Anyone nows if the 2011 has been done in cake or tuo form?
I've seen both from diferent sellers and I'm concerned that one of them can be selling a fake...
The cake is this one but in the 2011 version: http://steepster.com/teas/xiaguan-tea-f ... d-tree-raw
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obviously, YS sells a 2011 XG wild tree tuo, and i would trust in authenticity of their offerings. but is there a 2011 cake? i dont know. i do have a 2010 cake from YS.
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yes, that's the point. I now that YS sells a tuo and that the previous year was a cake, but I don't now if they have done both or what's going on...
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I can't find a single website or blog that sells, or even references a 2011 Xiaguan wild tree cake. There are multiple instances of the 2011 tuo, however. Maybe you should post the sellers that are supposedly listing a 2011 cake so we can take a look.stockman wrote:Anyone nows if the 2011 has been done in cake or tuo form?
I've seen both from diferent sellers and I'm concerned that one of them can be selling a fake...
The cake is this one but in the 2011 version: http://steepster.com/teas/xiaguan-tea-f ... d-tree-raw
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Don't trust dragon tea house. I purchased a fake jin dayi from them a while backstockman wrote:here's the link: http://www.dragonteahouse.biz/xiaguan-o ... -357g-raw/
That wrapper looks off to me as well, not sure though.
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Well, I have been taking a look at some vendors and it seems like if Xiaguan makes a tuo and a cake version (the cake version larger) of some of its teas.
I think that's maybe to offer different sizes being the tuo smaller and allowing consumers to buy less tea.
Anyone knows something about it?
I think that's maybe to offer different sizes being the tuo smaller and allowing consumers to buy less tea.
Anyone knows something about it?
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I think Xiaguan tends to have a characteristic flavor, but what they have is a variety in leaf grade used. You have to look at the production, the specific cake or tuo and inspect the leaf. They have cakes that have a lot of sticks or chopped tea. It may be the same tea as a better quality production, but poorer leaf grade which drops the price.
Those lower grades are sold to people who prepare their tea by boiling the leaf and then adding a milk fat and either salt or sugar. Sticks need to be boiled to extract flavor, so they are not a bad thing in boiled tea. For steeped tea, you want leaf rather than sticks. You can tell what the mix is by looking at the cake or tuo surface.
Those lower grades are sold to people who prepare their tea by boiling the leaf and then adding a milk fat and either salt or sugar. Sticks need to be boiled to extract flavor, so they are not a bad thing in boiled tea. For steeped tea, you want leaf rather than sticks. You can tell what the mix is by looking at the cake or tuo surface.
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They do make both tuo and cake versions of some of their teas, but not all of them.stockman wrote:Well, I have been taking a look at some vendors and it seems like if Xiaguan makes a tuo and a cake version (the cake version larger) of some of its teas.
I think that's maybe to offer different sizes being the tuo smaller and allowing consumers to buy less tea.
Anyone knows something about it?