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Pros and cons and any recommendations, please.
I fear there is trouble ahead.
Pros and cons and any recommendations, please.
I fear there is trouble ahead.
Imagine if someone were to come up with a process to artificially age a new bottle of extremely tannic Bordeaux so that it would taste as if it were twenty or more years old, but with the loss of a significant amount of nuance and complexity.
Imagine if someone were to come up with a process to artificially age a new bottle of extremely tannic Bordeaux so that it would taste as if it were twenty or more years old, but with the loss of a significant amount of nuance and complexity. People would buy it, but oenophiles would continue to seek out the real thing.
You can't rush mother nature.
Cooked pu'ers (I will henceforth officially adopt the Hobbes spelling) are interesting, but not compelling. They are fun and worth drinking, as I find almost any tea to be, but by all accounts it would appear that raw shengs are the top of the heap.
You don't have to imagine anymore, its called the clef du vin.
Now I need the definitive list of say the 1st 5 cakes to buy in sheng, cheap and good, and the first 5 in shu. Its just about cake buying time and I still have no clue!
I smoke pipes and cigars and my palate aint the most refined so some of the more delicate notes from the complex and special teas would go unnoticed.
Now I need the definitive list of say the 1st 5 cakes to buy in sheng, cheap and good, and the first 5 in shu. Its just about cake buying time and I still have no clue!
Honestly, if you buy ten cakes now, you're going to regret it in six months.
Samples samples samples!
Every cake you buy is committing yourself to drinking THIRTY sessions of the stuff. Be DAMNED sure you're buying the right thing before you part with your cash.
Toodlepip,
Hobbes
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