Sheng and Shou TTB - Round 2 Finished
Here is the order for round 2. If you have schedule issues, PM me and we’ll work something out. Please immediately make sure you are following the people before and behind you.
kieblera5 VA
Phi GA
TheLastDodo Colo
Awkward Soul / Oolong Owl CA
Cheri MI
Whispering Pines Tea Company Mich
Stephanie IN
AnnaEA OH
Rich NY
Dr Jim MA
The rules have changed a bit:
1. Please Don’t take more than 8 grams of each tea you are interested in (preference of 5 gm). This is different from past boxes, but we tend to use a lot more pu-erh than other types of tea for each pot, and many of the samples in the first round were relatively small. We can make a few exceptions; PM me if you feel the need.
2. Replace what you take in equal quantities by weight. Please try to add where you bought the tea. All Menghai Dayi may have been created equal, but storage matters. Don’t put more than about 1 oz of any tea in the box. You don’t need a lot of variety; we get that by having a lot of people on the list. Adding only one or 2 teas is OK as long as the weight is the same. Try to maintain the quality level as well.
3. Please post your additions plus any teas that you finished off to this topic, so others can track the contents.
4. No flavored teas (exceptions for traditional flavors such as rice rose).
5. Rather than keeping the box until you’ve tried everything, please take enough for one pot of each tea you want to try, then send the box on to the next person within a week. Rule 1 eliminates any need to taste before mailing.
6. Try to wrap the teas well. There’s been a lot of discussion about packing for TTBs elsewhere on Steepster, and the consensus is that thin baggies don’t seal well enough. Heavier gauge ziplock seems okay but the consensus is that foil is best. I have added a second layer of packaging to separate shou from sheng plus small packages for smokey sheng and flavored shou.
7. When you receive the box: PM the next person on the list to ensure they are ready. You can get their address in advance, but please don’t skip this step. Boxes have gone missing due to summer vacation, moves, etc.
8. Mail via 2nd-day mail and get a tracking number. In general, a single-rate box is NOT the best option. Please replace the box if it’s getting beaten up.
9. When you mail the box, PM me and the person you are sending it to with the tracking number. Also post to the thread the fact that the box has been mailed, along with a list of what you’ve added and what you tried. Mention if you took the last sample.
10. I hope you will write reviews, but it isn’t required, other than for the Whispering Pines teas. It is important to write reviews of the Whispering Pines teas, since Brenden has been kind enough to donate tea for the box.
I hope you all enjoy the box,
Dr Jim
Here is a list of all the tea in the box. I’m going to delete this post in a couple of days, so if you are interested, please make a copy.
1989 Blend Butiki Suncha Blend
2004 Raw Puerhshop Nan Jian Phoenix TeJi
2006 Raw YS Xiaguan Dali Tuo
2006 Raw Teavivre Fengqing
2007 Raw Puershop Xiaguan Gold Ribbon
2008 Raw W2T Often
2009 Raw Butiki Banchang
2010 Raw YS/ Puerhtea Bang Dong Village
2011 Raw Mandala Heart of the Old Tree
2011 Raw Tea Life (aliexpress) Braided Leaf
2011 Raw YS Jingu Mtn
2012 Raw YS Yi Wu Purple Tea
2012 Raw YS Impression
2013 Raw Tea Urchin Jing Mai
2013 Raw Zhi Tea Spirit of tea spring
2013 Raw YS Yiwu purple leaf
2013 Raw YS Ai Lao Mtn
2013 Raw YS Autumn Wu Liang mtn
2013 Raw Mandala Da Xue 5 Century
2014 Raw YS Impression
2014 Raw Misty Peak Autumn Loose
2014 Raw Xiaguan Jia Ji Tuo
2000 Ripe YS CNNP Lincang
2002 Ripe Verdant Master Han’s Shu
2004 Ripe Verdant Master Han’s Shu
2007 Ripe YS Menghai 7752
2008 Ripe Menghai Dayi Song of Chi Tse
2009 Ripe YS Long Xin Tang Nannuo Shan
2009 RIpe YS Cha Tuo Sheng Yun Ripe
2009 Ripe YS Big Classic remote mountain ripe
2009 Ripe Mandala Imperial Dark
2010 Ripe Teavivre Fengquing
2010 Ripe Mandala Nan Jian Golden Buds
2010 Ripe Haiwan Peerless
2011 Ripe YS Nan Jian Organic Mushroom
2012 Ripe Mandala Noble Mark
2013 Ripe YS Year of the Snake Red Label
2013 Ripe Jalam Ba Ka Ngoi Summer 2013
2013 Ripe YS Puerh and Snow Chrysanthemum
2013 Ripe Teavivre Fengqing Ripe
2013 Ripe YS mini-tuo
N/A Ripe Yezi Yunnan Aged Qizi – Yezi
N/A Ripe Zen Tea Organic Loose Pu-erh
N/A Ripe Mandala Temple Stairs
N/A Ripe Mandala Golden Gong Ting
N/A Ripe Lahaha Sweet Rice Pu-erh mini-tuo
N/A Ripe Lahaha Chrysanthemum mini-tuo
N/A Ripe Lahaha Rose mini-tuo
N/A Ripe Lahaha mini-tuo
N/A Ripe Lahaha Lotus mini-tuo
N/A Ripe Lahaha Yiwu Mtn mini-tuo
N/A Ripe YS 7 years Aged
Norbu 15.5 2011 Raw Norbu Yong de Spring White Buds
TuochaTea 15.2 2006 6FTM Bangwei Raw Pu-erh Cake
TuochaTea 17.1 2009 Menghai 7572 Dayi Ripe Pu-erh Chitse
CWS 10.2 2011 Guan Zi Zai Manzhuan Xiao Zhuan Cha Raw
Tea Urchin 10.3 2012 Mengku Silver Buds
Whispering Pines 56 2015 Lord of the Lakes Pre-release
Whispering Pines 28 2012 Huron Gold Needle Shou
Whispering Pines 28 2013 Ontario Shou
Thanks so much! I think a couple people mentioned having some good foil baggies – wondering if someone could throw some empty ones in the box? Or point me to where I might get some for myself.
In the past I have bought these (and you will see some in the box is packed in these):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/50-3-5×5-Ziplock-Stand-Up-Pouches-Bags-SUP-AA-Clear-Silver-/310658911232?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4854b6cc00
Lately I’ve been using 4 mil ziplock bags. there is a significant difference between 4 mil and the (usual) 2 mil thickness. My recent additions were packed in 4 mil bags, which have smaller capacity but take up a lot less space than the foil bags. I think I bought my 3″ × 4″ bags at Amazon, but don’t see them now. Look for something that says it’s OK for food. Otherwise there may be odor/contamination issues.
I just noticed you are right in front of me. I can repackage your teas if you want, but frankly there is a lot of tea in baggies in teh box now. One thing about puerh is that exposure to air isn’t all that bad. One could argue that the warm humid air it will be seeing is good for the tea, though the cold, dry airplane air is very bad.
ebay or amazon – I found ebay tends to be cheaper even if you buy from a US based seller.
How do you guys feel about stuff like Awa Bancha or other dark teas? It is in the dark tea family, but not per say Puerh. I am going thru my stash trying to get samples ready for the box today.
Got the box today :) Ill have it on its way after the weekend since I’ll be on vacation starting wednesday. Going to add some of the new 2015 CLT shengs
I’ll be away for a few days in mid june – hopefully it won’t interfere with this, but if it seems likely I won’t be home when the box is scheduled to hit me I’ll be sure to let everyone know.
The box has been sent out. I took samples of:
3g Mandala 2011 Heart of the Old Tree (finished)
4g Yunnan Sourcing 2012 Impression
2g Chawang Shop 2011 Guan Zi Zai Manzhuanq
3g Puerhshop 2014 Xiaguan Jia Ji Tuo (finished)
5g YS 2013 Autumn Wu Liang Mountain Raw
2g Puerhshop 2007 Xiaguan Gold Ribbon
4g YS 2000 CNNP Lincang Ripe
4g Whispering Pines Tea 2013 Ontario 1357 Shou
4g WPT 2015 Lord of the Lakes
4g WPT 2012 Huron Gold Needle
4g Haiwan 2010 Peerless Ripe Cake
I added:
10g Crimson Lotus Tea 2014 Jingmai Special Sauce
10g CLT 2015 Baiying “Whispering Sunshine”
10g Mandala 2012 Silver Buds
7g YS 2011 Yong De Blue Label
8g CLT 2005 Changtai “Top of the Clouds”
Box landed. I have a cold and can’t taste anything, but luckily packed samples last week.
I am taking samples of:
5 g Lord of the Lakes- WP
5 g Ba Ka Ngoi Fermented Puerh- Jalam
4 g Chawang Shop Manzhuan
5 g 2006 6FTM Bangwei Raw Pu-erh Cake
5 g Menghai Dayi 7572
I’m putting in:
10 g 2006 Kunlu Shou- Crimson Lotus
10 g 2012 Bulang Gushu- Crimson Lotus
12 g 2014 Bulang Beauty- Tea Urchin
10 g 2014 Kunlu Sheng- Crimson Lotus
5 g 2014 Awa Bancha- Yunomi
I will be at the Midwest Tea Fest probably right after I get the box. Does anyone have any objections if I keep it until I get back? I am planning on getting some puerh in my travels and I would like to add them to the TTB. What do you all think?
I have no complaints, it also gives me more time to figure out what I’m going to add.
Midwest tea fest is June 6th for those who are wondering.
Aww! I am going to miss out on Midwest Tea Fest Teas! And here is to hoping… I am watching that tracking number bc we have such a speckled history of the USPS intercepting shipments between us! After last time I wouldn’t be surprised to see them ship it to Alaska then to NYC and Texas before it ending up in Colorado…
I’m fine with a delay as long as it isn’t much over a week. This box tends to move really fast due to the sample and ship rule.
Travel time can’t be worse than the first shipment of this box. Took 9 days to go from Massachusetts to New York (via New Hampshire and North Carolina!). Bad weather may have been a factor, but North Carolina???
Phi, I have not qualms over sending you some samples of teas I find there!
And I wish I could have screencapped that package I sent. It went back and forth the eastern US about four times!
For everyone’s amusement, I have found and uploaded that. It wasn’t quite as crazy as I remember lol. But the story you don’t see from it was that it never got delivered, and Dodo resent it in a different package later.
Got the box yesterday! I still would like to add any good puerh hauls from the Midwest Tea Fest. Hope everyone’s cool with that?
I am already parceling out my samples and am adding some of my own stash. I think I am going to take a lot out but I want to add the same amount back in. Just btw!
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