OK...After reading through ALL of the post here, I'm thoroughly humbled in both my knowledge and my collection. After I get off the floor from my kow-towing to you all, I will look into taking some pics of my meager collection to share.
You should know up front that I'm not an educated consumer. I make most of my purchases based on cost and the look of the tea from any pictures that are available.
I have made the majority of my purchases from Scott at Yunnan Sourcing and have trusted the write-ups that accompany them. I have also made some purchases from Generation Tea for some of their aged teas and from Pu-erh.com (formerly known as YunCha )
Generally I buy newer teas blind, and hope they'll age into something good. I have only gotten into pu-erhs since my last trip to China in Dec. '07. Some have been a pleasant surprise right from the start. More about those when I get some pics up. In the meantime, I do have some pics on a post on the teaware chat site. You can see some of my tea on the bookshelf in the rear of the photo but they're not clear.
OK...I'm getting off the floor now...
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I wish I could afford more from Generation Tea too!
Actually I do have one bag of tea from them.. It's a "25 year vintage pu-erh", a mix of loose shu and sheng leaves. I don't remember the price... The tea is nice, but then I haven't had much stuff that old.
Apostle, I know how you feel....
it's a humbling experience, hanging out with these tea-heads.
Actually I do have one bag of tea from them.. It's a "25 year vintage pu-erh", a mix of loose shu and sheng leaves. I don't remember the price... The tea is nice, but then I haven't had much stuff that old.
Apostle, I know how you feel....
it's a humbling experience, hanging out with these tea-heads.Mar 18th, '09, 14:26
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Hi Geo...Geospearit wrote:I look forward to hearing more from you, especially about anything aged from generation tea.... not that I could afford anything aged from them.... but it's good to know that someone can. Happy sessions
I can relate to not being able to afford the older cakes...the older teas I was referring to were all just 50 gram samples and the oldest is about 19 years.
I guess I'm getting old. After doing a quick inventory,it turns out that I only have a few of items from Generation. One is a '05 Green, Beeng cake and another item is a box of pu-erh tea bags which were surprisingly good. I know I also ordered at least one brick from them but I'd have to break out all of my old order forms to determine which bricks I got from them and any info about them.
As it turns out, the older teas I was referring to were all 50 gram sample sizes from, "Chinese Tea for You."
Of these, there was a 2007 Green pu-erh taster, a '99 Song Pin Red Label, a '92 Green pu-erh taster and I'm sure there was '90 taster also but my quick look around can't find it right now. I would like to give you more info on these teas but that's all of the info on the labels.
Sorry to have such limited info right now as most of my tea is packed away for and impending move.
Best wishes...
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Hey Dizzwave...Dizzwave wrote:I wish I could afford more from Generation Tea too!
Actually I do have one bag of tea from them.. It's a "25 year vintage pu-erh", a mix of loose shu and sheng leaves. I don't remember the price... The tea is nice, but then I haven't had much stuff that old.
Apostle, I know how you feel....
Yes...after having another look at their site yesterday, I was reminded of their vintage selction. If you had a look at my reply to Geo' you'll see that I thought I had more Generation tea than I can account for now. I also have a box of 18 Organic, Pu-erh Tea Bags from them but I'm not sure of their age. I'm pretty sure that I have two bricks from them also...somewhere around a '02 and a '97. As I mentioned to Geo', I'll have to find all of my old order forms to determine which is which. Hopefully I'll get that done by the time I post some photos.
The daunting thing about all of our knowledgable compadres here is that I used to think I knew something about tea!
GULP!All the best to you today!
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Welcome to the PU section (if this is your first post, cant remember 
). But anyway, as long as you've been buying from those sources I'm sure you've been getting some pretty good stuff. When you get a chance please throw some pics of the collection up. If any help is needed feel free to ask, thats what we are all here for. 
). But anyway, as long as you've been buying from those sources I'm sure you've been getting some pretty good stuff. When you get a chance please throw some pics of the collection up. If any help is needed feel free to ask, thats what we are all here for. Mar 18th, '09, 21:54
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Shogun...Are you a Clavell fan?shogun89 wrote:Welcome to the PU section (if this is your first post, cant remember
Thx for the welcome...I do have more of an intro post in the "teawares" area. I have some pics there too but nothing good of my meager collection yet. As they say in Jamaica, " Soon come Mon, Soon come!"
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Never heard of Clavell?Apostle wrote:Shogun...Are you a Clavell fan?shogun89 wrote:Welcome to the PU section (if this is your first post, cant remember
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James Clavell wrote, Shogun, the first book to be made into a mini-series. He also wrote one of my favorites, Taipan...which is loosely based on the establishing of Hong Kong and woven around the China trade of: opium for silver...silver for tea!shogun89 wrote:Never heard of Clavell?Apostle wrote:Shogun...Are you a Clavell fan?shogun89 wrote:Welcome to the PU section (if this is your first post, cant remember
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Learn something new everyday, thank you. I just chose the name as it is a Japanese general and I am a strait up military freak.Apostle wrote:James Clavell wrote, Shogun, the first book to be made into a mini-series. He also wrote one of my favorites, Taipan...which is loosely based on the establishing of Hong Kong and woven around the China trade of: opium for silver...silver for tea!shogun89 wrote:Never heard of Clavell?Apostle wrote:Shogun...Are you a Clavell fan?shogun89 wrote:Welcome to the PU section (if this is your first post, cant remember
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Actually...A Shogun, is more like a military dictator who ran the country while still leaving the loosely believed impression that The Emporer was in charge. There were a string of Shoguns up until around the mid 1800's. I think that's how it went...I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.shogun89 wrote:Learn something new everyday, thank you. I just chose the name as it is a Japanese general and I am a strait up military freak.Apostle wrote:James Clavell wrote, Shogun, the first book to be made into a mini-series. He also wrote one of my favorites, Taipan...which is loosely based on the establishing of Hong Kong and woven around the China trade of: opium for silver...silver for tea!shogun89 wrote:Never heard of Clavell?Apostle wrote:Shogun...Are you a Clavell fan?shogun89 wrote:Welcome to the PU section (if this is your first post, cant remember
