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by Bubba_tea » Sep 8th, '08, 15:53
OT - sorry!
puerking!! I think I got it!!
Avatar?
Huh huh????

Sep 8th, '08, 18:48
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by puerhking » Sep 8th, '08, 18:48
Bubba_tea wrote:OT - sorry!
puerking!! I think I got it!!
Avatar?
Huh huh????

OMG!!! is that from They Live? Is it a poster you have up? How in God's name did you find my avatar?!! Lol.......too funny.
Sep 8th, '08, 18:49
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by puerhking » Sep 8th, '08, 18:49
Shogun I think you may have a dangerous obsession.

Sep 8th, '08, 19:26
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by Bubba_tea » Sep 8th, '08, 19:26
puerhking wrote:OMG!!! is that from They Live? Is it a poster you have up? How in God's name did you find my avatar?!! Lol.......too funny.
I thought your avatar looked like a psychedelic Rowdy Roddy Piper - and that was a great move it twas... I think I'm on a mission to bust your avatars. Last one was the elevator gals from The Shinning, IIRC. Come 'on - what's next!

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by shogun89 » Sep 8th, '08, 20:13
puerhking wrote:
Shogun I think you may have a dangerous obsession.

I know!!! Each and everyone looks better than the last!
Sep 8th, '08, 22:53
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by puerhking » Sep 8th, '08, 22:53
Bubba_tea wrote:puerhking wrote:OMG!!! is that from They Live? Is it a poster you have up? How in God's name did you find my avatar?!! Lol.......too funny.
I thought your avatar looked like a psychedelic Rowdy Roddy Piper - and that was a great move it twas... I think I'm on a mission to bust your avatars. Last one was the elevator gals from The Shinning, IIRC. Come 'on - what's next!

actually it is a picture of me about six years ago with my hair longer. but the resemblance is frightening. lol.
Sep 17th, '08, 11:32
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by PolyhymnianMuse » Sep 17th, '08, 11:32
Can anyone give me any information on this particular cake that he has?
http://tinyurl.com/59cnyv
He has only 4 different cakes now but that one that I gave a link too he has like 7 of them. Its a little harder trying to go back and forth in email with someone half a day ahead of you

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by nada » Sep 17th, '08, 13:55
sorry, no info on these cakes, but I visited this factory in April - you can see some photos here
http://afelicificlife.blogspot.com/2008 ... ctory.html
I wasn't particularly impressed with any of their old growth maocha, but haven't tasted any of their bings.
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by PolyhymnianMuse » Sep 17th, '08, 14:01
nada wrote:sorry, no info on these cakes, but I visited this factory in April - you can see some photos here
http://afelicificlife.blogspot.com/2008 ... ctory.html
I wasn't particularly impressed with any of their old growth maocha, but haven't tasted any of their bings.
From the look of them on the website the bings seem to be made of pretty good leaf. Its not broken up nearly as much as some puerhs i've seen. Seems I will have a lot of tea to drink, I will probably store away most of the cakes thought and see what happens

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by puerhking » Sep 17th, '08, 16:25
I can only tell you that it is a toss up between that one and the yiwu beeng for my favorite yunnan nian cake. It has tigher compression than some of them. I like it.
Oct 11th, '08, 22:53
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by PolyhymnianMuse » Oct 11th, '08, 22:53
So after a lot of back and forth working out a deal and with the seller being on vacation, I finally purchased 5 cakes from him. Ill let you all know when they arrive

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by puerhking » Oct 12th, '08, 21:36
Wow didnt that take a long time? Did he go to Mars or something? I will be interested in your take on these cakes.
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by PolyhymnianMuse » Oct 19th, '08, 01:07
I will def share my thoughts of these cakes when I get them. I'm sure shipping will take quite awhile but I got a tracking number so atleast I can keep track of it on its journey to me. How was everyone brewing these cakes? I was thinking of purchasing a yixing pot for sheng puerh but will also be trying them in a gaiwan first.
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by Salsero » Oct 19th, '08, 01:20
PolyhymnianMuse wrote: How was everyone brewing these cakes?
I have had only one session so far with the
Premium Alliance cake, brewing it
- 6 gr in 150 ml pot , off boil: no rinse,
infusions: 20 s, 15 s, 25 s, 35 s, 1 m, 1 m,
2 m, 3 m, 4 m, 5 m, 6 m.
The
Premium Alliance wasn't very astringent so it should be fine in a gaiwan.