New Mengku

Fatman2 SG

Calling my fellow tea kakis.

Anyone interested to test some new mengku teas?

http://cgi.ebay.com/2007-Mengku-Mangbo-Raw-Pu-erh-tea-cake-400-grams_W0QQitemZ350001752236QQihZ022QQcategoryZ38181QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/2007-Mengku-Qing-Gang-Green-Mountain-Raw-Pu-erh-tea_W0QQitemZ350001700820QQihZ022QQcategoryZ38181QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

Mr. C, heard you have old liu an that has excellent cha qi. Any left?

Thinking of this friday at tras. Anyone interested?

ck2998 SG

Hey Seb,
I can come this Friday. What's the time?
I will bring my vintage Liu Bao.

Fatman2 SG

Super. Cannot wait to try the liu pao. 3pm at the office. Sent sms. Very Happy

kevint88 SG

Mr. Green

Thanks so much for the session! I had a great time! The liu bao was really something...and the shui xian too, unfortunately we didn't have time to push through the latter...

Fatman2 SG

It was a good session. Colin, thanks for the liu bao. We tried it with very hot water and fast brew after you left. The outcome was very different. Liquor was light brownish and tea tasted very nice. Hot water, fast in fast out. Nice. Wink

Kev, the sourish note of the shui xian. Can anything be done?

jumbobana SG

Hi all, This is Eric. I would appreciate if I could join in yr chat group. I am a newbie in tea drinking.

Best Regards
Eric

Fatman2 SG

Hi Eric.

You are most welcome to join. Let us know what kind of tea you drink and if you can share some of your experience with us that will be great. If you like, you can also join us on Sunday afternoon when we meet to drink tea.

Join us.

jumbobana SG

Thank you for the reply.
Basically I just drink some simple tea like Oolong, Tie guan In tea. Most recently started to look at what is available in the market for health reasons. I chance upon this forum and find people chatting here love their tea and knows their stuff. So earlier message was a request to join in the chat in case I have queries or things to share. Thanks for the invite and will take up the offer when the opportunities comes. For now I join as a passive student listening in and occasionally asking questions..

Thank you.... Eric Very Happy

Fatman2 SG

Haha.

We are all learning. Tea drinking is indeed a healthy activity. We drink all sorts of tea and of late, our focus has been on puerh. However, we will never refuse a good da hong pao or oolong when it comes along. Please feel free to ask questions here. I believe our mod Kev, CK, or some of the others will be most willing to share what they know. Wink

Cheers.

kevint88 SG

I asked about this when I was in Taipei, and the answers given were to use very hot water, fast in fast out, rinse the tea twice... Neutral

Seb, do you have the Mengku 2007 Commemorative 1974 cake?

kevint88 SG

Eric,

Welcome!

Drinking tea can be a personal enjoyment, but it is also extremely boring at times, so do drop by 63 Temple Street on Sundays afternoons before 5pm to drink with others!

A word of caution - tea can be very addictive...

Mr. Green

kev

Fatman2 SG

On the way here. Wink

Thanks for the info.

jumbobana SG

Thks, Seb, Kevin.

Will try n take u up on your invite. Da Hong Pao mmmmm... something new I shd surf the net to find out more abt this....

Like I said I am a newbie. Loves all the names all you hv brought up..

Thanks a lot for being such a friendly group of people.... guess I found the right thing to do simply drink tea.....

Cheers
Eric

kevint88 SG

Mr. Green

May I get a taste of it when it arrives on our shore?

kev

kevint88 SG

Hi Eric, you know the place, you know the time...the place is always filled with friendly people.

We actsy actsy like we know a lot about tea, but seriously, we are just a bunch of very thirsty people...so dun b shy Mr. Green

Da Hong Pao, world famous oolong from the mountains in Wuyi city, northen Fujian. links:

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

http://www.teaspring.com/Da-Hong-Pao.asp

http://www.leavesofjade.com/index.php/tea_blog/pages/da_hong_pao_big_red_robes/

kev - drinking an old style Dancong now...

Fatman2 SG

But of course. Smile

jumbobana SG

Thks Kevin,

Looks real good tea leaves I must say.
And could struck a gold mine if can get leaves from the old trees on the cliff.
Mmmm sounds tasty. Will venture and find some of this, perhaps from the place at Temple street.

Thanks guys...