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WATASHI WA TOKIIIIIIIIIII @ibistoast.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

hello. i, a liubao drinker, have written an article on why you shouldn't drink liubao. this isn't a sarcastic article, but moreso a look at the current problems with the state of liubao in the west pathlesstaken.substack.com/p/why-you-sh...

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Why you shouldn't drink Liubao

Most days that I drink tea, I will drink Liubao at least once.

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

from a few days ago, 80s Wistaria Liu an. liuan is a pretty challenging category, both on the body and to find. at 3g, this was already super punchy, but remarkably pleasant and soft on the body. really enjoyed the body feeling, texture and overall progression of this. good stuff #tea #teasky

a pitcher filled with red-coloured tea, a bowl with a yixing teapot, and a blue white porcelain cup

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

an attempt at a tea based drink; fukien sx and ort daily rg over ice with an orange cold foam. #1 was good, but fukien sx isnt great. #2 upped the sweetness and used crushed ice, which has better appeal visually. used orange juice in 1 but ran out for 2, would have been best #tea #teasky

a tall glass containing brown liquid with a layer of white foam on top, the two visually mixing.

a tall glass containing orange liquid with a layer of white foam on top, the two visually mixing.

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

love this tea. really excellent stuff. more to come on this later. its good

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

got some new wares today, pictured in them is l2l 2012 bug bitten oolong. really good stuff. ill save the notes for a proper session, though.

a teacup with a lineart cat next to a pitcher with a nautilus, both in minoan style

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3 or 4 rats @ratsack.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

getting shou at the grocery store: my dream is eat dirt getting shou from a reputable vendor: my dream is eat dirt (sophisticated) (nuanced)

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

2014 aged shuixian from Pastleaf. Very pleasant, comforting aged high roast oolong profile - the sweet chocolate roast develops into a sort of tart almost plum-like note, with a little acidity. Thick and rich and comforting, but probably an acquired taste. Would have been better low ratio

a conical cup on a red clay plate next to a red clay teapot

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

wistaria 1970s haotien houtou puerh over the past few days. gongfu, the early steeps are woody and raisiny sweet, with a lingering aftertaste like brandy. a light spice, and not a very loud one. had a slowly building focusing mental effect, and despite the roughness, very reinfusible #teasky

a blue white porcelain cup on a rattan coaster, in front of a purple clay teapot in a bowl

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

bought 200g of a tea and it turns out it's a tooth hurting tea....

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

exploring new teas is rather discouraging

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

fun fact: the reason its called a shuiping is because it floats on water

two shuiping teapots floating in a bowl of water

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

i wish i had drank liubao today, and yesterday, and most days where i did not drink liubao

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

12 famous tea mountains (07 sheng from wwsf) is way too many. nonetheless this is a nice tea - there's a lot of focus on single origin but i think the pendulum is swinging or will swing back. floral aftertaste with huigan (!) that goes on and on. smoke that fades quickly. good tea #tea #teasky

a cylindrical teapot behind a handleless teacup with red liquid inside

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

taiwan qilan, an educational experience. this hits the yancha profile without the yan, the particular unique fullness (other than "yanyun"). still pleasant easy drinking

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

drinking wwsf 2012 manzhuan anniversary cake via WWSF. not much of a sheng drinker, as anyone familiar with my other epiphets would know, but this thing is pretty wild. good texture and re-infusability (more on this later) with a very strong body effect - comfortable,relaxing and uplifting? #tea

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

usually I've been hoping for dxjd to reopen but this month im hoping they stay closed

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

postcard tea 2010 zhi lan xiang dancong. would you believe me if i told you this entirely lacked "aged tastes? one of the main problems i've had with dancong, without realising until now, has been a lack of integration - this dancong is a normal dancong, but everything adds to a cohesive whole #tea

a red terracota plate with a pear-shaped white clay teapot next to a decorated porcelain conical cup

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

had a weirdly processed white tea that veers closer to dancong more than anything else. despite having some particularly obvious flaws, it is by far the best dancong or white tea I've had. this is quite perturbing

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

two rouguis today - "mi tuo yan" and "frog meat". i enjoy tastings immediately after one another, because they imbue each other with context. mty - bright, fragrant, a bit acidic, sweet. frog - dark, thick, smooth. both are characteristically rougui, but i still don't get "cinnamon" #teasky #oolong

a pear-shaped white clay teapot on a red clay plate with two teacups in front

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

finally able to have a nice session of tea again, has been some time. wistaria's autumn echoes shou. pretty typical clean shou profile, backed by remarkable longevity, great texture, good potency, and a warm and comforting body feeling that steadily builds through the session. exemplar #tea #teasky

a ceramic bowl containing a purple clay teapot atop a loofah next to a blue-white porcelain cup filled with red liquid

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

a common flaw in liubao appears to be milk texture and an oat note - could this tea be suitably applied for grain based tea preparations, such as pocha/tsampa and suutei tsai?

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

boveda: a magical device that can turn a fish corpse into a wet plank of wood

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

do you think a fish would smell bad shou and be as horrified as we are, or perhaps far more so given the implication

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

holy shit, i just found a smoked whiskey that hits the same smoke note as the 2010 yao aroma.

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

2016 sanxia aged green from MST tastes like rose petals and has the middle of honey. neat! #tea #teasky

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

08 jingpin furun heizhuan. water is a pain - this tea shows every aspect it normally does (fruit, almond, etc), but in a different balance, and one heavily weighted towards astringency. this appears to be a general trait of my current water, even if i dilute it aggressively with 0tds water #teasky

a bluewhite porcelain cup on a white porcelain platter next to a red clay teapot

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drccr @drccr.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Fresh Camellia sinensis leaves picked from my garden oxidizing into a black tea. I decided to make black tea again, and knew I needed to go harder on the rolling than my last attempt a year ago. I kinda went a little too hard with the help of a rolling pin. I'll figure it out eventually. #teasky

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

ort big broom white tea. good even though my water is bad right now. green herbals like mint, thick texture, a bit chocolatey. fun #tea #teasky

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

everyone is talking about #floortea. trying to giving pcth 98 yesheng liubao a go with more heat. usually not fond of this tea but it might be down to my typical style of brewing which favours finer pickings

a porcelain espresso cup filled with dark tea next to a cylindrical unglazed red teapot

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

tea rating scale based on how likely it is to kill you/how awful it feels

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

My strongest teas would kill you, traveler. You can't handle my strongest teas. You'd better go to a seller that sells weaker teas.

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

l2l 2014 "highest skill" dongding. crazy longevity (been going for hours, usually i can steep out an oolong very quickly). sweet, thick, salivating, clean, aftertaste lingers for a long time, bright profile despite a very dark roast. great stuff #tea #teasky

a terracotta plate with a white teacup filled with red liquid next to a yellow clay pear shaped teapot

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

the moldy liubao tuocha that literally everyone is talking about. incredibly thick gooey texture. no aftertaste. no longevity. slight bitterness. slight wood. nothing going on in this tea. you can kinda see why no one is talking about this tea.

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

its crazy how much and how little tea there is simultaneously. there's like, 1.5kg of peach fragrance dancong (there's only one tree) per year. that's it. and simultaneously there's like, at least 1500kg of laobanzhang per year. im probably lowballing

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

trying my hand at this "noodle account" thing. shimeji, okra and choi sum udon. nice balance of textures, but i got a new soy sauce and overdid it a bit, so flavours are soy sauce dominant (because i didnt add much else). tasty and simple

thick noodles with assorted greenery and mushrooms in a white porcelain bowl

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

forget asking if you'd be loved as a worm. the real test is if you'd still be loved as a 1970s qinzhou nixing ufo shaped teapot with basket filter

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

there's no 05 4gc left on the western market????

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

hot single tuocha in your area. click here

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the path less taken @path-less-taken.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

l2l 1970s liubao today. standout body feeling. heavy, then relaxing and spacey, made me sink into my chair. i dont want to stand up. very long lasting aftertaste, very good longevity. probably still has more to give. needs longer steeps. sticky texture, nice taste notes. too pricey #heicha #teasky

a blue white porcelain cup with a peacock illustration on a rattan coaster next to a brown zini yixing teapot in a brown ceramic bowl

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white2tea @white2tea.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

poor ai coach is confused by my mentioning 100kg re: small batch shou Puer pile weights

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