The Mandarin's Tea

Dan Cong is a specimen of the Shui Xian family in the category of Oolong, produce in Feng Huang Shan, Chaozhou, Guangdong Province. The dry ...

A 26 years vintage "water fairy" oolong, from Wuyi's "heaven's heart" cliff. How poetic.... Tastes like Mou Tai ...

Promised a friend in Boston to do a 8582 finale today. So I dug up my remaining 25g early this morning to let it breath for 10 hrs. (the fir...

It's merely a 2 hrs drive between Nannou and Yiwu. But the direction of agriculture has taken a very different turn. Lining the hills is...

...but the best clay as per Yixing old masters, should be from Qing (pale green) Dragon Mountain. The mine was closed in the early 70s. Visi...

Yiwu, still the winner for me. To say the least, yiwu is a very challenging tea. The ability to please both the palate and intellect. This 2...

A new edition to the family.

Is there a "Sick period" for puerh much like great vintage havana cigar? My interest as a collector of puerh and habanos lead me t...

Home-grown tobacco aging in her ear loops. Thats where the smoky character of a young yiwu's from? Old grandma showing how they make mao...

Top: Some 30+ years melons from Yiwu. Bottom: 6 months old melons from Nannou.

This is one of the finest large cakes I'd encountered so far. Top image is the 001 memorial cake of 999 made for the movie 茶马古道 Tea and ...

A late Qing Zhu Ni pot, only holds 40ml.

Have the luxury to taste this rare specimen again today at T-gallery, with "The" company of friends : )

Trying 2 Liu An. 50+ years and 15+ years....

I mean a turn of the Century Gaiwan and me....

http://search.sothebys.com/jsps/live/lot/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=4GVYP MEASUREMENTS measurements note 4 3/8 in., 11.2 cm DESCRIPTION of compres...

A 500ml High Fired pot purchased from The Tea Gallery.

This comes in a 2000g cake form. A kind tea friend from Boston translated the description from the box: The special characteristics is that ...

This is what I use for good puerh. A Kiln color changed, Qing Dynasty yixing pot around 350ml.