tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post3822940542111960061..comments2023-07-05T09:38:23.624+01:00Comments on The Half-Dipper: 2008 Menghai "Peacock of Menghai"Hobbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-77152957648670290282008-12-07T08:51:00.000+00:002008-12-07T08:51:00.000+00:00Dear Scotto,Many thanks for the comments - I alway...Dear Scotto,<BR/><BR/>Many thanks for the comments - I always enjyo reading your well-chosen words. On revisiting this whole series, there is a lot of candied fruitiness. The charm of spring...<BR/><BR/><BR/>Toodlepip,<BR/><BR/>Hobbes<BR/><BR/>P.s. "Intellectual tea" = "scholar tea"?! <BR/><BR/>Gngngnngggh.Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-12418741288950341562008-12-07T01:30:00.000+00:002008-12-07T01:30:00.000+00:00Thanks to Hobbes, I had a few sessions with this t...Thanks to Hobbes, I had a few sessions with this tea, and was happy enough with it to place it on my "to order" list. This is an incredibly perfumey tea. Lots of tropical fruit and a strong pollen-y note. That sweet perfume carries over into the taste; the body is decent and there is just enough bitterness to keep things in balance. Not much in the way of energy or other strange pu'er effects, Scottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04656973438961641057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-13390396527377901292008-12-06T11:14:00.000+00:002008-12-06T11:14:00.000+00:00Yes, my bank account and I are looking forward to ...Yes, my bank account and I are looking forward to 2009 ;)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Toodlepip,<BR/><BR/>HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-83647300813038747332008-12-06T02:58:00.000+00:002008-12-06T02:58:00.000+00:00The weather was ideal for first flush March, but t...The weather was ideal for first flush March, but then in mid-April got rainy... First flush tea from 2008 is not lacking. Hopefully with fall 2008 tea largely un-picked we will see some really great spring 2009 tea! If we can get some dry weather until mid-May!!!Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00082917204583114913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-24043418730902477192008-12-05T15:27:00.000+00:002008-12-05T15:27:00.000+00:00Salut, Stephane! It's good to be back. I hope al...Salut, Stephane! It's good to be back. I hope all's well with you and yours.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Toodlepip,<BR/><BR/>HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-58333569936740851732008-12-05T15:03:00.000+00:002008-12-05T15:03:00.000+00:00Dear Cecil,Spring 2008 was quite humid in China an...Dear Cecil,<BR/>Spring 2008 was quite humid in China and Taiwan. The conditions weren't ideal in 2008. So, I agree with Hobbes that you taste the tea first before purchasing. <BR/><BR/>Dear Hobbes,<BR/>Glad to see you active again! <BR/>All the best from Taiwan,<BR/><BR/>StéphaneTeaMastershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02433657904904185875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-49714338793043200062008-12-05T09:42:00.000+00:002008-12-05T09:42:00.000+00:00Dear Cecil,If I remember the Chengdu tea district ...Dear Cecil,<BR/><BR/>If I remember the Chengdu tea district correctly, you won't have much choice as they seldom stock cakes older than a year or so! Happily, that's not a bad thing, of course. Let your taste-buds be your guide and make sure you don't eat the local huoguo first. :)<BR/><BR/>I miss Chengdu food so much...<BR/><BR/><BR/>Toodlepip,<BR/><BR/>HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-83398370953254898412008-12-05T09:31:00.000+00:002008-12-05T09:31:00.000+00:00I appreciate all you have written on puerh. It is ...I appreciate all you have written on puerh. It is the most difficult tea to understand and really get a good handle on. <BR/><BR/>May I assume that if one were buying Puerh to drink later, the 2008s would probably be the best to purchase? We plan to make another trip to the Southwestern Tea Culture Street (area) in Chengdu around Christmas time to make some tea puchases for gifts to take to Cecil Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551474809860713547noreply@blogger.com