I can‘t believe I found this video only now. Everything you said, I had to find out by trial and error. And that was especially painful when I had the small and delicate leaves of a fine Qimen black tea and started wondering why it‘s so expensive.
Do you have Teas for sale to United States ? If so how do I purchase ? I’m mostly interested in a ripened/low fermentation pu-erh. Earthy flavors, mushroom-like essence
How common is Camellia Sinensis var Assamid grown in Minghai? I thought Assamid only grew in India/Ceylon/Kenya, hot, dry regions, and unable to grow in Yunnan Province... yes?
Are these COOK'ed or RAW Puerh Teas? How long have each been Aged? Can you make a LIST available of Each Tea you have there, with your Comments for Each Tea? Thank you, William
Ive got a question for you my friend I know we can get good tea from you but do you know any other farmers that sell teas online or a good site that has actual good teas?
I don't think I can make it in 2024, but I've really been looking for this type of experience, and all the options I could find online either seemed too expensive or too untrustworthy. I'm coming in 2025!!!
Straight up honest answer.... let's say I have money to invest. Would you suggest I buy lots of different cakes from you and other farms/ tea sellers, to age for 10+ years and sell them later, or just stick the money in my investment portfolio?
William, I get a bit emotional watching this, you’re really living your dream! I’m glad I found this channel and the website, I’ve only had 2 teas from you so far, a sheng and a shou pu-erh, I’m going to be a little part of this journey by ordering more tea from you both! I hope Yubai gets to open her tea house, although I wonder how that would work, with France being so far from Yunnan! you’d sure be flying back and forth a lot..! maybe you could build a tea resort in the mountains and have the tea house there? pretty sure you’ll have plenty of interested guests when pu-erh really takes off in the west..!
For coffee, we use demineralised water in which we add mainly magnesium and sodium bicarbonate. Adding the good amount of sodium bicarbonte is really helpful to balance the sourness of the beverage.
I was sourcing for teas from northern lincang - fengqing and baiyingshan, found danzhu there which I prefer over anything from mengku (dxs) and bangdong (xigui receives too much sun exposure). cleaner, more refreshing and purer taste, whereas the chaqi i get from elsewhere in lincang teas are more upfront and less comforting. FYI, this teng tiao varietal is also common in BYS, alongside the ergazi and hei tiao. The best, and sweetest, is the hei tiao (black picked) varietal. ergazi is in-between, while teng tiao is not very good, imo.
Watched it in 2024 :) and was impressed how tea positively impacted on William cause I thought it is fresh video :). After that I released that it was 7 years ago ... but still would like to buy this tea)))
You really make the lifestyle there sound attractive, William. Planning is such a difficult thing because everything always changes by the time anything happens and then you have to either just wing it or re-plan everything you can, neither of which is fun after a plan has gone awry. Better to just take things as they come without trying to account for the unaccountable. Your rambling is very nice to listen to!
I missed the live stream but am currently enjoying some 2023 autumn Jingmai Gushu while watching this. Thanks for all the information on this years tea, it's always a pleasure!
Hello my friend, I would Like to know which natural tea is the better more of a healthier natural organic teas that would be highly preferred for lowering cholesterol levels?, or natural organic teas that produce healthier potential healing properties for your well being?,,,
I LOVE that you use the good Gushu to make black tea! Currently daily drinking the Spring 2024 Jingmai Black Sun Dried Gushu. SO GOOD! Probably keeping black/ red tea as my favorite, right in front of raw puerh, specifically 2009 the year I married my wife. Thanks for what you do and your videos. Great educational source and a tea seller that's mostly directly from the farmers, opposed to tons of middle men. Even the other good tea sellers that work with farmers and factories, the fact that you're both/ all three?! Totally becoming my favorite. Sorry I'm so late to the party, lol
PPE...personal protective equipment. SO IMPORTANT. Was in secondary school, and we were working on a car. Guy was using a torch to remove a strut, and a flaming piece of rubber landed in the center of where his eyeball was, but he was wearing his PPE / Safety Glasses! Him and I exchanged a look that verified he would of been blinded in that eye, less the glassess, and I've used PPE always, since then.
As a whiskey nerd, and just a nerd in general, I have to remember to only information dump on people that ask the questions, and I TRY not to ramble and stick to just their question. People want to learn from others, but they also want to feel like they are adding to the experience. So I make sure to ask them questions about what they are tasting, thinking, and their knowledge about things. Even fresh amateurs can bring new and revenant information or experiences.
I live in Rio Rancho/ Albuquerque, and we have REALLY hard water out here. I use a household multistage filter (two strain, one charcoal, one reverse osmosis), and then for my tea i also use a counter multistage system! I really Geek out over things
Just purchased and received a bunch, and one was the 2009 you're talking about in this video. It's very special to me, as 2009 was when my wife and i were married. When i was breaking down the cake, I noticed that the production/ packing date on this is not only our anniversary year, but month! Not day, but only a few before!
