The Tea Valley Company said 2010-12-20 14:04:49 -0500

Going Tea Shopping in China - Request List - The Tea Valley Company

Hello Steepsters,

My wife and I will be going to China next week to do a little tea tasting and shopping. Since you guys have made requests in the past for us to include more tea in our selection, I want to open this up for discussion to you all!

Please take a look at our current selection and see if are any other tea you would like us to add to our collection. You can name any tea or flavors that you are looking for in particular. Based on your suggestions and how the tastings go, we will bring back a limited amount of the selected tea for a trial period. These will be available mid to end of January.

Also, we are looking to add tea ware as well so any suggestions there would be good too!

Thanks guys! Look forward to hearing your suggestions!

Jian Liu
The Tea Valley Company
http://www.theteavalley.com
http://steepster.com/companies/tea-valley

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Shinobi_cha said 2010-12-20 14:23:43 -0500

Hi Jian,

Sounds like fun!
Yunnan Gold is really good. I recently discovered it and I think it’s a really good black tea. I’ve never tried this, but I’ve heard about “Golden Lapsang Souchong”- have you ever had it?

Have a good trip.

Cofftea said 2010-12-20 16:12:42 -0500

I’d try it!

Jaime said 2010-12-20 16:48:11 -0500

Yes, Golden Lapsang Souchong!!

RachanaC (Rachel)-iHeartTeas said 2010-12-20 23:47:51 -0500

+1 on the Golden Lapsang Souchong

RachanaC (Rachel)-iHeartTeas said 2010-12-20 23:49:09 -0500

+1 on the Yunnan teas as well.

The Tea Valley Company said 2010-12-21 17:01:34 -0500

Awesome. I will definitely try to scout out a good Yunnan Gold. Never had a Golden Lapsang Souchong but I did a quick search and it sounds very tasty. I like smoky teas so I’m pretty excited.

TeaEqualsBliss said 2010-12-20 14:57:05 -0500

Any Yunnans
Also…what about…
Song Luo???

ANY Yellows, too!?

Junshan Yinzhen (君山銀針)
from Hunan Province
Huoshan Huangya (癨山黃牙)
from Mt. Huo, Anhui
Meng Ding Huangya (蒙頂黃芽)
from Mt. Meng, Sichuan
from Guangdong Province,
Huang Tang
from Zhejiang Province
????

The Tea Valley Company said 2010-12-21 17:02:43 -0500

Thank you for providing me with the Chinese names. They will come in handy :)

TeaEqualsBliss said 2010-12-22 09:02:48 -0500

At least that is what Wiki Said…lol…I hope they are correct!

Cofftea said 2010-12-20 16:13:10 -0500

Shengs, Shengs, and more shengs.

Shinobi_cha said 2010-12-20 16:30:55 -0500

Is Sheng ‘green’ pu-erh, while shu is ‘cooked’?

Cofftea said 2010-12-20 16:51:15 -0500

Yep:) Sheng, raw, green- all the same:)

Shinobi_cha said 2010-12-20 17:31:59 -0500

Cool, yeah, sheng seems much more interesting to me than than shu, which to me, seems a little scary, since they are trying to replicate aging, without actually doing so.

The Tea Valley Company said 2010-12-21 17:03:40 -0500

My aunt is a pu’erh collector so she’s big on cooked pu’erh but perhaps she will know where I can get some good Sheng pu’erh.

Shinobi_cha said 2010-12-21 18:09:24 -0500

I’ve only sampled a loose pu-erh before, so I don’t even know the difference between shu and sheng (taste wise). I’m only guessing on how I feel about them by what I’ve read, not by actual experience. I will have to change that sometime!

LENA said 2010-12-20 17:29:51 -0500

I love roasted oolongs. Like seriously dark roasted oolongs. WuYi Mountains all the way! I’m a huge fan of Yunnan Golden buds. Houjicha…or is that Japanese? I’m sure you will have a wonderful time on your trip. I’m jealous! :)

Cofftea said 2010-12-20 18:55:25 -0500

LENA, Ho Ji Cha is a charcoal roasted Japanese green so TTVC won’t be able to acquire any on this trip.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hojicha

P.S Happy birthday!

The Tea Valley Company said 2010-12-21 17:05:07 -0500

Thanks, Lena. Everyone should visit China if they ever get a chance to, especially if you like food and tea!

I recently had a roasted tie guan yin and it is quite good! It reminded me a lot of the Da Hong Pao.

LiberTEAS said 2010-12-21 20:11:34 -0500

I would love to be able to visit China. I love Chinese Food, although I must be honest that my experience is rather limited to Chinese Food Restaurants and I don’t know how authentic they are. And of course, I love tea!

But I think what would thrill me most is to see the land itself, and the ART! I love Chinese/Asian art.

LiberTEAS said 2010-12-20 20:28:35 -0500

Taiping Hou Kui ~ Please!!!

Also… I would like a panda bear. :)

Cofftea said 2010-12-20 20:32:17 -0500

I’ll take a panda bear too!

RachanaC (Rachel)-iHeartTeas said 2010-12-20 23:46:36 -0500

While you’re at it send a Panda Bear my way too. Please and Thank You!

The Tea Valley Company said 2010-12-21 17:06:17 -0500

I’ll see what I can do about the panda bears ;)

TeaEqualsBliss said 2010-12-22 09:03:28 -0500

YAY for Pandas!!!!!

Spot52 said 2010-12-20 20:39:47 -0500

I am always a sucker for Keemuns, mao feng generally.

TeaEqualsBliss said 2010-12-22 09:03:37 -0500

Oh yes!

Lori said 2010-12-21 00:14:53 -0500

I like the roasted oolongs- WuYi mountains suggestions..

Chinese Tea Shop said 2010-12-21 02:09:48 -0500

Hi, these black teas maybe give you a big suprise.
Lapsang SouChong high grade
YunNan Gold Tea high grade
Keemun Black Tea high grade

The Tea Valley Company said 2010-12-21 17:09:33 -0500

I definitely have to try out some black tea this time. It seems very popular.

The Tea Valley Company said 2010-12-24 19:59:38 -0500

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. We’ll post an update when we return after the new years. Happy Holidays!

The Tea Valley Company said 2011-01-12 14:42:26 -0500

Hey Guys,

We just got back last Saturday and we are still battling our jet lag. The good news is that we brought back a few yunnan gold/dian hong, a roasted tie guan yin and a sheng pu’erh that I’m very excited to introduce to everyone. I will get them posted on our site very soon so stay tuned!

Jian

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