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Tea tasting in a tea farmer's home in Wudong, Fenghuang. Notice the huge pile of leaves in the gaiwan that would be steeped later.
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FedEx for USA
my personal way of enjoying Dancongs
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A few months ago we started negotiating with the FedEx office here in Japan for a commercial discount. We have read some reviews that their service is better for destinations in the USA.
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We also think you should not have to pay that much as charged by DHL for shipping.
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An agreement was made by early April and now in the last week of May we can finally apply that lowered rate on our shop — paperworks requirements in Japan for getting certain things moving forward is phenomenally nostalgic, even when the media is digital. Even for an American company here.
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There really are a lot of things that we have been thankful for since moving here, except for some really painfully unbelievable bureaucracies.
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See our 110+ varieties of top quality fine teas that is worth every cent of the shipping cost
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You should now be paying less for shipping through this commercial courier option. We are first testing the service only for destinations in the USA though; we have to see what the service really is like first.
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If everything goes well, we shall setup that same option for all other destinations.
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A visiting client from France examining the leaves in the gaiwans during a tasting session in a tea farmer's home in Wudong, Fenghuang.
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What do old tea people in Fenghuang and I have in common?
And we use mostly the small gaiwan for making our Fenghuang tea, especially those really good ones, such as Fengxi Old Ginger.
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A few nights ago, the customer who had left the most number of reviews on our site, N.N., sent me a private message saying, “…I've been enjoying the Fengxi Old Ginger the past couple days. When I brew it up following your parameters (5 grams of leaf in my Happiness gaiwan) the flavors concentrate a lot and it's very enjoyable. The notes of apricot-glazed shortbread compress into something more like lingonberry and juniper, and the congwei comes out in full force. It's really tasty!”
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(N.N., I hope you don’t mind me sharing this ;-P)
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This is what 6 grams of a classic Phoenix oolong in the Happiness Gaiwan look like after a few rounds of infusion
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The next day he sent another message, “…6 grams this time, 30 second initial steep at 192°F / 89°C. I like this a lot. I'm getting some dry pine and fir coming off the wet leaf, reminds me strongly of Christmas!”
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Why? I feel that he is a real member of our old Fenghuang dancong old tea people tribe. Most importantly, he reminds me that there is something important about tea infusion that maybe quite important to share with you.
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