Recommendations to pu erh tea

[A1ex]

I try find here some list of recommended pu erth tea but not find.

Its will be my first time that I buy and taste Pu erh tea.
the budget is until 70$ for few packs of tea include shipping(israel).

The requirements more or less:
Astringency - some and none
Smoke - non
Dryness-(mouth) - none maybe some...
Mouthfeel - heavy-medium
Flavor - excellent-good

Thanks!

[Jaymo]

It's tough to go wrong with anything from White2Tea. I'd look at their website and see what appeals to you.

[BW85]

Agree. You can get a lot of 25 gram samples from white2tea with a $70 budget. That way you can find out what you like

[shah82]

Mind you, that's really not enough to buy particularly good tea, but try...
This list:
http://www.houdeasianart.com/index.php? ... x&cPath=31

or

http://www.houdeasianart.com/index.php? ... x&cPath=69

If you're willing to drink very new stuff, it's easier. As with White2tea, there's also CreamofBanna.com who has reasonably priced new teas.

This is assuming you want cakes. Samples--you're on your own, as you can mix and match according to what you like, pretty much from any internet shop.

[bagua7]

As a general rule of thumb, look at Menghai Factory shou (ripe) & Dayi material.

Have you checked this out?

http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?p=157277

Bttw, $70 is a very tight budget if you are looking at several cakes, especially with shou as this tea has gone up the roof in the last 5 years or so (other puerh types as well).

Gluck!

[A1ex]

^ how much need to cost good tea per cake?

by now I order my tea from Iherb of "Just a Leaf Organic Tea" company and very satisfied...

[Zacherywolf7]

I think a budget of 70 is fine to start out. Just stick to samples: http://www.banateacompany.com/pages/pue ... erVar.html
you could get 3 of 4 of banas sampler (not the vintage/aged tea) for 70 or you could get the overall sampler and the aged...
or just spend all 70 on a lot of great samples from White2Tea, TeaUrchin, Essence of Tea...(the amount of grams you get is in descending order of those 3 vendors...)

[drinking_teas]

I think a budget of 70 is fine to start out. Just stick to samples: http://www.banateacompany.com/pages/pue ... erVar.html
you could get 3 of 4 of banas sampler (not the vintage/aged tea) for 70 or you could get the overall sampler and the aged...
or just spend all 70 on a lot of great samples from White2Tea, TeaUrchin, Essence of Tea...(the amount of grams you get is in descending order of those 3 vendors...)

bana doesn't ship outside of US...

definitely go for White2Tea, good variety and value.

[Rui]

Maybe just drop an email to Paul at White2Tea with your tea requirements as you mentioned above. He is a very helpfult person who also helped me with my own choice of tea types.

[A1ex]

At the end I order from yunnansourcing and got the pack In last friday.
I did order of 8-9 simple of teas.