I think my geekometer just pegged. As Bart Simpson would say: "Coooooooooool."
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Better yet, take a trip up here and drink some of it with me!Salsero wrote:Oooh, I see everything I need between the bottom shelf and the top shelf ... just add water! What are the two tongs? Is that a whole stack of Holy Flame bricks? Way cool. Thanks for sharing.
The two tongs are Menghai 7542(801) and Menghai's "Big Classic." The stack is actually Xiaguan Tibetan Baoyan from 2006.
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I assume you mean the Luxi Wantong Tea Factory's 2005 De Hong "Golden Melon" 500 gr melon. There's no relation between the two as far as I can see. The melon smelled at first like a light shu and followed up with a light ginger ale taste, little body, aftertaste, or astringency ... minty and refreshing. I thought it would be good with food and brewed it a couple times Euro style at work and enjoyed the result. OK now and maybe it will age into something more exciting... dunno.edkrueger wrote: Is it good? If you have tried the Luxi, how do they compare?
Or maybe you mean the Luxi Tea Factory 2006 Wild Tree Floral 250 gr brick which was also completely different: earthy, spicy, dark mushroom, loam, rotted manure, vanilla, not at all astringent. Good aftertaste, a hint of camphor, no viscosity or oiliness. Tastes older than two years and does an easy 9 infusions or more. Nice stuff in a lot of ways.
As for Scott's own production 2008 Wild Tree Raw Puerh Brick of Dehong, a purple leaf tea, I found it fruity and delightful, but not like any sheng I have had yet. Good, but different. It went 9 infusions in the one session I have had so far.
All three teas completely unlike each other and all nice in their own way.
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I didn't want to create a new thread for this... so I figured I'd post here. Any info about what I bought is welcomed. Not sure how old it is... or how long it had been sitting on the shelf-- the box has probably seen better days 
but I picked this up at a local Hong Kong Supermarket for a couple dollars. I present to you... my grandiose collection of pu
nom nom nom 'animal by products' 
but I picked this up at a local Hong Kong Supermarket for a couple dollars. I present to you... my grandiose collection of pu nom nom nom 'animal by products' 
Probably a shu pu from Xiaguan for export to France notice the French word for tea...the....with the accent mark. I have those at my asian grocery as well.bsteele wrote:I didn't want to create a new thread for this... so I figured I'd post here. Any info about what I bought is welcomed. Not sure how old it is... or how long it had been sitting on the shelf-- the box has probably seen better days
That's exactly what it is. Does the packaging say which year it is from? 2006? If so, I really enjoyed drinking that one...even more now than when I first had it. Tasty little bugger!puerhking wrote:
Probably a shu pu from Xiaguan for export to France notice the French word for tea...the....with the accent mark. I have those at my asian grocery as well.