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@onerivertea.bsky.social daily rougui
nice simple yancha. goes well western style and gongfu style. soft, sweet, no harshnesses even at high ratio (not here). roast feels correct. aroma fills the room
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nice simple yancha. goes well western style and gongfu style. soft, sweet, no harshnesses even at high ratio (not here). roast feels correct. aroma fills the room
#tea #teasky #oolong
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
@onerivertea.bsky.social daily rougui
nice simple yancha. goes well western style and gongfu style. soft, sweet, no harshnesses even at high ratio (not here). roast feels correct. aroma fills the room
#tea #teasky #oolong
nice simple yancha. goes well western style and gongfu style. soft, sweet, no harshnesses even at high ratio (not here). roast feels correct. aroma fills the room
#tea #teasky #oolong
@white2tea.bsky.social's 2016 Fade
haven't had it in forever. big mistake. if this isnt in your order you're making a big mistake. nice solid tea. ive said all i need to say about this tea before, so i won't say more
#tea #teasky #puer
haven't had it in forever. big mistake. if this isnt in your order you're making a big mistake. nice solid tea. ive said all i need to say about this tea before, so i won't say more
#tea #teasky #puer
November 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
@white2tea.bsky.social's 2016 Fade
haven't had it in forever. big mistake. if this isnt in your order you're making a big mistake. nice solid tea. ive said all i need to say about this tea before, so i won't say more
#tea #teasky #puer
haven't had it in forever. big mistake. if this isnt in your order you're making a big mistake. nice solid tea. ive said all i need to say about this tea before, so i won't say more
#tea #teasky #puer
@onerivertea.bsky.social Roasted Zhangping Shuixian
nice creamy thick texture, sweet like a dancong, good aroma! tasty. however, the huge 10g format makes brewing it in any vessel kinda hard - standard gongfu didnt get good results either. quite strong astringency and roast harshness
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nice creamy thick texture, sweet like a dancong, good aroma! tasty. however, the huge 10g format makes brewing it in any vessel kinda hard - standard gongfu didnt get good results either. quite strong astringency and roast harshness
#tea #teasky
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
@onerivertea.bsky.social Roasted Zhangping Shuixian
nice creamy thick texture, sweet like a dancong, good aroma! tasty. however, the huge 10g format makes brewing it in any vessel kinda hard - standard gongfu didnt get good results either. quite strong astringency and roast harshness
#tea #teasky
nice creamy thick texture, sweet like a dancong, good aroma! tasty. however, the huge 10g format makes brewing it in any vessel kinda hard - standard gongfu didnt get good results either. quite strong astringency and roast harshness
#tea #teasky
tried out an unrested Baishaxi 07 Qianliangcha. didnt intend to evaluate from this but it seems like a very solid tea. interesting chocolate and marzipan adjacent notes off to the side, nice full texture. sweet, but not very. dominant moss taste similar to other anhua heicha
#tea #teasky #heicha
#tea #teasky #heicha
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
set up for a side by side with 4/5 of @onerivertea.bsky.social's hankow bound sampler. lets see if i can make myself a qimen fan
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#teasky #tea
November 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
set up for a side by side with 4/5 of @onerivertea.bsky.social's hankow bound sampler. lets see if i can make myself a qimen fan
#teasky #tea
#teasky #tea
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also some amazing delft pieces. It's always exciting to see them pop up, they have beautiful form interpretations. I really like the JLZ on the right - I wish this tradition had continued, these potters had a great eye. The pear is excellent, too.
also some amazing delft pieces. It's always exciting to see them pop up, they have beautiful form interpretations. I really like the JLZ on the right - I wish this tradition had continued, these potters had a great eye. The pear is excellent, too.
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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also some amazing delft pieces. It's always exciting to see them pop up, they have beautiful form interpretations. I really like the JLZ on the right - I wish this tradition had continued, these potters had a great eye. The pear is excellent, too.
also some amazing delft pieces. It's always exciting to see them pop up, they have beautiful form interpretations. I really like the JLZ on the right - I wish this tradition had continued, these potters had a great eye. The pear is excellent, too.
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wow, a real elers piece up for auction! It's pretty interesting to see a classic mug take form so early into English tea drinking - drawing from beer mugs?
wow, a real elers piece up for auction! It's pretty interesting to see a classic mug take form so early into English tea drinking - drawing from beer mugs?
November 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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wow, a real elers piece up for auction! It's pretty interesting to see a classic mug take form so early into English tea drinking - drawing from beer mugs?
wow, a real elers piece up for auction! It's pretty interesting to see a classic mug take form so early into English tea drinking - drawing from beer mugs?
ORT's broom teas are definitely among the top 5 tea compression methods
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
ORT's broom teas are definitely among the top 5 tea compression methods
having fallen ill and lacking lu'an to cure my ails, I've made do with (EoT's 2016) aged hongcha. 've come to identify dianhong's "aged taste" (from my grand total of 3 samples) as a form of sweet root vegetable note. I need more of them, and from a variety of storages...
#tea #blacktea #teasky
#tea #blacktea #teasky
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
winter has descended, which means overcast daylight that makes for poor tea photography. would you believe the liquor here is red? 00 kai yuan purple stamp from EoT. syrupy coating texture, warming in the head and neck but a little rough on the body. i liked it as a whole
#teasky #gongfucha #puer
#teasky #gongfucha #puer
November 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
winter has descended, which means overcast daylight that makes for poor tea photography. would you believe the liquor here is red? 00 kai yuan purple stamp from EoT. syrupy coating texture, warming in the head and neck but a little rough on the body. i liked it as a whole
#teasky #gongfucha #puer
#teasky #gongfucha #puer
the problem with drinking yancha is that it's too good, and you end up running out. I'm down to my last 12g of yancha overall, and other oolongs, while nice, are certainly no substitute. pictured is Postcard Teas' Shuixian
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November 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
the problem with drinking yancha is that it's too good, and you end up running out. I'm down to my last 12g of yancha overall, and other oolongs, while nice, are certainly no substitute. pictured is Postcard Teas' Shuixian
#tea #gongfucha #teasky
#tea #gongfucha #teasky
06 Seadyke AT102 Shuixian, via EoT. Even at 8g, the character remains unchanged. Thick texture, but today with a puckering yet pleasant acidity, owing to the humidity that sneaks in when a bag is opened. "Aged taste". Not much longevity. Quite simple and quaffable.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
brewing liubao like a maniac at 11g/100ml. this tea, 05 duoteli first grade, is weak enough that it needs it. i dont reccomend putting yourself in the position that you need to brew a liubao at this ratio for it to be good. its thin and steeps out way too quickly otherwise
#tea #gongfucha #heicha
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October 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
brewing liubao like a maniac at 11g/100ml. this tea, 05 duoteli first grade, is weak enough that it needs it. i dont reccomend putting yourself in the position that you need to brew a liubao at this ratio for it to be good. its thin and steeps out way too quickly otherwise
#tea #gongfucha #heicha
#tea #gongfucha #heicha
twl 80s ripe feels very hard to extract. maybe i just need to brew it at as aggressively as possible for the start, my first steep is never more than 30s. tastes like it needs heat
#tea #gongfucha #heicha #teasky
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October 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
twl 80s ripe feels very hard to extract. maybe i just need to brew it at as aggressively as possible for the start, my first steep is never more than 30s. tastes like it needs heat
#tea #gongfucha #heicha #teasky
#tea #gongfucha #heicha #teasky
new teaware day is nice, but it is especially nice when it's teaware you made yourself. my first ever cup! in it is teaside's lao dongding from 2013. pretty nice grandpa style
October 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
new teaware day is nice, but it is especially nice when it's teaware you made yourself. my first ever cup! in it is teaside's lao dongding from 2013. pretty nice grandpa style
today is my first attempt at fixing up my water. thought I'd have an RO system by now, but that didn't end up working out, so I got a zero water in the meantime to get from 200 TDS to 80. 80TDS seems to be pretty good for yancha (below), but i'll need to adjust my brewing to accommodate.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
today is my first attempt at fixing up my water. thought I'd have an RO system by now, but that didn't end up working out, so I got a zero water in the meantime to get from 200 TDS to 80. 80TDS seems to be pretty good for yancha (below), but i'll need to adjust my brewing to accommodate.
#tea
#tea
Postcard Tea's Original Lapsang. It's out of stock online currently. It had nice enough longevity, and a pleasant profile. I think I did get a Longan note, in a way somewhat reminiscent of how smoke evolves into fruit (but the fruit is already there in this tea) in some whisky. I quite enjoyed it.
October 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Postcard Tea's Original Lapsang. It's out of stock online currently. It had nice enough longevity, and a pleasant profile. I think I did get a Longan note, in a way somewhat reminiscent of how smoke evolves into fruit (but the fruit is already there in this tea) in some whisky. I quite enjoyed it.
was bidding on a teapot today, estimated £40-60 by the auctioneer. tapped out pretty early on, someone placed a max bid i couldnt beat. checked back later, after the auction ended. hammer price?
£3700
£3700
October 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
was bidding on a teapot today, estimated £40-60 by the auctioneer. tapped out pretty early on, someone placed a max bid i couldnt beat. checked back later, after the auction ended. hammer price?
£3700
£3700
Also tried EoT's 03 Jingmai and their 04 Xiang Yun Hao the other day. Both were quite strange, with the Jingmai being discordant and having a distinct menthol cooling effect and the XYH having a very thick brothy texture and a grain note. Need more sessions to dial in
#tea #gongfucha #puerh
#tea #gongfucha #puerh
October 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Also tried EoT's 03 Jingmai and their 04 Xiang Yun Hao the other day. Both were quite strange, with the Jingmai being discordant and having a distinct menthol cooling effect and the XYH having a very thick brothy texture and a grain note. Need more sessions to dial in
#tea #gongfucha #puerh
#tea #gongfucha #puerh
three shuixians from eot
1. 2020 zhang hui chun. strong roast, done well. material slightly weak
2. 2006 seadyke at102. overripe fruits, thick, earthy/aged. sweeter than 1
3. 2016 rui quan. vanillic, mushroomy, hints of chocolate. i would id this as tianjian in a blind
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1. 2020 zhang hui chun. strong roast, done well. material slightly weak
2. 2006 seadyke at102. overripe fruits, thick, earthy/aged. sweeter than 1
3. 2016 rui quan. vanillic, mushroomy, hints of chocolate. i would id this as tianjian in a blind
#tea #gongfucha #oolong
September 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
three shuixians from eot
1. 2020 zhang hui chun. strong roast, done well. material slightly weak
2. 2006 seadyke at102. overripe fruits, thick, earthy/aged. sweeter than 1
3. 2016 rui quan. vanillic, mushroomy, hints of chocolate. i would id this as tianjian in a blind
#tea #gongfucha #oolong
1. 2020 zhang hui chun. strong roast, done well. material slightly weak
2. 2006 seadyke at102. overripe fruits, thick, earthy/aged. sweeter than 1
3. 2016 rui quan. vanillic, mushroomy, hints of chocolate. i would id this as tianjian in a blind
#tea #gongfucha #oolong
"between a rock and a hard place"
1oz brandy
1oz shuixian liqueur
3/4oz dry curacao
1/2oz aperol
1/2oz amaro montenegro
simple syrup to taste
1oz brandy
1oz shuixian liqueur
3/4oz dry curacao
1/2oz aperol
1/2oz amaro montenegro
simple syrup to taste
September 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"between a rock and a hard place"
1oz brandy
1oz shuixian liqueur
3/4oz dry curacao
1/2oz aperol
1/2oz amaro montenegro
simple syrup to taste
1oz brandy
1oz shuixian liqueur
3/4oz dry curacao
1/2oz aperol
1/2oz amaro montenegro
simple syrup to taste
thai wild single tree oolong. tasty. fruity. thick, sweet, without sourness astringency bitterness etc. not as much longevity as promised - started with 8g, had to add 4g in because it was getting thin. last session had harshnesses but this one redeemed it
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September 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
thai wild single tree oolong. tasty. fruity. thick, sweet, without sourness astringency bitterness etc. not as much longevity as promised - started with 8g, had to add 4g in because it was getting thin. last session had harshnesses but this one redeemed it
#tea #gongfucha #teasky
#tea #gongfucha #teasky
drinking the last of my @onerivertea.bsky.social 2016 Gold Coins; very nice tea. strong floral (fruit adjacent) aftertaste, rich body, some welcome astringency. surprisingly good pairing with Nixing! I wonder what this says about brick tea?
#tea #teasky #gongfucha
#tea #teasky #gongfucha
September 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
drinking the last of my @onerivertea.bsky.social 2016 Gold Coins; very nice tea. strong floral (fruit adjacent) aftertaste, rich body, some welcome astringency. surprisingly good pairing with Nixing! I wonder what this says about brick tea?
#tea #teasky #gongfucha
#tea #teasky #gongfucha