guang and Irene are indeed nice people, I remember when I ruined a 8 oz bag of Da Yu Ling they replaced it free of charge, unheard of seeing how it was entirely my fault. But at the same time there were two occasions when I had ordered some rather expensive teas and when they arrived the bags mostly contained tea crumbs, their teas are just too expensive for those kind of shinnanagans. P.S. go ahead, show us your tea ware.Brethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328523694226680438noreply@blogger.com