Show off your Pu!!!!!!!

[ltannenbaum]

A little picture of the neifei of the mushroom would tell us more.

As for the "60s cake", well, it's definitely post 1996. Exactly when, I don't know, but if that's 60s, I have a lot of 60s cake to sell you. I'd return it tomorrow.

Best photos I can get. I will return the "60's" this weekend. He has told me though that he will always take back what he sells if I haven't used it. Luckily, I haven't.

While we are at it, no one commented on the Cultural Bricks. Do they appear to be the real thing? Thanks for your help.

[Milhouse]

This reminds of a 25yr old cake i came across in Chinatown. A real bargain at $160. I started laughing and asked her why she was clearly trying to sell me a modern Dayi ripe cake. She started pretending not to understand me so i was left to answer my own question, its because I'm an American. Clearly that makes me an easy target.

Good thing your tuition fees are refundable this time. I live a short train ride from the shop you went to so I'm tempted to make a trip down and call them out on their BS. A youtube video could be good for their business.

[entropyembrace]

A little picture of the neifei of the mushroom would tell us more.

As for the "60s cake", well, it's definitely post 1996. Exactly when, I don't know, but if that's 60s, I have a lot of 60s cake to sell you. I'd return it tomorrow.

Best photos I can get. I will return the "60's" this weekend. He has told me though that he will always take back what he sells if I haven't used it. Luckily, I haven't.

While we are at it, no one commented on the Cultural Bricks. Do they appear to be the real thing? Thanks for your help.

That´s definitely a Xiaguan Bao Yan Mushroom....they´re often called Tibetan Mushrooms since Tibet was the original market for that recipe...

I doubt it´s any older than 2003-2004 the Xiaguan mushrooms I have seen from before that date don´t have neifei.

From the looks of it it´s been exposed to pretty bad conditions to make it look prematurely old...I would not want to drink it.

The cake and the brick look kind of nasty too...but I can´t tell anything from their neifei.

[MarshalN]

Hmmm, would've been nice to see the front side of the neifei, but I can understand why you may not want to flip it around.

The brick -- not likely to be real, honestly, and looks like cooked pu. Clearer pictures (taken under natural light with no flash) would be useful.

And honestly.... any shop that sells you a 90s (or more likely, 2000s) cake as 1960s is not going to have anything real.

[Milhouse]

Cultural Brick? If the others are fake....even if it was real why keep it? They ripped you off either way so helping them stay in business is a bad idea in my book.

http://www.essenceoftea.co.uk/tea.html

[IPT]

That's a Xiaguan mushroom.

[Milhouse]

Holly .........
How much money did you spend on this???
Taking my hat off...

$ .00

"put the hat back on"

[argus]

Here's my recent small ebay acquisition. I could use some help regarding the factory and names of those mini cakes.

[honza]

Here's my recent small ebay acquisition. I could use some help regarding the factory and names of those mini cakes.

This is from Yunnan Tian An TF ( 云南天安茶厂 ). How about taste the of raw "laobangzhan" ? It´s little bit cheap for this "name" in chinese market

[argus]

maybe it is cheap but it still tastes good and, honestly, very drinkable. its qi is also quite potent. at the end, when i take the price in consideration its a really nice mini cake and doesnt feel too plantation to my limited palate

[entropyembrace]

maybe it is cheap but it still tastes good and, honestly, very drinkable. its qi is also quite potent. at the end, when i take the price in consideration its a really nice mini cake and doesnt feel too plantation to my limited palate

it´s probably blended....some LBZ and some plantation

[auhckw]

Went to a local Tea shop here (Qiu Xiang Tea). They have been around since 1993. Currently 3 branches. 4th branch to be ready soon.

They sell quite a range of tea. Their famous in house tea is the Tie Guan Yin cause they have their own plantation. They have quite a number of grades for it. I tried 4 of the middle grade. Then I tried a Wuyi Tea (cannot remember the exact name). Followed by 2 raw puerh (2003, 2004 own brand) and 1 ripe puer (2009 own brand).

Conclusion, I still prefer puerh more than oolong and therefore bought this raw. Own brand Raw Puerh 2003 (500g) - first own brand raw. It's taste is unique and is quite smooth.

[apache]

Conclusion, I still prefer puerh more than oolong and therefore bought this raw. Own brand Raw Puerh 2003 (500g) - first own brand raw. It's taste is unique and is quite smooth.

This looks interesting, could you give some more taste notes? Hope you don't mind I ask what kind of price?

[auhckw]

Conclusion, I still prefer puerh more than oolong and therefore bought this raw. Own brand Raw Puerh 2003 (500g) - first own brand raw. It's taste is unique and is quite smooth.

This looks interesting, could you give some more taste notes? Hope you don't mind I ask what kind of price?

Today testing may not be accurate as I drank too many types. But it was very different from the usual big factory Dayi/Xiaguan taste. I'll taste again tomorrow to reconfirm the taste. RM180 (after discount) about USD58.

I also tried the 2004 version before buying the above. 2004 has stronger kick compared to the 2003 which is easier/smoother to drink. They have still few others types of their own brand pu that I plan to try next time. Price wise is quite ok (not too premium category).

[Dass]

[quote="auhckw"]Went to a local Tea shop here (Qiu Xiang Tea). They have been around since 1993. Currently 3 branches. 4th branch to be ready soon.

They sell quite a range of tea. Their famous in house tea is the Tie Guan Yin cause they have their own plantation. They have quite a number of grades for it. I tried 4 of the middle grade. Then I tried a Wuyi Tea (cannot remember the exact name). Followed by 2 raw puerh (2003, 2004 own brand) and 1 ripe puer (2009 own brand).

Conclusion, I still prefer puerh more than oolong and therefore bought this raw. Own brand Raw Puerh 2003 (500g) - first own brand raw. It's taste is unique and is quite smooth.

Hi Chua,
Its a good buy.I bought 2 pieces when they had an exhibition at Tropicana Mall.This tea is good.It has a very unique taste.If you notice,the leaves are big.
I also have their 2004 (401).Its smokey.