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Li Ching
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 Posted: Dec 08, 2007 6:26 am Post subject: Ti Kwan Yin Oolong |
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| Does anyone know where I can order some decent Ti Kwan Yin Oolong directly from China? Thanks- |
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Chip
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spacesamurai
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I recently received some from www.just4tea.com that was very very good. The store is based here, but the owner, June gets the tea from her parents tea shop in China, where she grew up. It was more roasted than green, so keep that in mind.
If you don't like that option, than I sencond Chip's sugestion for Tea Spring. |
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Karen
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TeaSpring's Tie Guan Yins gets rave customer reviews, plus I'd always take a recommendation from Chip seriously!  In fact, I'm thinking of ordering some myself.
Not shipped direct from China, but Seven Cups carries something called Zi Yun Shan Anxi Oolong that's a very lightly oxidized organic oolong made from TGY bushes. It's absolutely delicious and quite inexpensive. It's excellent value and they buy direct from their sources, so they're always certain of what they're getting. If you like a greener TGY and organic is important to you, this one won't disappoint. |
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Chip
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| Karen wrote: | TeaSpring's Tie Guan Yins gets rave customer reviews, plus I'd always take a recommendation from Chip seriously! In fact, I'm thinking of ordering some myself.
Not shipped direct from China, but Seven Cups carries something called Zi Yun Shan Anxi Oolong that's a very lightly oxidized organic oolong made from TGY bushes. It's absolutely delicious and quite inexpensive. It's excellent value and they buy direct from their sources, so they're always certain of what they're getting. If you like a greener TGY and organic is important to you, this one won't disappoint. |
Like all Chinese tea, TKY...all oolongs...are so variable from vendor to vendor, season to season, etc. Oolongs truly drive me crazy though. It is critical to find a vendor you trust, but always analize what you are receiving.
Oolong, as much as any tea, requires focus and learning...it is rarely just a casual tea experience. I think this is very true with Dan Cong, Karen, would you agree (didn't I just read you are drinking Dan Cong?)? |
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Karen
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| Posted: Mar 18, 2008 5:34 am Post subject: |
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| Chip wrote: | | Karen wrote: | TeaSpring's Tie Guan Yins gets rave customer reviews, plus I'd always take a recommendation from Chip seriously! In fact, I'm thinking of ordering some myself.
Not shipped direct from China, but Seven Cups carries something called Zi Yun Shan Anxi Oolong that's a very lightly oxidized organic oolong made from TGY bushes. It's absolutely delicious and quite inexpensive. It's excellent value and they buy direct from their sources, so they're always certain of what they're getting. If you like a greener TGY and organic is important to you, this one won't disappoint. |
Like all Chinese tea, TKY...all oolongs...are so variable from vendor to vendor, season to season, etc. Oolongs truly drive me crazy though. It is critical to find a vendor you trust, but always analize what you are receiving.
Oolong, as much as any tea, requires focus and learning...it is rarely just a casual tea experience. I think this is very true with Dan Cong, Karen, would you agree (didn't I just read you are drinking Dan Cong?)? |
Hey, buddy!
I LOVE the dan congs I've tried and yes, they require some thought (again, in my limited experience). But many of the pitfalls tend to be based on quality, from what I understand.
Most of the DC's I've tried have been from Seven Cups. The owner's wife has nice podcasts on all of the area-specific oolongs, and she explains in the DC installment that the higher-quality leaves are much more forgiving than those of lesser quality. I take her advice seriously (she clearly knows her tea), so I've had wonderful results. The 2007 Yellow Sprig is lovely stuff at a good price; I've never brewed it for more than a minute and have always had good results. Wild Bush is unbelievable and gives great results at <1 minute. The Gold Medal Honey Orchid and Almond Blossom are both supposedly much more forgiving of long infusion times, but I get great results and lots of infusions brewing a minute or a bit less--these two are clearly in a different class, BTW. As you stated, you need to trust your vendors, and I've been lucky.
Incidentally, a friend sent me some very expensive DC from a UK vendor. The claim it's their best DC, but it's rather insipid (and no, I don't mean subtle--Almond Blossom is subtle). The friend who sent it has been doing DC's for several years (although I recently pushed her into zisha, which has enhanced her enjoyment immensely), and she was similarly underwhelmed. Again: know your vendor. It's not always about price. |
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syntheticpanda
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| This is a bit OT, but if you want great dan cong, check out Tea Habitat. I'm not sure the online store is set up yet, but you can find Imen's (the owner's) catalog here. By far, the best (and priciest, unfortunately) dan cong I have ever had. |
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Karen
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| syntheticpanda wrote: | | This is a bit OT, but if you want great dan cong, check out Tea Habitat. I'm not sure the online store is set up yet, but you can find Imen's (the owner's) catalog here. By far, the best (and priciest, unfortunately) dan cong I have ever had. |
Yes, I'm familiar with her Tea Obsession blog and want to sampler her wares (as does Andrew from Seven Cups)! Her offerings pretty much seem to be restricted to tea from old trees, so the prices probably reflect their relative rarity. |
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