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January 5, 2021February 19, 2021 by Arby

Water Recipe: Truth Serum

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Truth Serum is a balanced, versatile recipe designed to extract lots of character.

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February 6, 2021February 9, 2021 by Arby

Ripe Puer Storage Experiment: Unheated vs 36C (6 month results)

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The purpose of this experiment is to observe the effects of heated storage on the aging process of ripe puer.

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February 6, 2021February 9, 2021 by Arby

Black Tea Storage Experiment: Unheated vs 36C (6 month results)

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The purpose of this experiment is to observe the effects of heated storage on the aging process of sun-dried black tea.

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January 26, 2021February 9, 2021 by Arby

White Tea Storage Experiment: Unheated vs 36C (6 month results)

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The purpose of this experiment is to observe how heated storage affects the aging process of white tea.

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January 6, 2021February 9, 2021 by Arby

Young Raw Puer Storage Comparison: Unheated vs Overheated (6 months in)

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This is, in effect, an update on this reddit post I wrote more than a year ago, which detailed my failed first attempt at heated tea storage.

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January 6, 2021February 9, 2021 by Arby

Testing DPcalc.org’s Mold Predictions with Young Raw Puer

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The purpose of this experiment is to compare my observations of mold growth on young raw puer to the predictions of dpcalc.org.

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October 26, 2020February 9, 2021 by Arby

Ripe Puer Conditioning Experiment

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The purpose of this experiment is to observe the effect of conditioning ripe puer to a range of humidity levels in the short term.

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October 17, 2020February 9, 2021 by Arby

Young Raw Puer Storage Experiment: Effects of Air Exposure (1 year results)

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The purpose of this experiment is to observe how exposure to air affects the taste of young raw puer over time.

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September 5, 2020February 11, 2021 by Arby

“Heat Defects” – The lemon ester note.

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It turns out, it’s totally normal.

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June 22, 2020February 11, 2021 by Arby

84% RH Sealed Storage Failure – Mold.

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These are a few chunks of tea I was going to use in my storage experiments.

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