2012 Jin Ma 8682 via ChaWangShop--one of the ripe pu erh stuffed tangerines. First time I've tried one of these and it's interesting drinking. Quite the change from my morning sencha! I don't know if I'd buy this stuff again but it was certainly worth the $7.90 or so to try it. I feel like the orange peel tastes somewhat musty. EDIT: Ah, this must be the 'pine' fragrance they describe this tea as having!
I had a lot of trouble getting my order from ChaWangShop. Not their fault at all. Courier services from China are prohibited from transporting tea. I thought it was just an SF Express thing, then remembered I had trouble receiving jiaogulan from a Taobao dealer, who had to reship by EMS ($$$). My order was returned to ChaWangShop, and I absorbed the original shipping fee as I was the one who suggested ZTO.
They sent my package right back out by EMS, but they used the China International Express service, which is a little cheaper. Unfortunately this service is NOT handled by postal services outside China. A company called TGX was tasked with delivering my tea to me, and didn't. The tracking showed that they couldn't deliver it, and they lied and said they couldn't contact me. After Honza (from ChaWangShop) finally got hold of the right people, I called TGX and what I'd suspected all along was true...they didn't want to deliver to my part of Hong Kong (outside the urban area) even though they were supposed to under their agreement with China Post.
They finally delivered to my area for US$13/HK$100 more. They originally said they could deliver to urban HK for free or I could come pick it up, but I was like NOPE, you were paid to deliver to me. Honza reimbursed me for the extra US$13, which he'll be getting back from China Post.
Honza and co. were very responsive throughout, and worked with me to get this mess sorted out. They're definitely good to go and get an A+ from me for all the effort they put in and for their communication. TGX on the other hand are terrible and never got in touch with me at all, and held my tea for almost two weeks without any info!
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