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Looking for a cake of 2003 You Le 6FTM
Posted: Jul 27th, '11, 23:10
by BioHorn
Hi,
2003 You Le 6FTM round cake
Got a sample and have enjoyed this (strike-Shou) Sheng Pu.
Does anyone have a cake they would be willing to sell?
Thanks.
Hans
Re: Looking for a cake of 2003 You Le 6FTM
Posted: Jul 28th, '11, 01:18
by shah82
You Le shu?
Re: Looking for a cake of 2003 You Le 6FTM
Posted: Jul 28th, '11, 01:46
by MarshalN
Try taobao, doubt you'll find anyone with this stuff here.
Re: Looking for a cake of 2003 You Le 6FTM
Posted: Jul 28th, '11, 02:00
by shah82
2003 is earlier than Taobao is reliable, frankly. I'd almost just say to get the sheng from '02 that YS has...
I do think some french puerh shop has 6ftm shu, and you *could* try...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Six-Famous-Tea-Moun ... 53d2ab2cf6
Re: Looking for a cake of 2003 You Le 6FTM
Posted: Jul 28th, '11, 02:27
by MarshalN
Re: Looking for a cake of 2003 You Le 6FTM
Posted: Jul 28th, '11, 03:12
by sp1key
Marshaln is quite right. Storage (almost 8 yrs to date) is your biggest worry.
Re: Looking for a cake of 2003 You Le 6FTM
Posted: Jul 28th, '11, 10:14
by shah82
I was abusing the term reliability a bit. I meant that Taobao isn't as complete a market the further back you go, not everything is fake...
There isn't all that much early 2k 6FTM shu at all, from my casual inspection.
Re: Looking for a cake of 2003 You Le 6FTM
Posted: Jul 28th, '11, 10:45
by BioHorn
Shah was right. I meant sheng!!! Not shou!
Your concerns about storage are valid. Hope to get lucky...?
Re: Looking for a cake of 2003 You Le 6FTM
Posted: Jul 28th, '11, 12:26
by zzenster
Pardon my ignorance.. but what is 6FTM?
Re: Looking for a cake of 2003 You Le 6FTM
Posted: Jul 28th, '11, 13:48
by Drax
Six Famous Tea Mountains.
Sort of like the 7 Hills of Rome, but with tea. And Mountains. And in China.
Re: Looking for a cake of 2003 You Le 6FTM
Posted: Jul 28th, '11, 14:18
by shah82
The Six Famous Tea Mountains are a set of mountains in S Yunnan, to the east of the Mekong River that bisects the prefecture of Xishuangbana. They got that fame in times of turmoil as Qing took over from Ming, and people and merchants were moving everywheres. Each of the six mountains were named after a symbolic artifact, like a copper gong, or a leather board. People have been harvesting tea from this area for awhile, but it became famous as Han merchants settled in Yunnan, and the Qing accepted tea from Man Song Village's Prince Hill in Yi Bang (wood clapper) as an imperial tribute item. In time, Yi Bang, You Le, Ge Deng, Mang Zhi, Man Sa, and Man Zhuan had all developed tea plantations run either by merchants or the soldiers pacifying the mountainous area. Today, most of these mountains grow rubber (coffee is a growing crop) rather than tea, and few old plantations remain, growing the ancient, small-leaf version of tea. The main Yiwu growing areas are technically on Man Sa, but those plantations use large-leaf, and has been growing that for about 300 years.
Today, as Ge Deng and Mang Zhi doesn't really grow that much tea anymore, You Le and Yi Bang being a bit more successful, people have tried to move the concept of 6FTM to areas all over Bana, like Nannuo or Banzhang. Nobody takes that bit of marketing seriously, though. 6FTM blends, though, are very popular, and they seem to age quite well.
Re: Looking for a cake of 2003 You Le 6FTM
Posted: Jul 28th, '11, 15:32
by TIM
Boa Wao! How did you come up with these
Re: Looking for a cake of 2003 You Le 6FTM
Posted: Jul 28th, '11, 16:32
by honza
BioHorn wrote:Shah was right. I meant sheng!!! Not shou!
Your concerns about storage are valid. Hope to get lucky...?
I think 6FTM make in 2003 more cakes from Youle shan.
And - shu pu from youle is not too rare. For example Jinuoshan TF make some shu products and other TF from there too.
Do you have photo of wrapper wich one you mean ?
Re: Looking for a cake of 2003 You Le 6FTM
Posted: Jul 28th, '11, 17:35
by BioHorn
honza wrote:BioHorn wrote:Shah was right. I meant sheng!!! Not shou!
Your concerns about storage are valid. Hope to get lucky...?
I think 6FTM make in 2003 more cakes from Youle shan.
And - shu pu from youle is not too rare. For example Jinuoshan TF make some shu products and other TF from there too.
Do you have photo of wrapper wich one you mean ?
Hi Honza,
Thanks for the response. It was only a 25 gram sample (now last brew in gaiwan.)
The label on the sample only says:
2003 You Le Mountain Round cake (it is
sheng!)
Do you know many cakes were made from Youle Shan that year?
Thanks again.
Re: Looking for a cake of 2003 You Le 6FTM
Posted: Jul 28th, '11, 17:49
by shah82