Just ordered tea from Teahong!!

What is a Chunhui? Can you show a picture of it?

Of that list, I’ve only had the Silver Needle Supreme.  It’s great, probably my overall favorite white tea so far.

The rest of those I’m going to have to try and order; the Luan Guapin slipped through my net last time on accident.  The golden tip looks especially must have.

M.

I highly recommend Honey Orchid.

I am waiting eagerly for Honey Orchid Fenghuang Dancong too. Such quality is too expensive if buying in Japan. 

Perhaps you can try Lanhua Xiang using gongfu style. I think most fragrant style oolongs are better this way. 

Imperial Golden Tip is the first puer tea that I can really like drinking. It changed my impression of what puer is. I think it is the quality that makes the difference. And I am discovering things everytime that parcel from Hong Kong arrives!

Honey Orchid is back in Tea Hong. There are two choices for production year 2011 and 2013. I have not tried the new one yet. Have just ordered both to compare.

@asterix2k10, bitterness and astringency (in black tea and some other oolong) is an important part in the taste of finer teas. It is like the same in wine. The key is whether that is integrated and add a good dimension, or whether it is too much and become no good. I have not tried this Orchid Gratus yet. Will order that to try.

I am glad that you have progressed to a new level in tasting. It’s interesting that you mentioned balancing blood sugar with Phoenix. Back in the last century, one of my importers in Japan told me she was able to withdraw from her diabetic prescription since she began to drink Phoenix habitually. Once in a flight to Hong Kong, she almost fainted after eating the on board meal because she had not had any real tea that whole day. The attendants transferred her to rest in first class and asked if she had the needed medication. She gave them a small packet of Phoenix tea and asked them to make it for her. She was so energetic to tell me the story when she came into the office the next day, I could have thought that she lied about it had I not known the potency of the tea.

There is another thing that I am interested in finding out in your writing. You said the Lapsang Souchong was too strong for you. I am wondering since you have taken on the stronger Phoenix oolong, what is it that in the Souchong that makes the taste too strong? One thing in tea that mislead novices in the beginning is often the great differences in density, i.e. 3 gm of Souchong does look a lot less tealeaves than 3 gm of Phoenix. If it is not that, perhaps you can share the details in your tea experience so we learn too.

@asterix2k10, it seems to me it is not the caffeine in tea that keeps you alert. That is because the green teas you have previously ordered and some of the Phoenixes should have similar, if not more, caffeine than Lapsang Souchong Pristine. I cannot say for sure, but I suspect it is what I call in TCM term “dampness” toxins that is giving you difficulties after black teas. Black teas are generally more dampness conducive, second only to new shengcha puers and the very green versions of Tieguanyins and other similar style Minnan/Taiwan oolongs.

Is shu puer a damp tea too?

A TCM doctor once told me that all teas cause dampness.

I think I read somewhere in the site that some teas cause dampness and some don’t, though I am still not quite sure what it really is. 

:D/

@Leo, I am really interested in what you have to say about Manila’s comment on dampness. This is an issue that troubles me sometimes.

I think red tea is more damp evil than shu puer. I think old style oolongs not damp evil.

@ICE, apologies for having been absent here for some time. 

Hi,
just picked up my first order from teahong.com after it spend three long weeks at the customs, god knows why. But to be honest, I did have some tee left here, so no problem 🙂
Looked really good, shopping was a pleasure due to the unique style of the shop. Even though, I got three little hints:

– Some more information about the teas would be really great. Of course I understand that TH needs to protect its sources, and its also and advantage not to be overwhelmed with information. Still, to get some more details would be appreciated at least by me: where ist the tea from, how old were the trees, any special things in processing… you know 🙂
– A larger packing size would be great also.. I really like the one tea I tried yet, and I’d like to buy like 100 or 200g of it and set it aside for some years.. thats not urgent, just an idea.
– I get that you have a really special take on Pu’Er, and thats fine 🙂 Shopping Pu would be easier if some other vendors were a bit pickier also 😀 Would be great if you provided some more high quality Pu’Er though.

Don’t get me wrong please, I love the shop as it is, just thought I’d give you some feedback on what crossed my mind during shopping.

@miig, Thank you for your kind suggestions. As a matter of fact, these are some of the things that will be launched at our shop one at a time: 

Hi Siu,
well that couldn’t be better! Suggesting something and learning then that is already planned – I swear I didn’t listen in  though 😀

I’m especially happy about the new Pus, I really love the clean character of those you offer already… its obvious that you are very critical in your selection, which is not common for sellers who do maintain affordable pricing this is good news!

Also, please don’t worry about the delay – that just happens sometimes with the customs, I already had that taken into account. They gave  guy who stood in the row before me a hard time because his package was labelled incorrectly – since mine was labelled perfectly, I left there not two minutes later – good work 🙂 🙂 🙂

Glad to hear that you like our puers. As for our plans, please be prepared that although we try, they will be implemented only very slowly. We are a very tiny company that everyone is loaded with many things to do.

I am waiting eagerly.

Hey,
thanks for the quick feedback, thats great!
Its no problem, take your time… in the meantime, we’ll drink your Oolongs instead 🙂

Of all the three things, larger pack size is what I want the most. I have tried too many other shops already and feel so fortunate that I am finally at home with your quality and selections. I don’t need anything else except larger packs so I don’t have to throw away so much packing materials. 

BTW, the like button isn’t working.

@ ICE, thanks for informing. Let me check the issue and get back to you.