2010 American Hao 1002 Pu-erh Tea Cake

[TwoPynts]

From PuerhShop


http://www.puerhshop.com/index.php?main ... ts_id=1111

Has anyone tried this cake yet?

[MarshalN]

No, but I love the line "Drinking an American Hao is every tea enthusiast's envy for joy"

[TwoPynts]

No, but I love the line "Drinking an American Hao is every tea enthusiast's envy for joy"

Hah, me too. Engrish is always fun to decipher, though I look at it more as unintential poetry. Good or bad, take your pick.

Anyway, I was thinking of buying from PuerhShop. I'm not sure if there are any good deals so feedback is appreciated.

[the_skua]

One could think of that tea as selling new for US$90 for a full-sized cake...

[shah82]

Technically, that's not really high enough to be real LBZ, even from the fall. Maocha costs are less than that price, but all the other costs of production comes to effect. I wouldn't get hung up on purity, but I'd drink a sample first, paying most attention to the later brews. However, a general rule of thumb for me is that people very much want to use labels like Yiwu and LBZ to pump up low value leaf. Cut-rate LBZ and Yiwu are almost never worth it if you can find stuff from less famous areas at that price, which are likely to display the best qualities of their areas, through a whole session and aging well also.