I was skeptical of the price before sampling this one a couple years back, but this is a really sublime tea, worth the price and definitely worth sampling in my opinion. Not smokey like a typical Keemun... just a perfect, complex, full, balanced liquor... Methinks a tea this good rarely leaves China.
Keemun Chun Fen
http://www.itoen.com/leaf/index.cfm?sp=product&ID=317
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Too bad that they don't want our teamoney. Ito En seems to be quite a nice shop.Proinsias wrote:Doh, back off the list then
Maybe but it will cost too much then.sriracha wrote:A couple of years back you could use a service callad shopthestates for vendors that didn't ship overseas, they're no longer in business I believe but perhaps there are similar sites doing the same thing..?
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Just spent USD 765 on 2nd Flush 2009 Darjeelings. It's just about what you really desire & your preferences & choices. Why bother whining something's too dear, if you haven't tried it!boywoodhe wrote:Are you kidding me $24 an ounce.
Keep your tea....unless you want to give it away.
Off to brew some Makaibari Silver Tips...
-cyberhoofer-
I don't think any tea is really worth more than $10 an ounce. There's a difference between pigging out at Tea Emporium and buying lots of tea, and really spending moolah on tea. At least one has to be pretty careful.
It's just that one gets to most of the really good good good stuff before you start paying $40 for 4oz of tea. There are exceptions...it costs a tremendous amount of money to get truly good quality dancongs and wuyis, and if you truly like them, then dropping a bunch of dimes for a little baggy of the good stuff from Imen is probably worth it.
On the other hand, there are quite a few black teas that are just too expensive for their own good. Ito-En seems to be selling some kind of super-Xiang Luo or something (judging from picture). There are also teas from places that charges just too much--like most korean tea.
NB: I'm not into green tea, and I understand that the bulge of the good green stuff is more than $10/oz.
It's just that one gets to most of the really good good good stuff before you start paying $40 for 4oz of tea. There are exceptions...it costs a tremendous amount of money to get truly good quality dancongs and wuyis, and if you truly like them, then dropping a bunch of dimes for a little baggy of the good stuff from Imen is probably worth it.
On the other hand, there are quite a few black teas that are just too expensive for their own good. Ito-En seems to be selling some kind of super-Xiang Luo or something (judging from picture). There are also teas from places that charges just too much--like most korean tea.
NB: I'm not into green tea, and I understand that the bulge of the good green stuff is more than $10/oz.
Re: $24/ounce Keemun Chun Fen
For those keeping this tea in mind, Seven Cups sells it and for about 3/5ths the cost.
http://www.sevencups.com/tea_shop/produ ... ctid=16794
http://www.sevencups.com/tea_shop/produ ... ctid=16794
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That is quite out of my budget at the moment!cyberhoofer wrote:Just spent USD 765 on 2nd Flush 2009 Darjeelings. It's just about what you really desire & your preferences & choices. Why bother whining something's too dear, if you haven't tried it!boywoodhe wrote:Are you kidding me $24 an ounce.
Keep your tea....unless you want to give it away.
Off to brew some Makaibari Silver Tips...
-cyberhoofer-
But on a similar note I had a $500 glass of wine earlier this year and it was not even a full glass more like 1/3 glass full...the small bottle was almost $2,000
It was a red wine, did not know the actual value at the time (was a chateaux margot...hope spelled it right).
hopefully your tea lasts longer than my glass of wine,
Re: $24/ounce Keemun Chun Fen
shah82 wrote:For those keeping this tea in mind, Seven Cups sells it and for about 3/5ths the cost.
http://www.sevencups.com/tea_shop/produ ... ctid=16794
Very interesting, and thank you for the tip. But how can one be certain the quality is the same?