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by oldmanteapot » Jun 2nd, '09, 03:35

Drax wrote:This is where it finally occurs to me that some AH at customs pulled those two bings out of the sack, opened them, up and BROKE THEM IN TWO. What the F$$$? Seriously? This is FOOD. I hope they wear gloves. That's just DISGUSTING.


Drax,

Sorry to hear that.... I'd guess we're considered lucky that we can purchase all our Pu off the shelves and we get to try them first before we purchase them... hehehe...
Trioxin wrote:Sorry the ransacked your order. I dread the day customs gets ahold of one of my tea orders.

Wonder how they would have handled a couple of iron compressed cakes?
Let's hope and pray they don't use a sledge hammer... :p

Cheers!!
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by Tead Off » Jun 2nd, '09, 05:50

shogun89 wrote:Seriously, WHAT THE FU*K gives them the right to do this? This makes me so angry, no amount of tea poetry will calm me. If I could only meet the people who did this. . . .
Its one thing to open it and inspect it, but to be inconsiderate enough to rip everything apart, and literally throw it back in the box and tape it up really angers me. :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
This is nothing. Wait till you receive your $20,000 stone sculpture that is 1000 years old and they drill holes in it to see if there is anything inside :twisted:

This is a true story. :twisted: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Can't live in that country anymore. :x
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by oldmanteapot » Jun 2nd, '09, 06:03

Tead Off wrote:This is nothing. Wait till you receive your $20,000 stone sculpture that is 1000 years old and they drill holes in it to see if there is anything inside :twisted:

This is a true story. :twisted: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Can't live in that country anymore. :x
Hi Tead Off,

This happened to you??

Anyways... back to topic..... here's a 2003 MengHai Red Dayi (possible imitation) I just broke up for daily consumption.

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Cheers!
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by sp1key » Jun 2nd, '09, 12:17

First time I've seen such a dayi nei piao and nei fei on a 03 red dayi... which batch is this? got it in pg?
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by Jedi » Jun 2nd, '09, 13:43

So young??? How to drink man??
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by Tead Off » Jun 2nd, '09, 14:01

'Hi Tead Off,

This happened to you??'

Yep, happened to me and other people I know. Customs can do anything they want and they could care less.
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by shogun89 » Jun 2nd, '09, 14:51

mmmmm, looks great!
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by LaybackPandas » Jun 3rd, '09, 02:30

how come those custom f-ers sometimes break up the cakes and sometime don't? and sometimes open up the shipping box and sometimes dont?
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by Jedi » Jun 3rd, '09, 03:15

LaybackPandas wrote:how come those custom f-ers sometimes break up the cakes and sometime don't? and sometimes open up the shipping box and sometimes dont?
It depends on the following equation:

(DonutFactor * CoffeeFactor) / BoredomFactor = Likelihood of package being opened
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by oldmanteapot » Jun 3rd, '09, 03:25

sp1key wrote:First time I've seen such a dayi nei piao and nei fei on a 03 red dayi... which batch is this? got it in pg?
Hi sp1key,

Thanks for the heads up!

Yup! Got it in PG, but possibly could be a imitation cake... ehehe... but anyway, for the price I'm paying, fake or not... it does taste good.. so.. I'll use it for a daily drinker and also as a treat to visitors who can't differentiate between them.


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by oldmanteapot » Jun 3rd, '09, 03:26

Jedi wrote:So young??? How to drink man??
Jedi-san,

Can drink.... can't be drinking aged ones all the time.. my pocket not deep enough!!.. ahahaha...

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by sp1key » Jun 3rd, '09, 03:53

cool give it time 8)
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by OhJungMin » Jun 8th, '09, 19:00

Just wanted to say HI (I'm new to this forum) and show off my new item. Got it from a friend who recently returned back from China. She says it's 12 y.o. so I guess the year is 1997, and the label says it's Tong Xing factory. Unfortunately, there is no real way to tell the age, right? Obviously, it's not on the label.
Since I know nothing about that company, does anyone here know any facts. I searched online and it looks like it's very reputable factory and it's mid 90s cakes go for over $150...

Anyways, here the pics and let me know what you think...
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by shogun89 » Jun 8th, '09, 19:08

From looks alone, I have the same exact cake. Its a 400g. ripe 2005 cake. I got mine from puerhshop.com for about $12. I could be wrong but I can take a picture of mine if you want.

The cake itself is sold out but there is a 2006 brick still there, I dont know if its helps at all but heres the link anyways.
http://www.puerhshop.com/index.php?main ... cts_id=320
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by thanks » Jun 8th, '09, 20:12

cccp80 wrote:Just wanted to say HI (I'm new to this forum) and show off my new item. Got it from a friend who recently returned back from China. She says it's 12 y.o. so I guess the year is 1997, and the label says it's Tong Xing factory. Unfortunately, there is no real way to tell the age, right? Obviously, it's not on the label.
Since I know nothing about that company, does anyone here know any facts. I searched online and it looks like it's very reputable factory and it's mid 90s cakes go for over $150...

Anyways, here the pics and let me know what you think...
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This looks to me like a cake of shu pu'er made within the last five years. That's just my opinion, and I'm in no way an expert so take it with a grain of salt.
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