It's safe to say that I'm a newby when it comes to puerh. I've only got a handful of bricks and cakes but so far they have all come sealed in their own ways. I just recieved a few pieces and I've got some ?'s about them. This is a Mengku cake.
It came unsealed like this. Is this normal for mengku cakes? Also, I received a few 100 gram bricks that actually weigh more like 85 grams or a bit less with the wrappers. Is this normal? I normally don't weigh my tea when I get it. I just happened to slap one on the scale because it looked so small, and yes, my scales are accurate. I know humidity can affect the weight of the tea, but this seems very light.
The unsealed wrapper is the most common way. Sealed wrapping shall be less likely faked, but who knows.
The 100 g bricks that weight actually 85 g are not ok in my opinion. Untill +/- 5 g is acceptable but 15 g is too much. If you got 5 bricks it means a loss of 75 g!
You should contact the vendor about that.
The 100 g bricks that weight actually 85 g are not ok in my opinion. Untill +/- 5 g is acceptable but 15 g is too much. If you got 5 bricks it means a loss of 75 g!
You should contact the vendor about that.
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Re: is this normal?
smelly,Smells_Familiar wrote:It's safe to say that I'm a newby when it comes to puerh. I've only got a handful of bricks and cakes but so far they have all come sealed in their own ways. I just recieved a few pieces and I've got some ?'s about them. This is a Mengku cake.
It came unsealed like this. Is this normal for mengku cakes? Also, I received a few 100 gram bricks that actually weigh more like 85 grams or a bit less with the wrappers. Is this normal? I normally don't weigh my tea when I get it. I just happened to slap one on the scale because it looked so small, and yes, my scales are accurate. I know humidity can affect the weight of the tea, but this seems very light.
is it this one?
http://cgi.ebay.ca/2006-Mengku-Lao-Ban- ... m153.l1262
since the photos did not show a wrapper, maybe it was just wrapped with that plain white paper. what about the paper stuck inside the cake?
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Somehow I doubt that a newbie would pick up a LBZ without knowing in advance exactly what it was.
I'd be leery about any unmarked tea unless it came from the most reputable of sources.
Your cake should have come with two pieces of paper inside the wrapper. The larger nèi piào will be loose, and the smaller nèi fēi will be partially pressed into the tea. This is the one to use for authentification, and perhaps someone here can recognize it if you post a pic.
I'd be leery about any unmarked tea unless it came from the most reputable of sources.
Your cake should have come with two pieces of paper inside the wrapper. The larger nèi piào will be loose, and the smaller nèi fēi will be partially pressed into the tea. This is the one to use for authentification, and perhaps someone here can recognize it if you post a pic.
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I weighed a a few of my cakes and bricks after reading this. It seems that my small sizes (100 gr) are more likely (in every case actually) to be under than my big cakes and bricks.
I have always avoided checking weight because I figured it would just upset me, but the opposite seems to be the case. Even fully dried the 357 gr to 500 gr cakes weigh their stated amount or more. They must have weighed considerably more just after manufacture and before drying.
I have always avoided checking weight because I figured it would just upset me, but the opposite seems to be the case. Even fully dried the 357 gr to 500 gr cakes weigh their stated amount or more. They must have weighed considerably more just after manufacture and before drying.
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shortchange on weight?
The weight of a Puerh tea product is weighed at the time when maocha is compressed into a cake/brick/tuo.
The accuracy of the scaler, the dryness of maocha and other factors all contribute to the finished product.
I used to have a golden mellon labelled as 1kg but the actual weight is less than 870g. Should I be pissed by the shortchange?
Believe it or not, the human body has 70% H2O.
The accuracy of the scaler, the dryness of maocha and other factors all contribute to the finished product.
I used to have a golden mellon labelled as 1kg but the actual weight is less than 870g. Should I be pissed by the shortchange?
Believe it or not, the human body has 70% H2O.
Re: shortchange on weight?
With the amount of tea I drink... It's more like 99.99%puerhshop wrote:Believe it or not, the human body has 70% H2O.
Re: shortchange on weight?
I would! (130g!)puerhshop wrote: I used to have a golden mellon labelled as 1kg but the actual weight is less than 870g. Should I be pissed by the shortchange?
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Re: shortchange on weight?
Yeah me too!Bert wrote:I would! (130g!)puerhshop wrote: I used to have a golden mellon labelled as 1kg but the actual weight is less than 870g. Should I be pissed by the shortchange?