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by Apostle » Mar 22nd, '09, 00:36

shogun89 wrote:+1 to all above. Just means that I agree. Outstanding! :D :D :D
Shogun...Thanks! I guess I must have good in-tea-ition. (intuition...bad pun)... :roll: and just when I thought I couldn't get any cornier! Somebody slap me!
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by sp1key » Mar 22nd, '09, 01:33

Apostle wrote:
TomVerlain wrote:really nice setup Apostle - if you need help with the sampling, we could probably take time out of our busy days to help.

BTW - How does anyone tell the date on those bricks ? I don't recognize any numbers on the one I have -
I've got no idea on the bricks...I just trust what the sellers say. :roll: I still have one brick that I can't identify with any of my paperwork...and three Mengku tuos that I'm not sure about. I remember how I got them, as a replacement for some 8100 cakes I paid for but turned out not to be available...but I'll have to do some more detective work to identify them better.
bricks are harder to identify but basically examine it by the thickness of the brick and the wordings/character variation on the packaging.
Best of all, taste it and raw pu will give you a fairly good idea 80s, 90s or post 2000.
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New info on guitar pu...

by Apostle » Mar 23rd, '09, 02:41

Hey All...

I did some fishing and found some of the missing info about the pu's in the case.
The brick in the front is a 250 grm, Excellent, Old, Aged, Ripe brick. Vintage, 2000...not sure of the maker yet.
The three tuos are Mengku, Teji, Superfine, Grand, Ripe...not sure of the vintage yet. Does anyone know where I would find that info?
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Re: New info on guitar pu...

by sp1key » Mar 23rd, '09, 03:19

Apostle wrote:Hey All...

I did some fishing and found some of the missing info about the pu's in the case.
The brick in the front is a 250 grm, Excellent, Old, Aged, Ripe brick. Vintage, 2000...not sure of the maker yet.
The three tuos are Mengku, Teji, Superfine, Grand, Ripe...not sure of the vintage yet. Does anyone know where I would find that info?
the tuo is 2006. QS mark was required of Chinese food products in 2004, became compulsory for tea from 2007
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Re: New info on guitar pu...

by Apostle » Mar 23rd, '09, 04:32

sp1key wrote:
Apostle wrote:Hey All...

I did some fishing and found some of the missing info about the pu's in the case.
The brick in the front is a 250 grm, Excellent, Old, Aged, Ripe brick. Vintage, 2000...not sure of the maker yet.
The three tuos are Mengku, Teji, Superfine, Grand, Ripe...not sure of the vintage yet. Does anyone know where I would find that info?
the tuo is 2006. QS mark was required of Chinese food products in 2004, became compulsory for tea from 2007
"QS mark" .... Whazzat???
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by sp1key » Mar 23rd, '09, 04:38

Its short for 'Quality Safety'
The blueish S mark on the right of the tuo, mengku tea cake and the 8100 tea cake
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by Apostle » Mar 23rd, '09, 04:59

sp1key wrote:Its short for 'Quality Safety'
The blueish S mark on the right of the tuo, mengku tea cake and the 8100 tea cake
OUCH!!! I just banged my head on the floor from too much kow-towing! Thanks for the educational tid-bit!
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by sp1key » Mar 23rd, '09, 05:11

definitely no need for any kow-towing bro 8)

I wanted to try some of those 8100 last year but got carried away with other stuff, seems like the price is quite stable so I'll just try them at a later stage
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First Pu!

by hooksie » Mar 23rd, '09, 09:45

My first pu cake has finally arrived!

I wasn't expecting this for at least another two weeks, but looks like the pu gods have smiled upon me?

"2007 Mengku * Wild Arbor King * Raw Pu-erh tea 500 gram"

The unboxing....

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and the cake

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:D :D
We were fated to pretend.
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by Drax » Mar 23rd, '09, 18:03

Apostle -- that's some awesome stuff!

Hooksie -- the unboxing, the unwrapping, when comest the tasting....?? :D
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by hooksie » Mar 23rd, '09, 19:30

Drax wrote:Hooksie -- the unboxing, the unwrapping, when comest the tasting....?? :D
When the gaiwan comest!

First pu-erh is gonna be done right!
We were fated to pretend.
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by shogun89 » Mar 23rd, '09, 19:57

hooksie wrote:
Drax wrote:Hooksie -- the unboxing, the unwrapping, when comest the tasting....?? :D
When the gaiwan comest!

First pu-erh is gonna be done right!
Looks like a good choice. Always wanted to try that cake. I'll get one eventually. . .
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Re: First Pu!

by Apostle » Mar 23rd, '09, 20:06

hooksie wrote:My first pu cake has finally arrived!

I wasn't expecting this for at least another two weeks, but looks like the pu gods have smiled upon me?

"2007 Mengku * Wild Arbor King * Raw Pu-erh tea 500 gram"

The unboxing....

Image

and the cake

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:D :D
If that order came from Yunnan Sourcing, don't be surprised at the shipping time. I've only had one order from them that took over 15 days to receive.
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by shogun89 » Mar 23rd, '09, 20:38

15 days!!!! Thats great!
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by Drax » Mar 23rd, '09, 20:53

shogun89 wrote:15 days!!!! Thats great!
Yeah, much better than the proverbial "slow boat [from] China" that my last order is currently on. I think the projected arrival time is somewhere in April. Hmm.

*twiddle thu...* wait, forget that... *drink tea while waiting*

Ahhhh.

Part of that order, I bought 2 of those Mengku Wild Arbor King beengs, but from 2008.
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