On Apr 1, 2:01*am, Lewis Perin wrote:

Wow. *Would you be willing to try to get her to put her
prognostication techniques into words?

At the risk of indirectly asking a woman's age, I wonder if you could
satisfy my curiosity: While five years is impressive, since the big
gains in a Pu'er only happen after, say, twenty years, has she been
able to establish a record of prediction on that scale?

She did, but I don't think it was prediction, more of judgement based
on a wealth of knowledge in pu-er. Is the big gain in 20 years your
own prognostication? From what I know, pu-er maturity speed varies
from place 2 place, from storage method 2 storage method, from maocha
quality 2 maocha quality, from processing method 2 processing method.
She did tell me how the pu-er might mature into, but I can only tell
you if she's spot on in 2022.

If you think of balance as the position on an axis, I don't think it
needs to be dead center. *I actually enjoy a certain amount of
bitterness in tea.

A certain amount of bitterness in tea is 2 be expected, but a
lingering bitterness that would not go away? Do you accept this as a
criteria for good quality tea?

Kevo