I was at my local teashop (Chaikhana Tea Culture) about a week ago, and I asked the owner to show me a good pu erh that wasn't too expensive. He directed me towards a bundle of HUGE (about 4 inches long) leaves. He had a large clay pot containing about 15-20 of those bundles. They were sheng pu erh aged since 1999.
Have any of you ever seen pu erh like this?
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"Mao cha" is what they call puerh raw material before it is pressed into a shape like a cake or brick. Sometimes they never press it into a shape however and you buy it loose. And Puerh is generally made from the Assamica (Large leaf) varietal of the Camellia Sinensis. So this all sounds legitimate.
Did you get any?
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the reason the leaves are large is they come from tea trees, not bushes. woot, big ass leaves!
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Yep, Sal is correct. The bundles are Mao Cha. Sometimes, they bundle the Mao Cha according to grade before they send it to the factory to be pressed. Sounds like those 'kiddos' never made it. From your desription, it sounds like Autumn harvest leaves.Geospearit wrote:WOw, you are lucky to have such a great local tea shop.
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Aged mao cha (loose pu'erh) is still pu'erh... it's just not pressed into a cake.miles wrote:Yes, being from the area I've seen this tea at Chaikhana and tried some. It's very interesting. Really it isn't puerh at all, it's simply leaves from a puerh tree picked and sun-dried, no processing of any sort.
Aged mao cha (loose pu'erh) is still pu'erh... it's just not pressed into a cake.miles wrote:Yes, being from the area I've seen this tea at Chaikhana and tried some. It's very interesting. Really it isn't puerh at all, it's simply leaves from a puerh tree picked and sun-dried, no processing of any sort.
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