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12 tevet 5782 the reason i joined discord was to have a good platform to buy second hand tea. i soon discovered the world of trading tea and find it one of the most enriching parts of being on discord. it supports some of the values i care about most. it encourages sharing, building community, education through first hand drinking experience, and it create solidarity among tea lovers and provides other means of accessing tea besides retailers. if this weren't enough, a big part of the tea community i am finding is honest generosity. not always, but most of the time, when people send me things they always include a little extra something. this is a practice i love and try to do my self. besides some nice added gifts, i have come across some very generous individuals who have sent me small portions of tea that are out of my price range or aren't available for purchase anymore. i am guessing many of these people who are comfortable in their financial stability and have a good supp...

28 cheshvan 5782 i am happy to say i still have plenty to write about for this blog. this includes a backlog of posts ive written that i keep saved on a word document on my laptop. i don’t live with wifi (by choice. yeah… im one of those). after i write something i have to be motivated and in the mood to use my internet time to post it to this blog. in addition to the languishing collection of posts adrift in the word document is a collection of tea notes that i write on scraps of paper and in a composition notebook that i keep next to me as i drink. and yes, i keep the notes in a journal so i can keep my tea time free of screens. its like my blog is caught up in some dysfunctional and inefficient bureaucracy of tea publishing. first, notebook, then word document, then send it to the presses once wifi is within reach and the article has been proof read enough, more or less, and then ‘click.’ still to come in the future is me talking about me beginning my journey into searching for th...

8 elul 5781 Abbreviations to know for puerh on discord and the internet TW- Taiwan MY- Malaysia HK-hong kong GD-guangdong KM-kunming KTM-king tea mall MXTea-Taobao vendor XG-xiaguan FT-fei tei (for Taiwan) YQH-yang qin hao XZH-xi zi hao CYH-chen yen hao BYH-bi yun hao TWL-teas we like HKH-hong kong henry LFPT(FT)-love forever paper tong (fei tei) LCT-lao cha tou TLHK-tea life hong kong LP or LPT- liquid proust teas  TSH- taishunhe(taiwanese site for buying tea) For more: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kAhzWYFtAnXwzjbQGJKrvLbzKiSMcQAWNVb8RKICC-I/edit#gid=0

  elul 5 781 i did not want to join discord. its format is why i try avoid interacting too much with the internet. there is always something going on and happening on discord whether it be a discussion or voice chat/video tea rooms. it is easy to get sucked in and spend a lot of time interacting with it. it’s also very easy for me to be overcome with fomo because there is always something going on. Oh no, i might miss out on this group buy, oh no i might miss out on someone giving away some hot tips on an unknown tea or vendor, oh no I might miss out on the beginning of some inside joke, etc etc. despite all this, i have dipped into discord. the main reason was because I heard there were good deals and group buys being organized on there and i wanted in. well, it is true. discord is where you can find people organizing group buys for taobao or yang qing hao. The trading/selling area has some really good teas that are hard to come or people post samples of teas where the v...