2010 Alishan
Reviewing a series of 2010 mountain teas from Teamasters. Is Alishan the Puligny of tea?
Reviewing a series of 2010 mountain teas from Teamasters. Is Alishan the Puligny of tea?
Wine writers keep ignoring tea. With the honourable exception of Andrew Jefford.
Two new releases from teamaster Lao Ming. Likely the best I’ve tasted from him yet.
…too young! Why ageing really makes sense.
Dancong (Phoenix oolong) is one of the most distinctive teas. Exhuberant in youth, it also ages well, as this tasting of examples from 1994, 1996 and 1997 proves.
Awabancha – a rare and odd tea from Japan. Fermented like puer, it seems to go against the Japanese philosophy of purity and freshness.
The Pétrus of tea: three vintages of Teamasters’ Oriental Beauty.
I continue my exploration of Lao Ming’s teas. After underwhelming 2010s, here are some fine 2011 oolongs.
