Re: Pictures of some key people in the pu world
Posted: Sep 15th, '12, 12:28
There is a listing of all the people attending this conference in art of tea issue three.
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He gave a talk in London June this year organized by EoT.theredbaron wrote: ...
It is Paul Lim, or Master Lim Ping Xiang, a tea master from Malaysia. And my friend and tea teacher for the past 15 odd years.
apache wrote:He gave a talk in London June this year organized by EoT.theredbaron wrote: ...
It is Paul Lim, or Master Lim Ping Xiang, a tea master from Malaysia. And my friend and tea teacher for the past 15 odd years.
Pics or it didn't happen!MarshalN wrote:Uh, what world do you live in? Plenty of Chinese people can grow plenty of facial hair, including yours trulyPoohblah wrote:a few of those photos make me ask, "since when can Chinese grow facial hair?" I think the gray-haired bearded man in one of the photos may be a Westerner though, but it's hard to tell without seeing his face
Gosh! You really put him on the spot.tst wrote:Pics or it didn't happen!MarshalN wrote:Uh, what world do you live in? Plenty of Chinese people can grow plenty of facial hair, including yours trulyPoohblah wrote:a few of those photos make me ask, "since when can Chinese grow facial hair?" I think the gray-haired bearded man in one of the photos may be a Westerner though, but it's hard to tell without seeing his face
I'd rather not put my face up here. My HKID photo is me with beardapache wrote:Gosh! You really put him on the spot.tst wrote:Pics or it didn't happen!MarshalN wrote:Uh, what world do you live in? Plenty of Chinese people can grow plenty of facial hair, including yours trulyPoohblah wrote:a few of those photos make me ask, "since when can Chinese grow facial hair?" I think the gray-haired bearded man in one of the photos may be a Westerner though, but it's hard to tell without seeing his face
nobody you like has said positive things about Changtai since '07?MarshalN wrote:Yeah, Changtai kinda got screwed in the bubble, and there are rumours that they are on the verge of bankruptcy. Notice nobody has talked about Changtai teas since 07
... hitting $120/cake LOL, just 3yrs later it's hitting $500Price aside, personally I like this more than the 2009 Xiaguan Banzhang because of its purity and smoothness. The 2009 Chen Sheng Hao is weaker comparatively and may be in the same league as the other 'Zheng' pin. (2008 Chen Sheng Hao is also a very nice banzhang cake but the price is hitting US$120/cake at the tea fair)
Tried a few of those early Yichang hao - not the 99, which have never been cheap, but the 01s. They're not too bad, but honestly, nothing to write home about. There are better teas out there for less money.gingkoseto wrote:Just to add to the gossips, the rumor about Changtai being at the brim of bankruptcy was pretty much a fact. The company saved itself by investing to Maotai (an expensive Chinese liquor) business
On top of all other problems, Changtai has been boycotted by many Chinese puerh drinkers in the past several years (just to be cynical, the boycott movement was probably promoted by some of Changtai's enemies). The cause of the boycott was improper advertising. I personally don't think Changtai had any bad intention to begin with, but I guess either their public relation department was too dumb or they were too arrogant to try to please tea drinkers. Even today, many Chinese puerh drinkers dislike Changtai just for the name, although in recent years their reputation recovered a little because some of their early 2000s yiwu products start to yield outstanding outcomes. Their new tea prices seem to "recover" much faster than their reputation, though
apache wrote:This can be a very stupid question, why? Were there some major changes with Changtai? or due to burst of pu bubble in 2007?MarshalN wrote:Changtai in 2007.... that scene is no more
I believe the man in the center in the 4th photo is Chen Zhitong, the owner/teamaker of Chenguang Hetang. He is also found here (3rd photo), among other pu'er tea figures. http://www.the-leaf.org/Authors.htmlapache wrote:I always have a fascination of what are their faces behind the pseudonyms and names on the wrappers of cakes. Here are some of them:
http://www.petea.net/tealm/fhinfo/fhnews/4345.html
So who knows, if one day I bump into some of them in tea exhibitions, I should know who they are.
I hope I don't get sued by any of them of infringing their privacy ....