tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post5565156046217382568..comments2023-07-05T09:38:23.624+01:00Comments on The Half-Dipper: 2009 Douji "Yiwu"Hobbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-20632336059554563212011-02-22T15:49:40.980+00:002011-02-22T15:49:40.980+00:00Dear Green Poet,
The single-mountain Douji are ...Dear Green Poet,<br /><br /> The single-mountain Douji are a notch better than the "Dadou", "Shangdou", "Hongdou", and other blends. They have at least some recognisable mountain character, and are usually quite nice.<br /><br /> The <a href="http://half-dipper.blogspot.com/2010/04/2009-zhimingdu-lao-banzhang.html" rel="nofollow">Zhimingdu"</a> mini-cakes areHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-73693077169713430952011-02-22T03:06:41.866+00:002011-02-22T03:06:41.866+00:00Nice post, Hobbes! I'd be interested in learn...Nice post, Hobbes! I'd be interested in learning more about the single area teas. I understand that they're still blended to some degree, but I feel ignorant about douji, especially since most of the ones I have tried were the inexpensive ones sold at YS, and they were quite rough.<br /><br />Happy drinking!<br />-tgpBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11887146212773750891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-32076866122931666582011-02-21T23:45:17.899+00:002011-02-21T23:45:17.899+00:00Dear Apache,
You've got a good eye for Yiwu...Dear Apache,<br /><br /> You've got a good eye for Yiwu - we still love that cake you so kindly gave to us last time you visited.<br /><br />Good recent Yiwu? YS has some really, really solid Yiwu cakes. The 2009 series had some blockbusters. There are occasional smaller production runs of Yiwu that I like from the last few years, too. Some Mahei, some Guafengzhai. <br /><br />Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-18648457772627692522011-02-21T23:42:07.700+00:002011-02-21T23:42:07.700+00:00As His Grace rightly says, Jingmai and Nannuo are ...As His Grace rightly says, Jingmai and Nannuo are fairly distinctive. Good Banzhang, I find, is really characterised by what's not in it, as much as what's in it. A real laoshu Banzhang (of which I've had maybe two or three, no more) is clean - very clean. It's pure, beautiful, and just very... more. Much more everything. I'm probably not helping. :)Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-9532038477036158792011-02-21T23:40:20.151+00:002011-02-21T23:40:20.151+00:00Dear Radishes,
A good question. Douji gives you ...Dear Radishes,<br /><br />A good question. Douji gives you a decent idea, but there is a plantation base there. It's a mainstream, blended tea, so you're going to expect it. <br /><br />Honestly, the only real way is just be patient. Try a bunch of teas, drinks loads, and suddenly the (major) regions become very easily distinguishable. Up until that point, it's just a guessing Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-18136674593074944652011-02-21T23:10:42.459+00:002011-02-21T23:10:42.459+00:00After whole day drinking this in the office, I thi...After whole day drinking this in the office, I think the Douji Yiwu does beginning to crack when I push it, but brew it light is o.k. Still, given it's limitation, it's much better than the Dianyi Mahei or 2009 Dayi Mahei which is selling for eye watering USD60 by DTH (interestingly, DTH selling the Douji 2009 Jing Mai USD10 more than the Douji Yiwu.) Perhaps shah82 is right, it's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-41210353687595770992011-02-21T21:52:47.245+00:002011-02-21T21:52:47.245+00:00Methinks it becomes obvious when you try more and ...Methinks it becomes obvious when you try more and more. Jingmai and Nannuo are quite distinctive. Banzhang, the bad ones, can taste awfully like generic Menghai area teas.MarshalNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16776398824139018801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-76101830321614275742011-02-21T18:22:43.112+00:002011-02-21T18:22:43.112+00:00I recently did just as you had last year, and boug...I recently did just as you had last year, and bought each of the Douji 2010 "pure series" teas from various regions. Still waiting on a shipment from China ChaDao for the remainder, but I've wondered if this will give me a good representation of each region, or of just Douji's 'take' on each one? Wondering if, when it comes time to do the tastings, I should include LTPRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10754182842876404262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-61351652894221391822011-02-21T10:14:02.686+00:002011-02-21T10:14:02.686+00:00On-line tasting notes! It must be the future.On-line tasting notes! It must be the future.Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-54707892153419547352011-02-21T08:25:26.576+00:002011-02-21T08:25:26.576+00:00Ah, I'm trying this one while at work. Right a...Ah, I'm trying this one while at work. Right at the moment, 1st infusion decent enough.<br /><br />apacheAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com