Taobao oolongs?
Everyone's all excited to use Taobao to buy pu erh, but how about oolongs? I've been looking at da hong pao on Taobao lately; no idea where to begin, really, but it seems like there are some fun (and insanely pricey, if you want to go that route) options. Does anyone have any experience buying oolongs on Taobao? Any advice for the rest of us if so?
Dec 25th, '09, 11:12
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Re: Taobao oolongs?
What's unique about puerh is most products are standard factory products, so when someone recommend a product, it's just the product, and the assumption is we all generally trust big factories. For oolong, most of the best products on taobao are not brand names and sold by small sellers. So it will be really hard to follow other people's recommendation because each recommendation is on the seller not some standard product.
Most brand name stores don't have taobao store. The few brand name stores on taobao that I can recommend are (1) yan shang (岩上， "on the rock"), which is good and expensive; (2) xi qiu (戏球), which is not bad and not so expensive; (3) wu yu tai (吴裕泰）. The first 2 sell yan cha and the third is general seller. I don't think they have the best prices or the best quality but they do have their reputation and quality standards. They may or may not be less expensive than buying from US when international ems cost is considered.
Most brand name stores don't have taobao store. The few brand name stores on taobao that I can recommend are (1) yan shang (岩上， "on the rock"), which is good and expensive; (2) xi qiu (戏球), which is not bad and not so expensive; (3) wu yu tai (吴裕泰）. The first 2 sell yan cha and the third is general seller. I don't think they have the best prices or the best quality but they do have their reputation and quality standards. They may or may not be less expensive than buying from US when international ems cost is considered.