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ImmortaliTea Podcast
by Trident Cafe And Tea
A podcast for tea nerds both seasoned and aspiring. We drink different specialty teas and talk about where the tea is from, how to brew it, and where you can find the best tea in the world. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/immortalitea/support
Episodes
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Ep 33 - An Old Arbor Pu'er Harvested In 2015 With Smokey Cedar And Tobacco Notes From The Bulang Mountains
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, drinks an old arbor pu’er from the Bulang mountains harvested in 2015 with filmmaker, Josh Hyde. The Bulang mountains in Southern China are renowned for the powerful, bittersweet teas they produce. One of the most...
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Ep - 32 Anji Baicha AA Is An Exquisite Green Tea With Sweet Floral Notes
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, steeps a green tea known as Anji Baicha with filmmaker, Josh Hyde. Anji Baicha (安吉白茶) or just “Anji White” is a popular and newly developed green tea from Zhejiang, China. Though called “white” it is in fact a…
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Ep 31 - An Award Winning Tie Guan Yin From Taiwan's Muzha Region
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, steeps an award wining Tie Guan Yin from Taiwan with filmmaker, Josh Hyde. Tea was first brought to Taiwan’s Wen Shan district in Taipei city over 300 years ago by Chinese immigrants from Fujian. This Mu Zha Tie…
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Ep 30 - Huo Shan Yellow Buds Is A Ming Dynasty Treat For Modern Tea Drinkers
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, and filmmaker, Josh Hyde, steep Huo Shan Huang Ya, a yellow tea (not green or white!) from Anhui, China. Plucked in the very early spring, it is made entirely from the young buds of the tea bushes. The pedigree of...
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Ep 29 - Apples, Cinnamon, And Spices Emerge From This White Tea Aged Over 19 Years
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, and filmmaker, Josh Hyde, steep a two decades old, this white tea cake made from shoumei (larger tea leaves harvested late in the growing season) is something you won’t come across every day. Aged white teas are...
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Ep 28 - Red Plum Dragonwell Grade A Is A Rare Treat For Black Tea Lovers
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, and filmmaker, Josh Hyde, steep one of the most renowned teas in China, Dragonwell (longjing 明前龍井) from the West Lake (Xi Hu) protected area has a recorded history going back over a thousand years. The unique...
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Ep 27 - Red Thunder Oolong Is An Ocean Of Muscatel Grape Flavors And Aromas
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, and filmmaker, Josh Hyde, steep an experimental oolong from the high-elevation tea gardens of Darjeeling, Red Thunder. This tea is one of Trident Cafe’s most popular teas. It’s withered and dried in multiple…
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Ep 26 - Dark Leaf Phoenix Oolong Has Aromas Of Tropical Fruits And Sweet Flowers
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, and filmmaker, Josh Hyde, steep Da Wu Ye, translating to “Big Dark Leaf.” This is an exceptionally smooth and fragrant oolong from the Phoenix Mountains in Guangdong. Its large, darkly colored leaves brew a bright...
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Ep 25 - "Slumbering Grove" Is A Mellow Pu'er Made Of Old Bush Leaves From The Yiwu Mountains
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, and filmmaker, Josh Hyde, steep “Slumbering Grove,” a pu'er tea. “Slumbering Grove” is another Trident-custom pressing from the Yiwu mountains in southeast Yunnan. It was made from old tree material gathered in the...
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Ep 24 - Jin Jun Mei Bursts With Honey, Malt, And Floral Flavors
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, and filmmaker, Josh Hyde, steep a Jin Jun Mei, or “Golden Eyebrows” (names for the fuzzy golden buds which comprise this tea), a newly famous and highly sought after black tea from the Wuyi Mountains in Fujian…
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Ep 23 - Sencha Yabukita Is A Japanese Green Tea Rich With Umami
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, and filmmaker, Josh Hyde, gently steep a Yabukita, the most ubiquitous tea cultivar in Japan. In addition to being a hearty crop, it is renowned for its powerful umami. A delicate and sophisticated tea, this…
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Ep 22 - Tie Guan Yin Tastes Of The Bodhisattva of Compassion
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, and filmmaker, Josh Hyde, steep a Tie Guan Yin, one of the most popular teas in China, and perhaps its most popular oolong tea. Our fall harvest Tie Guan Yin is made from 4-year old tea bushes. It is very lightly...
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Ep 21 - Qi Dan Oolong - A Fine Rock Oolong From Wuyishan
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, and filmmaker, Josh Hyde, steep a rock oolong, Qi Dan. Qi Dan is a direct clone of one of the four original legendary Da Hong Pao tea bushes. Our Qi Dan was grown in the tian xin yan or “heavenly heart rock” area.…
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Ep 20 - Gui Fei - Silver Medal Award Winner
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, and filmmaker, Josh Hyde, steep a bug bitten tea, a Gui Fei Oolong. This 2020 silver medal winning Gui Fei oolong comes to us from Mr. Chen, who also produces our Long Feng Xia oolong. Gui Fei is a bug-bitten…
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Ep 19 - Smoked Lapsang Souchang - Tastes Like Smoked Pine Needles
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, and filmmaker, Josh Hyde, steep a Smoked Lapsang Souchang. This Lapsang Souchong is smoked over a pine fire in a special split-level room for about 15-20 hours. The leaves are then rolled and withered until they…
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Ep 18 - The "Exquisite" Gyokuro Is A Japanese Tea Made Of Dreams
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, and filmmaker, Josh Hyde, steep a hard to find Japanese green tea knows as Exquisite Gyokuro. This high quality Gyokuro is a blend of young spring tea leaves from the Uji area in the Kyoto prefecture of southern...
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Ep 17 - "Black Thunder" Is A Black Tea With Complex Flavors From Spices To Cherries
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, and filmmaker, Josh Hyde, steep a second Flush Darjeeling black tea known as the “Black Thunder” of flavor. Black Thunder is a particularly malt-forward second flush Darjeeling from Rohini Tea Estate in Darjeeling,...
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Ep 16 - The Honey Orchid Phoenix Oolong Will Blow Your Mind - Mi Lan Xian
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, and filmmaker, Josh Hyde, steep a Dan Cong Oolong known as, “The Honey Orchid.” Mi Lan Xiang, translates to “Honey Orchid Aroma,” and is a popular oolong from China’s famous Phoenix Mountain in Guangdong Provence....
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Ep 15 - Li Shan Is An Ethereal Taiwanese High Mountain Oolong
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, drinks a Taiwanese high mountain oolong, Li Shan, with filmmaker, Josh Hyde. Li Shan is a famous tea mountain in Taichung County in central Taiwan. Grown at over 6,500 feet, the cold winter nights and lack of…
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Ep 14 - Himalayan Moonlight Is An Old Bush First Flush Darjeeling
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, samples an old bush first flush darjeeling, Himalayan Moonlight, with filmmaker, Josh Hyde. This is an exceedingly rare and high-quality Darjeeling from the high-elevation Gopaldhara tea estate in Northern India.…
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Ep 13 - A Rare Dragonwell Green Tea From Xi Hu
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, samples a rare Dragonwell green tea with filmmaker, Josh Hyde. Easily one of the most renowned teas in China, Dragonwell from the Xi Hu (West Lake) protected area has a recorded history going back over a thousand...
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Ep 12 - Dong Ding Oolong from Lugu Township, Nantou County
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, samples an award-winning Dong Ding oolong with filmmaker, Josh Hyde. This award winning oolong tea beat almost 3,000 other Dong Ding teas, “Frozen Summit”, to win Taiwan’s prestigious 3 Flower Award. It’s…
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Ep 11 - Mengding Ganlu, "Meng Mtn. Dew" Green Tea
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, samples a delicate green tea from Meng Mountain with filmmaker, Josh Hyde. Mengding Ganlu is a very sweet and delicate green tea from Meng Mountain in Sichuan, China. Reportedly planted by a legendary Taoist…
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Ep 10 - Treasure White Tea Cake Pu'er (Shoumei)
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, and filmmaker, Josh Hyde, sample a shoumei, or white tea, aged in the style of a pu'er. In China, it is said that at after 3 years of age a white tea becomes medicine, but after seven years it becomes treasure. At…
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Ep 9 - Buddha's Hand - "Fo Shou" Rock Oolong
The host and one of the tea importers from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, samples a rock oolong with filmmaker, Josh Hyde. Fo Shou or “Buddha’s Hand” is so-named for the plant’s large hand-sized leaves. The body of the tea is somewhat light, but bears a strikingly complex and aromatic...
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Ep 8 - Long Feng Xia - Rare High Mountain Oolong
On this episode, Jake Dirnberger, tea importer at Trident Cafe & Teas in Boulder, Colorado, discovers the depth of a rare high mountain oloong, Long Feng Xia, with his tea drinking buddy and filmmaker, Josh Hyde. Grown between 5,900 and 6,500 feet in cold and foggy conditions, the Long Feng Xia…
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Ep 7 - Gua Feng Zhai - Ancient Bush Raw Pu'er
The host and tea importer from Trident Cafe and Teas, Jake Dirnberger, drinks a raw pu'er from ancient tea trees with filmmaker and tea lover, Josh Hyde. Gua Feng Zhai village on the eastern border of Southern Yunnan is one of the most highly sought after locations in the tea world. Aged for five...
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Ep 6 - Fu Shou Shan - High Mountain Oolongs
The host and tea importer from Trident Cafe, Jake Dirnberger, samples a high mountain Taiwanese oolong tea. One of our very favorite teas, the Fu Shou Shan is remarkable for its clarity, complexity, and thick, sweet body. Clocking in at an astounding 8,530 feet, Fu Shou Mountain in Taiwan…
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Ep 5 - Autumn Tri Blend Raw Pu'er 2019
On this episode host Jake Dirnberger, importer and taster at Trident Cafe in Boulder, Colorado, and guest Josh Hyde, local filmmaker, sample Trident's second custom raw pu’er pressing. Produced in partnership with Scott Wilson at Yunnansourcing.com, this autumn tea blend from three different...
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Ep 4 - Darjeeling Honey Oolong
On this episode host Jake Dirnberger, importer and taster at Trident Cafe in Boulder, Colorado, and guest Josh Hyde, local filmmaker, sample an experimental bug-bitten oolong grown in the North Indian province of Darjeeling. The Honey Oolong is an experimental bug-bitten oolong tea from Rohini…
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Ep 3 - Raw Pu'er From Yiwu Mountain Ancient Bush Blend - Jake Dirnberger and Josh Hyde
The host and tea importer from Trident Cafe, Jake Dirnberger, samples a fresh ancient arbor raw pu'er from the Yiwu mountains with filmmaker, Josh Hyde. This blend is Trident’s very first pu’er pressing, and was produced in partnership with yiwumountaintea.com, who grew and processed the material...
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Ep 2 - Tie Luo Han - "Iron Arhat" - Jake Dirnberger and Josh Hyde
Host and tea importer from Trident Cafe, Jake Dirnberger, samples a "rock oolong" from the Wuyi mountains in Fujian, China, with filmmaker Josh Hyde. Tie Luo Han, or Iron Arhat, is one of the oldest and most famous tea varieties in Wuyi-shan. It is exceedingly sweet and floral while maintaining a...
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Ep 1 - First Flush Darjeeling, Rohini Estate - Jake Dirnberger & Josh Hyde
The host and tea importer from Trident Cafe, Jake Dirnberger, samples a first flush Darjeeling oolong from Rohini Tea Estate with filmmaker and tea lover, Josh Hyde. The White Oolong is the very first flush of Darjeeling tea from the low-lying tea estate of Rohini. It was rolled and withered in...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast for tea nerds both seasoned and aspiring. We drink different specialty teas and talk about where the tea is from, how to brew it, and where you can find the best tea in the world. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/immortalitea/support
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Trident Cafe And Tea
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A podcast for tea nerds both seasoned and aspiring. We drink different specialty teas and talk about where the tea is from, how to brew it, and where you can find the best tea in the world. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/immortalitea/support
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