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I just can't stay away... (Huo Shan Huang Ya)

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

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Dominic T.
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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

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Shen

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

Dom> Tai Ping Hou Kui

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Space Cowboy

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

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Dominic T.

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

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Phyll

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

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