I've resurrected my little blog teasphere (http://
teasphere.wordpress.com/) and have begun reading Cha Dao a bit more
too since things have been slower here. I have a new order of tea
coming from Teaspring that I'm eagerly awaiting:

Shui Xian
Song Zhong Dan Chong
Feng Huang Dan Cong
Bi Luo Chun
Huang Shan Mao Feng
Tai Ping Hou Kui

....and today I came across some Huo Mountain Yellow (Huo Shan Huang
Ya) which was just what the doctor ordered. I wrote a full writeup
just a few minutes ago to kick-start my blog again, but in the
interests of the group I'll break it down here too.

I have been trying to match an unbelievable Que She (Bird's Tongue)
from a year or so ago which has been haunting me ever since I brewed
the last of it. This Huo Shan Huang Ya was a bit drier, darker, and
slimmer in appearance but I gave it a shot anyhow since it instantly
brought the thought of that Bird's Tongue back when I checked it out.
I brewed up some in my gaiwan and it surprised me to no end, it is
almost a dead ringer for my departed Que She. Vegetal, sweet, pale,
slightly thick/slippery feeling and just a touch harsher/less delicate
than the Que She. Close enough for me, though, to not care one bit.

I figure I'm not helping much by staying away (except for my sanity
sometimes) so I will be posting the results of these upcoming teas and
some other surprises both here and on my blog.

Take care,
- Dominic

On Aug 23, 11:40 am, "Dominic T." wrote:
I've resurrected my little blog teasphere (http://
teasphere.wordpress.com/) and have begun reading Cha Dao a bit more
too since things have been slower here. I have a new order of tea
coming from Teaspring that I'm eagerly awaiting:

Shui Xian
Song Zhong Dan Chong
Feng Huang Dan Cong
Bi Luo Chun
Huang Shan Mao Feng
Tai Ping Hou Kui

...and today I came across some Huo Mountain Yellow (Huo Shan Huang
Ya) which was just what the doctor ordered. I wrote a full writeup
just a few minutes ago to kick-start my blog again, but in the
interests of the group I'll break it down here too.

I have been trying to match an unbelievable Que She (Bird's Tongue)
from a year or so ago which has been haunting me ever since I brewed
the last of it. This Huo Shan Huang Ya was a bit drier, darker, and
slimmer in appearance but I gave it a shot anyhow since it instantly
brought the thought of that Bird's Tongue back when I checked it out.
I brewed up some in my gaiwan and it surprised me to no end, it is
almost a dead ringer for my departed Que She. Vegetal, sweet, pale,
slightly thick/slippery feeling and just a touch harsher/less delicate
than the Que She. Close enough for me, though, to not care one bit.

I figure I'm not helping much by staying away (except for my sanity
sometimes) so I will be posting the results of these upcoming teas and
some other surprises both here and on my blog.

Take care,
- Dominic

Dominic, Welcome back!
You may want to try T'Ching Store for Que She. It's a bit expensive;
but, Sandy is very knowlegable and particular about the source and
quality of T'Ching's teas.
Nice to read your lovely and descriptive romantizations of tea again.
Shen

Your blog is something new to me, i will bookmark it..
is this huang ya tea same as meng ding huang ya?
I had tried some of meng ding huang ya tea from teacuppa.com

It was quite a good yellow tea itself being rare, the tea is slightly
steamy, subtly sweet and floral in flavour, with a nutty hint. It is a
pure pleasure.
90°C and 1 minute proves to be a good basis for discovering the assets
of this tea. I find it slightly grassier than the normal silver needle
tea.

I find yellow teas interesting but only once in a while. My local tea
shoppe has a yellow tea I find more interesting than Huo Mountain.
The owner isn't sure but I think it is DaYeQing. It is really big
long twisted leaf. There were some posts when I first came across
it. If someone doesn't care to say it here I don't follow them around
on the Internet. Follow up on TaiPingHouKui. I've got to get me
some. A bunch of new teas always perks me up.

Jim

Dominic T. wrote:
Tai Ping Hou Kui

...and today I came across some Huo Mountain Yellow (Huo Shan Huang
Ya) which was just what the doctor ordered
I figure I'm not helping much by staying away (except for my sanity
sometimes) so I will be posting the results of these upcoming teas and
some other surprises both here and on my blog.

Take care,
- Dominic

On Aug 24, 10:59 am, Space Cowboy wrote:
I find yellow teas interesting but only once in a while. My local tea
shoppe has a yellow tea I find more interesting than Huo Mountain.
The owner isn't sure but I think it is DaYeQing. It is really big
long twisted leaf. There were some posts when I first came across
it. If someone doesn't care to say it here I don't follow them around
on the Internet. Follow up on TaiPingHouKui. I've got to get me
some. A bunch of new teas always perks me up.

Jim

Hey, no problem... I just finally have time again and like the
multimedia aspects I can integrate into a blog that I can't here. I
still want to finish posting my collection of Yixing online and stuff
like that. It's cool, like I said, I plan on posting everything here
too if your not into the blog stuff.

I'm not familiar with DaYeQing, I generally don't go for yellows
either. I've had about 12 more cups of it since yesterday and it is
still just as good as the first... so it wasn't just me being smitten
at the closeness to my former Que She. I got the shipment notice today
from Teaspring and I plan on covering the TaiPing Hou Kui first... I
will have to use one of my glass teapots for artisan teas I think... I
can't figure out how they brew it since the leaves are so large. I've
been searching the net but coming up pretty empty. I asked a Chinese
friend of mine who's brewed it for me before and he said he just
breaks it in half... I shuddered. He's old school though and there is
no romance between him and tea.

- Dominic

On Aug 23, 5:15 pm, Shen wrote:
On Aug 23, 11:40 am, "Dominic T." wrote:





I've resurrected my little blog teasphere (http://
teasphere.wordpress.com/) and have begun reading Cha Dao a bit more
too since things have been slower here. I have a new order of tea
coming from Teaspring that I'm eagerly awaiting:

Shui Xian
Song Zhong Dan Chong
Feng Huang Dan Cong
Bi Luo Chun
Huang Shan Mao Feng
Tai Ping Hou Kui

...and today I came across some Huo Mountain Yellow (Huo Shan Huang
Ya) which was just what the doctor ordered. I wrote a full writeup
just a few minutes ago to kick-start my blog again, but in the
interests of the group I'll break it down here too.

I have been trying to match an unbelievable Que She (Bird's Tongue)
from a year or so ago which has been haunting me ever since I brewed
the last of it. This Huo Shan Huang Ya was a bit drier, darker, and
slimmer in appearance but I gave it a shot anyhow since it instantly
brought the thought of that Bird's Tongue back when I checked it out.
I brewed up some in my gaiwan and it surprised me to no end, it is
almost a dead ringer for my departed Que She. Vegetal, sweet, pale,
slightly thick/slippery feeling and just a touch harsher/less delicate
than the Que She. Close enough for me, though, to not care one bit.

I figure I'm not helping much by staying away (except for my sanity
sometimes) so I will be posting the results of these upcoming teas and
some other surprises both here and on my blog.

Take care,
- Dominic

Dominic, Welcome back!
You may want to try T'Ching Store for Que She. It's a bit expensive;
but, Sandy is very knowlegable and particular about the source and
quality of T'Ching's teas.
Nice to read your lovely and descriptive romantizations of tea again.
Shen- Hide quoted text -

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I second Shen's recco on T Ching's que she.

Fascinating. Look forward to hearing more.

Jazzy, Huoshan is similar to Mengding Huangya, they are both yellow
tea, but from different places.

Dominic, for TPHK I use a tall 8-ounce glass of about 10 centermeters
tall, but I am sure your glasspot will do fine.

Julian
http://www.amazing-green-tea.com