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Exempt: WANTED aged 7542
Posted: Jan 31st, '13, 23:17
by Exempt
I've been looking around for a classic 7542 recipe that is around 10 years old. The only thing close I have been able to find is 2004 7542 from puerhshop, but after the bloggers that received fake teas I'm not sure I want to order from them. If anyone has any classic recipes, especially 7542, that are around 10 years old let me know how much you would sell them for. I'd also be interested if anyone knows of a store that sells them.
Thanks
Re: Exempt: WANTED aged 7542
Posted: Feb 1st, '13, 01:01
by Chip
Although Exempt does not meet the membership duration requirement, he has been active since joining. He requested an exception for TeaSwap per TeaSwap rules ... which was granted.
Re: Exempt: WANTED aged 7542
Posted: Feb 1st, '13, 13:21
by shah82
The Chinese Tea Shop out of Vancouver does have some 15yo 7542 which doesn't have the greatest reviews.
Sampletea does have what appears to be a somewhat nonstandard 2004 7542-425 in purple wrapper, which does have good reviews. Also a 2001 that's probably very expensive.
Chances are, no individual will sell that sort of tea absent financial distress, because you do have to sample it first to examine the storage.
Good Luck
Re: Exempt: WANTED aged 7542
Posted: Feb 1st, '13, 14:33
by teaisme
lets see....
http://www.grandtea.com/Year-2000-7542- ... p-299.html
nice price if its any good, hopefully not too wet
http://www.lifeinteacup.com/puerh
1998 7542 $80 a cake---this one did not impress me at all, will not be revisiting, took forever to finally finish 30g.
Good luck!
Re: Exempt: WANTED aged 7542
Posted: Feb 2nd, '13, 08:09
by gasninja
I don't know if the grand tea one is all that great either.
http://half-dipper.blogspot.com/2011/10 ... d.html?m=1
Re: Exempt: WANTED aged 7542
Posted: Feb 2nd, '13, 09:32
by MarshalN
Neither the Grand Tea nor the Life in Teacup are from the Menghai factory, so calling them 7542 is a bit of a stretch
Re: Exempt: WANTED aged 7542
Posted: Feb 2nd, '13, 12:02
by Exempt
I know how unlikely it is that I'll find a real menghai 7542 for a reasonable price, so can anyone recommend a decent and fairly inexpensive tea that is around ten years old?
Re: Exempt: WANTED aged 7542
Posted: Feb 2nd, '13, 16:18
by the_economist
What's inexpensive?
Re: Exempt: WANTED aged 7542
Posted: Feb 2nd, '13, 18:03
by Exempt
the_economist wrote:What's inexpensive?
I was hoping to find a sub $100 dollar cake. I know this isn't going to be an amazing cake but I want to get a decent semi aged cake for drinking more often than special occasions. I've found a few, but none with reviews or blog posts, so I thought some members on here might be able to help
Re: Exempt: WANTED aged 7542
Posted: Feb 2nd, '13, 20:45
by shah82
Well, I always recommend this:
http://www.yunnansourcing.com/store/pro ... oduct=1366
Which is not banna tea, and age is mostly a mellowing feature rather than wood. It's still an actual deal, even at it's higher price these days.
Some people have been happy with this:
http://www.yunnansourcing.com/store/pro ... oduct=1994
A more basic lincang with more real woodiness, I think:
http://www.bannacha.com/en/37-2003-mengku.html
A chance to consume a small amount of older tea:
http://www.finepuer.com/product/2004-me ... r-tea-100g
Perhaps this might do? Banna, woody, et al?
http://www.houdeasianart.com/index.php? ... ts_id=1100
Positive reviews for this tea:
http://www.jingteashop.com/pd-pu-erh-te ... -brick.cfm
probably good standby tea...
http://www.jingteashop.com/pd-jing-tea- ... h-98xg.cfm
but I'd most want this:
http://www.jingteashop.com/pd-jing-tea- ... 02ccnp.cfm
This is very easy to drink after a bit of airing out. Not complex, though:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2004-Changtai-J ... 2c5d587357
Okay, well, there's a bit of a start, I suppose...
Re: Exempt: WANTED aged 7542
Posted: Feb 3rd, '13, 00:56
by Exempt
shah82 wrote:Well, I always recommend this:
http://www.yunnansourcing.com/store/pro ... oduct=1366
Which is not banna tea, and age is mostly a mellowing feature rather than wood. It's still an actual deal, even at it's higher price these days.
Some people have been happy with this:
http://www.yunnansourcing.com/store/pro ... oduct=1994
A more basic lincang with more real woodiness, I think:
http://www.bannacha.com/en/37-2003-mengku.html
A chance to consume a small amount of older tea:
http://www.finepuer.com/product/2004-me ... r-tea-100g
Perhaps this might do? Banna, woody, et al?
http://www.houdeasianart.com/index.php? ... ts_id=1100
Positive reviews for this tea:
http://www.jingteashop.com/pd-pu-erh-te ... -brick.cfm
probably good standby tea...
http://www.jingteashop.com/pd-jing-tea- ... h-98xg.cfm
but I'd most want this:
http://www.jingteashop.com/pd-jing-tea- ... 02ccnp.cfm
This is very easy to drink after a bit of airing out. Not complex, though:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2004-Changtai-J ... 2c5d587357
Okay, well, there's a bit of a start, I suppose...
Thanks for all the recommendations. I was already looking at the 2002 cnnp from jing so that's probably what I'll go with if I don't see any classic menghai recipes soon
Re: Exempt: WANTED aged 7542
Posted: Feb 3rd, '13, 02:38
by apolon
Re: Exempt: WANTED aged 7542
Posted: Feb 4th, '13, 23:10
by gingkoseto
Life in Teacup 7542 is from Menghai Factory. Otherwise Life in Teacup won't call it 7542. And of course this is Life in Teacup's opinion, which may not be everybody's opinion.
- Gingko (of Life in Teacup)
Re: Exempt: WANTED aged 7542
Posted: Feb 6th, '13, 18:24
by bagua7
MarshalN wrote:Neither the Grand Tea nor the Life in Teacup are from the Menghai factory, so calling them 7542 is a bit of a stretch
gingkoseto wrote:Gingko (of Life in Teacup)
Very funny...I love the Internet and all its pirates.
Re: Exempt: WANTED aged 7542
Posted: Feb 7th, '13, 13:49
by MarshalN
gingkoseto wrote:Life in Teacup 7542 is from Menghai Factory. Otherwise Life in Teacup won't call it 7542. And of course this is Life in Teacup's opinion, which may not be everybody's opinion.
- Gingko (of Life in Teacup)
Care to show us pics of the cake, front and back, and also the neifei, please?