tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post4733714429853130556..comments2023-07-05T09:38:23.624+01:00Comments on The Half-Dipper: 2009 Changtai - "Jingpin Banzhang"Hobbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-16899271346463657192011-01-15T18:50:39.784+00:002011-01-15T18:50:39.784+00:00Kim - great news! I found the 09 Banzhang bing, a...Kim - great news! I found the 09 Banzhang bing, and it turns out that it's actually "zhenpin"; i.e., a higher grade than both this "jingpin" and the other "zhengpin" that I mentioned.<br /><br />I'll give it a whirl as soon as possible :)Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-82873216885929195282011-01-15T17:42:08.152+00:002011-01-15T17:42:08.152+00:00Oh, bloomin' heck - did we? Now you come to m...Oh, bloomin' heck - did we? Now you come to mention it, we may well have. This either means it's in the "holding tanks" (small pile of deliveries that is accruing in my office), or it has disappeared into my stacks without being tried.<br /><br />A quick check of my tea-storage spreadsheet indicates that we did indeed! You have a particularly fine memory. <br /><br />I'Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-62005663255234060152011-01-15T13:43:06.574+00:002011-01-15T13:43:06.574+00:00If my mind doesn't play tricks on me we both o...If my mind doesn't play tricks on me we both ordered a very similar cake through taobao...did you try it, yet ??Kimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-23753700635663857132011-01-14T11:41:45.680+00:002011-01-14T11:41:45.680+00:00Dear Sir William,
A good question - you know, I h...Dear Sir William,<br /><br />A good question - you know, I haven't come across such a cake in a long, long time. Years, in fact. This could either be because producers have eschewed the practice of performing such layering, or because I have been tending towards a slightly better standard of pu'ercha over the years.<br /><br />I still try tons of mainstream tea, however (much of which Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-57073283234744249032011-01-14T03:12:41.953+00:002011-01-14T03:12:41.953+00:00Is it habit of producers to press cakes with high ...Is it habit of producers to press cakes with high quality leaves on the outside to cover up the appearance of plantation leaves?Sir William of the Leafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15366359211931253914noreply@blogger.com