'Everyday' drinker list

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'Everyday' drinker list

by stockman » Nov 29th, '15, 08:07

I would lie to do an 'everyday' pu erh list taking into account the relation price-quality but setting a maximum price of, let's say around $6-10 including shipping costs for each 100gr.

I will start with:

- Xiaguan Jia Ji No Box (spicy and sweet flavour)
- Xiaguan Jia Ji Boxed (honey and spicy flavour)
- Dayi V93 (I don't know how to describe it)

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Re: 'Everyday' drinker list

by .m. » Nov 29th, '15, 11:57

given your price restrictions, you may not get much further than that. without the shipping, you could probably get some good shu and ok darjeeling or assam tea.

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Re: 'Everyday' drinker list

by apache » Nov 29th, '15, 13:35

You could try Dayi 7532 801.

https://world.taobao.com/item/524143894 ... hkQ#detail

Retail price c. ¥ 160 (c.f. wholesale c. ¥ 130) per cake.

It is not a sought after tea and the risk of having fake is relatively small on Taobao where you don't have to pay for extra premium as on AliExpress or other places.

IMHO (in fact it is very bias and uncompromising :mrgreen: ), though it is not as good as Dayi Huángjīn suìyuè (黃金歲月) 2010, but it has a similar taste profile and is not that far off with only a small fraction of the price. It is definitely better than the same year 8582 801 as well as whole lot other cakes I have.

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Re: 'Everyday' drinker list

by mr mopu » Nov 29th, '15, 18:39

apache wrote:You could try Dayi 7532 801.

https://world.taobao.com/item/524143894 ... hkQ#detail

Retail price c. ¥ 160 (c.f. wholesale c. ¥ 130) per cake.

It is not a sought after tea and the risk of having fake is relatively small on Taobao where you don't have to pay for extra premium as on AliExpress or other places.

IMHO (in fact it is very bias and uncompromising :mrgreen: ), though it is not as good as Dayi Huángjīn suìyuè (黃金歲月) 2010, but it has a similar taste profile and is not that far off with only a small fraction of the price. It is definitely better than the same year 8582 801 as well as whole lot other cakes I have.
How do you go about having this shipped to the US? Is there an agent process or one you can recommend ?

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Re: 'Everyday' drinker list

by apache » Nov 29th, '15, 18:59

I used https://www.taobaoring.com/ in the past. The agent fee now stands at 8% after local shipping cost.

If you have plenty of patience and don't mind the risk of a very long wait ..., you could use the cheapest shipping method to the US. Airmail is rather expensive.

Finally I have to say I haven't done Taobao shopping for a very long time as I really have enough pu for the rest of my life. :wink:

So my information for this might be a bit out of date!

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Re: 'Everyday' drinker list

by mr mopu » Nov 29th, '15, 19:28

apache wrote:I used https://www.taobaoring.com/ in the past. The agent fee now stands at 8% after local shipping cost.

If you have plenty of patience and don't mind the risk of a very long wait ..., you could use the cheapest shipping method to the US. Airmail is rather expensive.

Finally I have to say I haven't done Taobao shopping for a very long time as I really have enough pu for the rest of my life. :wink:

So my information for this might be a bit out of date!
Thank you apache! I probably have plenty as well but that pricing is really nice for a 7532 with some age on it.

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Re: 'Everyday' drinker list

by stockman » Nov 30th, '15, 05:48

.m. wrote:given your price restrictions, you may not get much further than that. without the shipping, you could probably get some good shu and ok darjeeling or assam tea.
it's an aprox budget, it can be increased to let's say $13-15 if the tea it's worth it.

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Re: 'Everyday' drinker list

by Jaymo » Dec 2nd, '15, 15:05

My favorite cheap tea is Dayi 0622.

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Re: 'Everyday' drinker list

by stockman » Dec 5th, '15, 17:40

Jaymo wrote:My favorite cheap tea is Dayi 0622.
do you now where can I find any beeng from 2010-2012?

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Re: 'Everyday' drinker list

by stockman » Dec 5th, '15, 17:42

I must add the Xiaguan 7543 to the daily drinkers list. I have tasted a 2012 beeng and it's a good deal for the price.

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Re: 'Everyday' drinker list

by kuánglóng » Dec 5th, '15, 20:07

stockman wrote:
Jaymo wrote:My favorite cheap tea is Dayi 0622.
do you now where can I find any beeng from 2010-2012?
I ordered some of those bings for a friend who's new to Pu Erh and he likes the tea quite a bit:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2006-yr- ... 30565.html

I'm not so sure about the vintage but I've had some good experiences with the 'Health Tea House' in the meantime and lesser teas for x times the price elsewhere.

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Re: 'Everyday' drinker list

by stockman » Dec 6th, '15, 04:25

kuánglóng wrote:
stockman wrote:
Jaymo wrote:My favorite cheap tea is Dayi 0622.
do you now where can I find any beeng from 2010-2012?
I ordered some of those bings for a friend who's new to Pu Erh and he likes the tea quite a bit:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2006-yr- ... 30565.html

I'm not so sure about the vintage but I've had some good experiences with the 'Health Tea House' in the meantime and lesser teas for x times the price elsewhere.
I have a cake of this one. Really good for the price.

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Re: 'Everyday' drinker list

by gasninja » Dec 6th, '15, 08:27

Xiaguan Bao Yan shroom

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Re: 'Everyday' drinker list

by pedant » Dec 6th, '15, 17:00

stockman wrote:
kuánglóng wrote:
stockman wrote:
Jaymo wrote:My favorite cheap tea is Dayi 0622.
do you now where can I find any beeng from 2010-2012?
I ordered some of those bings for a friend who's new to Pu Erh and he likes the tea quite a bit:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2006-yr- ... 30565.html

I'm not so sure about the vintage but I've had some good experiences with the 'Health Tea House' in the meantime and lesser teas for x times the price elsewhere.
I have a cake of this one. Really good for the price.
just bought 2 of those.. 10 bucks shipped for 200g of tea is pretty cheap, so it won't have to do much to exceed my expectations 8)

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Re: 'Everyday' drinker list

by daidokorocha » Apr 24th, '16, 14:29

pedant wrote:
stockman wrote:
kuánglóng wrote:
stockman wrote:
Jaymo wrote:My favorite cheap tea is Dayi 0622.
do you now where can I find any beeng from 2010-2012?
I ordered some of those bings for a friend who's new to Pu Erh and he likes the tea quite a bit:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2006-yr- ... 30565.html

I'm not so sure about the vintage but I've had some good experiences with the 'Health Tea House' in the meantime and lesser teas for x times the price elsewhere.
I have a cake of this one. Really good for the price.
just bought 2 of those.. 10 bucks shipped for 200g of tea is pretty cheap, so it won't have to do much to exceed my expectations 8)
Could you share your opinion of the tea? I am looking into buying it myself. Any other recommendations in general from this store by those who have used it in the past would be nice.

I was thinking about buying the ripe version as well

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product ... 67791.html

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