tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post1791227693580710932..comments2023-07-05T09:38:23.624+01:00Comments on The Half-Dipper: 2007 Shuangjiang Mengku - Muyechun "002"Hobbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-37774233922618214202014-03-31T11:35:35.006+01:002014-03-31T11:35:35.006+01:00Dear Norbert,
I'm glad to read that your ca...Dear Norbert,<br /><br /> I'm glad to read that your cakes are coming on well - for inexpensive little chaps, they are doing quite well. :)<br /><br /><br /> Toodlepip,<br /><br /> HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-76266404879996004842014-03-29T17:04:10.815+00:002014-03-29T17:04:10.815+00:00Hi Hobbes
Muyechun 1 and 2 were among the first sh...Hi Hobbes<br />Muyechun 1 and 2 were among the first shengs are tried several years ago and quickly become my favourites from the "cheap and cheerful" category. I bought recently a pair of them from red lantren and the storage is quite good.<br />best <br />NorbertNorberThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15228796938738530343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-44603315911350019782012-10-25T08:43:45.561+01:002012-10-25T08:43:45.561+01:00Hobbes,
Looks like Scott currently has a supply o...Hobbes,<br /><br />Looks like Scott currently has a supply on his YS webstore. Good hunting! - CharlieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-53691741037336397302012-10-20T22:13:39.457+01:002012-10-20T22:13:39.457+01:00By and large, I think that the understated enemy i...By and large, I think that the understated enemy is neglect, typically by stagnant air, moist or dry. The difference between traditional storage and simple humid storage is pretty big, for example. Attention and management matters. Not just what the humidity is. Atlanta shouldn't be all that much better than Kunming, but it seems like I don't have too much trouble, so far--maybe in shah8https://www.blogger.com/profile/04537529816304128000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-85088766295813977592012-10-20T19:27:57.125+01:002012-10-20T19:27:57.125+01:00Hi Hobbes,
the lesser durability of really dry sto...Hi Hobbes,<br />the lesser durability of really dry stored teas is quite normal I think...<br /><br />But, what's important about Kunming stored teas and such, is that they can be saved.<br /><br />At home, I put such really dry stored teas into the bedroom with 80%-90% for a couple of weeks and to 70-75% after that. After half a year, the teas were more or less fixed, rebuilding complexity Jakub Tomekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12641381393855983478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-84262923897446867962012-10-20T17:26:39.637+01:002012-10-20T17:26:39.637+01:00Dear Vovic,
How fascinating - I'm delighted t...Dear Vovic,<br /><br />How fascinating - I'm delighted to read that you've compared this cake between the two extremes. I'm certainly hoping to find a South-China stored version of this, and will happily and gratefully take any recommendation you might have!<br /><br /><br />Dear Marshaln,<br /><br />You're probably right - Kunming is by far the likeliest option.<br /><br />I Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-42577557573121390532012-10-20T17:21:01.955+01:002012-10-20T17:21:01.955+01:00Hobbes - given your vendor is from Kunming, it see...Hobbes - given your vendor is from Kunming, it seems safe to say it's probably Kunming stored. Once teas leave Kunming they rarely go back, especially something like a regular big factory production like Muyechun. China is too broad a stroke to use, I think. I'm pretty confident a cake stored in a more humid and probably hotter climate will not be as bad as this one.MarshalNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16776398824139018801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-84974690758231332322012-10-19T17:54:26.282+01:002012-10-19T17:54:26.282+01:00Hi Hobbes,
No wonder, I have the same cakes from ...Hi Hobbes,<br /><br />No wonder, I have the same cakes from Kunming and Guangdong, the second - tastier. Just guangdong cakes have "watered" reputation. Kunming - safer.Vovicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-79768363293065093332012-10-19T12:18:00.079+01:002012-10-19T12:18:00.079+01:00Hola, MarshalN,
I was rather hoping that it was o...Hola, MarshalN,<br /><br />I was rather hoping that it was obvious that I write "China-stored" because that's all the data I have. It's certainly been kept somewhere quite dry!<br /><br />Agreed, Kunming is pretty dry. I think such things can be left unsaid. ;)<br /><br /><br />Dear The Jakub,<br /><br />You are just as mad as me, then, which is encouraging and not entirely Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-65265739595627912902012-10-19T11:35:01.092+01:002012-10-19T11:35:01.092+01:00Nothing to do with tea, but I was tring to say Shu...Nothing to do with tea, but I was tring to say Shuangjiang Mengku Muyechun 002 in Sean Connery's voice (which is hard). Afterwards, I read on and realised my mistake.<br /><br />Also, I know "put the lotion in the basket" is a quotation from The Silence of the Lambs, but does it have a specific meaning in contemporary British English that I'm unaware of? The émigré's life isRayuelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18309599602337793984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-51877227419530963152012-10-19T11:34:16.232+01:002012-10-19T11:34:16.232+01:00Hello Hobbes,
it's same here with Czech/Kunmin...Hello Hobbes,<br />it's same here with Czech/Kunming storage (the "Czech" is too broad here too, a lot of people here keeping their tea in 40-50% - ugh :( ) - I recently tried Peacock of Bulang and Haiwan Pasha which got here from Kunming and compared it to the pieces I have stored here and I like mine way more - deeper, sweeter, fuller and all that.<br /><br />I would naturally Jakub Tomekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12641381393855983478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-81746710507069070072012-10-19T10:53:55.702+01:002012-10-19T10:53:55.702+01:00Um, Hobbes, surely you know China is a big place. ...Um, Hobbes, surely you know China is a big place. If this cake has been stored in Kunming all its life (pretty likely) then it's really not a surprise that the storage is terrible. I have always found Kunming stored teas to be lifeless after a few years. <br /><br />So, I think your observations may be true for Kunming stored tea. Using "China" as a substitute for "Kunming"MarshalNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16776398824139018801noreply@blogger.com