Show off your Pu!!!!!!!

One of the intentionally aged teas, Pu-Erh has a loyal following.


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by Salsero » Dec 19th, '08, 02:25

tony shlongini wrote: Salsero: Make sure you're sitting down when you try the Changtai. The flavors are almost overwhelming (and pretty smoky).
Whoa Nellie, that sounds like something I would like. It's going to the head of the tasting list!

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Cool Dragon puehr..

by tenuki » Dec 20th, '08, 20:13

my father-in-law brought this back from china for me.


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by PolyhymnianMuse » Dec 21st, '08, 00:23

VERY nice. That is a wonderful display piece. There looks like there's a lot of detail on the dragon scales.

Are those dragonballs?

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by tenuki » Dec 21st, '08, 01:48

it's about a foot long

that's dragonbalZ

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by PolyhymnianMuse » Dec 21st, '08, 15:21

tenuki wrote:
that's dragonbalZ
:P

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by shogun89 » Dec 21st, '08, 17:09

Awesome!

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by Oni » Dec 22nd, '08, 01:31

I got to get one of those, where can you buy such a work of art?

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by tenuki » Dec 22nd, '08, 12:40

Oni wrote:I got to get one of those, where can you buy such a work of art?
As far as I know you have to be married to my wife, a position that isn't currently open. ;)

Seriously though, since it was a gift I didn't ask, although I suspect he got it at the Shanghai Jade Buddha Temple since that is what the bag he handed it to in me says and his story of searching for puerh in Shanghai prominently featured a stop there.

sidenote: Apparently he asked the concierge at the Shanghai hotel he was staying at where to buy puerh. The snotty reply was 'You would have to go to china for that.' Apparently Shanghai, as the cultural and economic center of China, is a bit like New York in that respect. :) He did find puerh, so the guy was wrong, but I thought it was funny enough to share.

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by tenuki » Dec 24th, '08, 01:08

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Setting it out for tomorrow morning, thought I would take a snapshot. :)

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by thanks » Dec 24th, '08, 01:28

Is that the 99? That's some expensive tea, my friend!

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by tenuki » Dec 24th, '08, 17:31

thanks wrote:Is that the 99? That's some expensive tea, my friend!
I have no idea what it is and frankly don't care - it's super yummy. :D I picked it up locally a while back for 75 bucks. All I know is I tasted it, my jaw dropped and I involuntarily said 'I'll take however many of these you have.' Unfortunately that was just 1.

Here are some snapshots of my morning session in case you are interested.

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by brandon » Dec 24th, '08, 21:03

Looks like Green Big Tree to me. I tasted the 1999, which looks similar leaf wise. I think yours might be a bit newer considering the wrapper is in much better shape. Also, Guang was selling the 99 cake for over $300. Seems like you got a steal there my friend.

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by Salsero » Dec 24th, '08, 23:01

brandon wrote: Seems like you got a steal there my friend.
Wow! I thought you had to go to Toronto to find deals like this.

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by thanks » Dec 25th, '08, 01:30

Whereabouts in Toronto? I'm not terribly far.

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