This is what I like to see when I purchase a new bing....look at the back of it:
http://cgi.ebay.com/2007-Kunming-Innoce ... 7C294%3A50
Nothing like having a couple of good chunks taken out of it! Looks like Mickey Mouse.....lol.
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Actually, the products from Jing Mei Tang and the gentleman who produces them, Mr. Huang Chuan Fang are are both quite respected and 48USD is not that out of the question. But yes, the HUGE chunks that have been pried seems quite unusual! hahathanks wrote:Not only that but 48$ for a two year old cake? I don't think so.
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Cake
I don't know who these guys are, but I would not be so quick to criticize their presentation.
Putting aside any thoughts on the actual tea.
One can see that the cake is about 2 years old and has been pressed pretty tightly - quite likely machine pressed.
On the back of the cake at 1-2 O'Clock there are 2 near vertical score marks from the knife that was used to open the cake. Apart from the general appearance, the fact that you can see these marks is an indicator that it is a tightly pessed cake.
But the most important thing is that one gets a chance to see the inside of the cake. Typically in poor quality cakes there may be some better looking leaves on the outside and junk in the middle but without seeing the inside of the cake or the dregs, one would never know (until you'd bought it).
The bottom of the dimple is still clear in this picture. Normally one would not work from the centre out as appears to have happened here as one opened the cake, so I wonder if the intention was to give the viewer a look at the inside?
In this cake one can see that there is a degree of uniformity which appears to run throughout the cake although, perhaps due to the level of compression, it's hard to see distinct leaves within the cake.
Of course, my assumption is that this is an 'example of', not the actual cake they're going to sell you!
Putting aside any thoughts on the actual tea.
One can see that the cake is about 2 years old and has been pressed pretty tightly - quite likely machine pressed.
On the back of the cake at 1-2 O'Clock there are 2 near vertical score marks from the knife that was used to open the cake. Apart from the general appearance, the fact that you can see these marks is an indicator that it is a tightly pessed cake.
But the most important thing is that one gets a chance to see the inside of the cake. Typically in poor quality cakes there may be some better looking leaves on the outside and junk in the middle but without seeing the inside of the cake or the dregs, one would never know (until you'd bought it).
The bottom of the dimple is still clear in this picture. Normally one would not work from the centre out as appears to have happened here as one opened the cake, so I wonder if the intention was to give the viewer a look at the inside?
In this cake one can see that there is a degree of uniformity which appears to run throughout the cake although, perhaps due to the level of compression, it's hard to see distinct leaves within the cake.
Of course, my assumption is that this is an 'example of', not the actual cake they're going to sell you!
Re: Cake
zhi zheng, good point and observation! Maybe we should insist that the other internet based sellers also show more of thier products rather than just beantiful outer surfaces only. Just a thought!zhi zheng wrote:But the most important thing is that one gets a chance to see the inside of the cake. Typically in poor quality cakes there may be some better looking leaves on the outside and junk in the middle but without seeing the inside of the cake or the dregs, one would never know (until you'd bought it).
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Re: Cake
Somewhat assumed that considering they are selling more than onezhi zheng wrote:
Of course, my assumption is that this is an 'example of', not the actual cake they're going to sell you!
Don't always believe what you think!
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Muffin topspuerhking wrote:assumptions get you in trouble on ebay. I would ask first
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