please educate on pu-erh.

[zeusmta]

Stay away from the 2006 version

shogun, can you please elaborate about why to stay away from 2006 V93?

To the O.P., why not give the 2008 a try? It's still cheap and has had a couple years to lose the newly fermented smell/taste. This is a more lightly fermented tea anyway. I like this one a lot, and I've never heard anyone complain about this tea. Can't go wrong on this one, I think.

[entropyembrace]

I think you might have to put CTC or the dust from breaking up your puerh cakes into that pot...and add the water with an eye dropper!

[nicolas]

Where would be a good place for the v93?

One of the important lessons I learnt was to try samples before you buy bings, and try bings before you buy tongs. While many well intended folks will recommend this and that, I have too often bought the wrong tea by relying entirely on others' advice.

I can send you a complimentary 25g sample of 2006 Menghai V93 if you can cover my shipping costs from Hong Kong. PM me if you are interested.

[TwoPynts]

I think you might have to put CTC or the dust from breaking up your puerh cakes into that pot...and add the water with an eye dropper!

I'm wondering if would even yield enough to coat the tongue.