Pek Sin Choon Theet Lo Han

 

It's already 2026 and I got myself a tin of Theet Lo Han.  The tin has 50 hand wrapped paper packets of tea.   Theet Lo Han is how you pronounced this tea in Fujian dialect while Tie Lo Han is the mandarin pronunciation.  Kenny the CEO of Pek Sin Choon was at the shop and he treated me to a hot bowl of Chinese dessert as well as a session of tea. 

I happened to have a few packets of Theet Lo Han that I had kept for more than 10 years and proceeded to have a tea session at home. 

This is not a top shelf tea. I considered that this tea would be a mid range grade. In Singapore this tea is normally drank in restaurants or shops that serve pork ribs tea (a popular Chinese meal eaten with a bowl of rice). 

The older packet which I brewed has some aged taste. Overall this is an inexpensive tea and I would recommend this tea for its traditional packing...... and it's a tea from a Singapore teashop as well. 

2007 Xiaguan Jinsi Tuo Gold Ribbon

Readers would know that I am a big fan of Xiaguan pu erh tea.  My collection of Xiaguan tea are mainly from the years 2003-2009.  It is a fairly large collection of Xiaguan as I tend to buy them in bulk more than 12 years ago. 

Xiaguan pu erh tea is not expensive. With time in storage, the tea produced an aroma and taste that I considered high quality compared to other pu erh brands of the same age.  I particularly enjoy the smoky offerings by Xiaguan.  Some of these tea age to a camphor like aroma finish which I enjoyed tremendously. 

I am also intrigued by the various traditional compressed pu erh tea shapes from Xiaguan; from the iron cakes, nest tuos, melon and mushroom shaped tea. 

I just opened a 2007 gold ribbon tuo. This tea is not smoky but it has nice honey and floral notes in the tea. A sweet aftertaste. The 19 year old tea now brews to a dark amber colour.  I call this tea the 'honey tuo'.  I recommend.