Li Shan
Posted: Feb 12th, '12, 08:18
Any vendors you guys can recommend for fresh/quality Li Shan?
Every year teahome.com carries Li Shan from Fu Shou Shan farm, supposedly the best Li Shan oolong producer.outline wrote:Best Li Shan I've had so far was from teahome.com back in spring of 07-09. He is a farmer himself. 2010 wasn't as good, so I switched to Hou de and stopped drinking Li Shan completely ) That fresh, clean taste of morning in Li Shan mountains is a very special experience.
For non-Chinese speakers, this is a difficult website to navigate. Indeed, their lineup looks promising. Why is Li Shan from Fu Shou Shan farm considered top?gingkoseto wrote:Every year teahome.com carries Li Shan from Fu Shou Shan farm, supposedly the best Li Shan oolong producer.outline wrote:Best Li Shan I've had so far was from teahome.com back in spring of 07-09. He is a farmer himself. 2010 wasn't as good, so I switched to Hou de and stopped drinking Li Shan completely ) That fresh, clean taste of morning in Li Shan mountains is a very special experience.
Yeah the website is mainly for Taiwan buyers and the owner says they are not good at English communication. I feel their store is typical farmer style in a way that they try to minimize all fringing costs, which gives some of their tea good value for their prices.Tead Off wrote:For non-Chinese speakers, this is a difficult website to navigate. Indeed, their lineup looks promising. Why is Li Shan from Fu Shou Shan farm considered top?gingkoseto wrote:Every year teahome.com carries Li Shan from Fu Shou Shan farm, supposedly the best Li Shan oolong producer.outline wrote:Best Li Shan I've had so far was from teahome.com back in spring of 07-09. He is a farmer himself. 2010 wasn't as good, so I switched to Hou de and stopped drinking Li Shan completely ) That fresh, clean taste of morning in Li Shan mountains is a very special experience.
I don't remember the exact figure. But it's relatively expensive, usually around $40-50 per 75g in Taiwan market.Tead Off wrote:Thanks, Gingko. 2600m is high. What is the cost of the tea pictured and how many grams?
I can't relate all the English names to the Chinese product names, but it seems the ebay store has the same products as part of Taiwan Tea Home's collection. Also I have the impression that Tea Home doesn't own the ebay store and it's run by a retailer in North America. I think it's still the case otherwise they would have got English information on their homepage.Chip wrote:... and is the Teahome on ebay the "same" as teahome.com? Same owner? Same products? Or is the ebay product line modified for Westerners?
THANKS!
Thanks for the info.outline wrote:Chip, same owner, yes.
DYL 105k tea comes in those exact green cans pictured (50 gram).
Personally I like his Li Shan better then DYL from those cans.
He has ebay stores on ebay.de, ebay.uk and ebay.com he is not based in North America, all packages are coming directly from Taiwan, 7 business days or so.