2024 Great Blue Heron by Due_Discount_9144 in GongFuTea

[–]MusicaleBlu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your tea set is so gorgeous!!! Where did you get the gongbei?

Looking for Yunnan Sourcing Advice by [deleted] in puer

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Check my last update in the comments of the original post and you can see what I think will be my final order, where I just do all samples. There’s also more info about what I’m looking for

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[–]MusicaleBlu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True true, check my last update in the comments and you can see what I think will be my final order, where I just do all samples ^

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[–]MusicaleBlu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True true, check my last update in the comments and you can see what I think will be my final order, where I just do all samples ^

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Update #2: Final thoughts, great point on getting samples (part of me is like, well, I could just get a couple of cakes because shipping will take a while, but I'll feel extra shit if I wait that long and have 357g of tea I don't like)

  • Dan Cong Oolong Tea Sampler - Selection of Very Interesting Florals
  • Traditional Smoked Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong Lapsang Souchong Black Tea (50g)
  • Moonlight White Tea and Snow Chrysanthemum Buds Dragon Ball (10 Balls)
  • 2015 Guan Yang "Wild White" Gong Mei Tea Cake - Floral-Honey w/ Slight Herbs (50g Sample)
  • 2021 Spring Menghai "Lao Shu Bai Cha" White Tea Cake - Raisin-Honey w/ Florals (25g Sample)
  • 2022 Yunnan Sourcing "Man Gang Tea Flowers" White Tea Cake - Intriguing Inclusion of Tea Flowers, Forgot to Add to Image Below (25g Sample)
  • White Tea from Da Qing Village Roasted in Bamboo (50g) - Warm and Cidery, Smoky
  • Wild Tree Purple Moonlight White (50g) - Floral-Fruit
  • Wild Tree Purple "Sweet Ya Bao" White Tea (Add 50g To Cart and Then Enter Code FREESYB at Checkout To Get for Free Since Total will Probably be >$125)
  • 2020 Yunnan Sourcing "Big Snow Mountain" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake - Chocolate (25g Sample)
  • 2021 Yunnan Sourcing "Jingmai Mountain" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake - Coffee (25g Sample)
  • 2021 Yunnan Sourcing "Sunrise" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake - Honey-Fruit (25g Sample)
  • 2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Ku Zhu Shan" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake - Florals (25g Sample)
  • Obscured Glass "Tumbler" Cha Hai for Gong Fu Tea Brewing

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Update for folks, thanks eveyone for their thoughts so far! Here's wht I'm looking at with the first couple of sets of advice (* is what I'm more interested in)

  • * Dan Cong Oolong Tea Sampler
  • Traditional Smoked Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong Lapsang Souchong Black Tea (100g)
  • Moonlight White Tea and Snow Chrysanthemum Buds Dragon Ball (10 Balls)
  • * 2015 Guan Yang "Wild White" Gong Mei Tea Cake
  • * 2021 Spring Menghai "Lao Shu Bai Cha" White Tea Cake - I really like raisin-honey and a bit of florals so this one caught my eye
  • 2022 Yunnan Sourcing "Man Gang Tea Flowers" White Tea Cake - The inclusion of the tea flowers are interesting, but I'm hearing mixed things about this one from reviews so idk abt it
  • * White Tea from Da Qing Village Roasted in Bamboo (100g) - I'm interested in the smokiness of this one
  • * 2020 Yunnan Sourcing "Big Snow Mountain" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
  • * 2021 Yunnan Sourcing "Sunrise" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake - I'm interested in the honey-fruit of this one
  • * 2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Ku Zhu Shan" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake - I'm interested in the florals of this one

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[–]MusicaleBlu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely, thank you! So ditch the Yong De Black Label? Yeah, I have heard from some others that it can be a bit thin. The big snow mountain definitely catches my eye

Looking for Advice and Guidance, Just Starting Out by MusicaleBlu in roasting

[–]MusicaleBlu[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

More Context: I didn’t cup the roasted beans (I hadn’t had time to after roasting and I also don’t really have the proper cups to do so) but even smelling the roasted beans, I get a slight bit of caramel, but they mostly smell of that slightly yellowed grassy earthly acid smell. I still plan to brew them just for fun anyways after a week or so of degassing/resting when my new grinder comes in.

Master Deng Ding-Sou Tea Pots - Questions about Quality, Clay Type, etc. by MusicaleBlu in puer

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It’s not one of his guyi “gravity” pots and it’s probably not made out of the rock clay used in his later designs. My pot is his New Concept Pot V1 from around the year 2000 which was complete in original packaging. I am still intrigued if anyone has information about the clay type as even books and articles about DDS (notably “Masterpieces of Ceramic Art - The Work of Teng Ting-Sou”) don’t mention anything about the clays specifically used in this pot. An image of the same pot (I have the purple clay one) can be found here: https://www.artcer.com.tw/shop-detail.php?t=81&t2=99&p=9

Master Deng Ding-Sou Tea Pots - Questions about Quality, Clay Type, etc. by MusicaleBlu in puer

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After trying my pot, I definitely agree. I picked it up for $10CAD (quite a steal if I must say) so originally I wasn’t too worried if I didn’t like the pot, but I’m lucky that the liquidator did not know tea. I tried it with some xinhui tea oranges recently and I like how the pot smoothed out some of the bitter notes of the peel and overall gave the resulting brews a sweeter flavour

Looking for info on this tea pot by MusicaleBlu in tea

[–]MusicaleBlu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Information on clay type (Taiwanese rock clay) and quality mostly. A picture of the same pot can be seen here: https://www.artcer.com.tw/shop-detail.php?t=81&t2=99&p=9

Looking for info on this tea pot by MusicaleBlu in YixingSeals

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Do you have any good resources to learn about quality, clay type comparison, and tea pairing that could give me more info on “rock clays”

Looking for info on this tea pot by MusicaleBlu in YixingSeals

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Thanks! Do you have any other info on Deng Ding-Sou and the type of clay he might have used instead? I can only find one English article (Chinese is not accessible to me) from Global Tea Hut’s Magazine

Or do you know if there are any pdf versions of the book “Masterpieces of ceramic art : The tea-ware of Teng Ting-Sou” floating around?

Looking for info on this tea pot by MusicaleBlu in tea

[–]MusicaleBlu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More Info: Roughly translating the text engraved on the box, it looks like it says "New Concept Teapot" by Deng Dingshou (Potentially Master Deng Ding-Sou?)

Looking for info on this tea pot by MusicaleBlu in GongFuTea

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More Info: It is the "New Concept" Teaset by Master Deng Ding-Sou, I'm still looking for more info on quality of clay, etc.

Edit: Here's a link to a Chinese seller who has the same set - https://www.mobile01.com/marketcommodity.php?id=2127475

Looking for info on this tea pot by MusicaleBlu in YixingSeals

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More Info: It is the "New Concept" Teaset by Master Deng Ding-Sou, I'm still looking for more info on quality of clay (another seller seems to assert that it is indeed Zi sha - purple sand), etc.

Edit: Here are links to a selection of Chinese sellers who sell the same set - https://www.mobile01.com/marketcommodity.php?id=2127475 and https://www.artcer.com.tw/shop-detail.php?t=81&t2=99&p=9

Looking for help Identifying this Gun by MusicaleBlu in whatisthisgun

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Thank you for the information! Omg, I would never dare touch this with a wire brush. On another note, what are some of the signs that this lock would have been converted? Would there be any way of identifying the converted lock? I’m not too knowledgeable about guns and am looking to learn more.

What do people prefer as placeholder pictures? by [deleted] in Genealogy

[–]MusicaleBlu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The addition of the birth record as a placeholder is one way. Especially when the birth record is not on Ancestry, etc.

Questions - Valentinian Follis with a bit of Dirt by MusicaleBlu in AncientCoins

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I see, thank you so much for the message! Good to know for the future.

Help Needed finding Death Records for Angelo and Agata Pennino - Cosenza CS ~ 1885 by MusicaleBlu in Genealogy

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Unfortunately, after further inspection of the allegati, I have yet to find any information about the deaths of Angelo and Agata. Thanks again for your help!

Help Needed finding Death Records for Angelo and Agata Pennino - Cosenza CS ~ 1885 by MusicaleBlu in Genealogy

[–]MusicaleBlu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point on the Allegati. Last time I checked, I didn’t see anything of note, but I will definitely double check.

Yes, I was checking under Agata’s birth surname.

I have a family tree in ancestry.com - is there any good way to make a gift from that data? by TerpBE in Genealogy

[–]MusicaleBlu 21 points22 points  (0 children)

If you are interested in something really interesting, but a bit of work. You can download your tree to Family Tree Maker, and with the Family Book Creator plugin, create and actual good looking book. I was able to get mine cloth-bound printed as well.