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Specifically for those of you who love Oolongs and Puerh tea how did you learn good from bad without breaking the bank? How would you recommend a beginner develops their flavor palate through these teas. What should I know you wish you knew before? All I’ve really had is local stuff from MEM Tea on the east coast.

I like high quality greens and have the most experience with matchas but would like to go further with puerh, and oolongs and potentially blacks if it’s worth it.

I’m relatively new to coffee and am curious about general thoughts and is there a big comprehensive guide about countries and coffee?

I know people like things like Kenyans, Ethiopians, beans from Panama, etc. But what are the typical profiles or differences between these countries coffee/processes? Where would you buy a geisha from vs not? Are there large guides that talk about various beans and this sort of thing. Obviously I’d have to try beans from various countries/processes/etc to know but any advice? What brands or online places would you buy from?