Show off your Pu!!!!!!!

[shah82]

Same here, got dollars for robust pu!

Gotta be weighed against the Xi Shang Jia shu at Houde some, but I already got the palace pu that's almost as good.

Anyways, me want bulang, jingmai, things of that nature. Bitterness is not an issue--but no namby pamby florals, got it?

[tenuki]

This is a picture of my Pu-erh Collection Data Base.
I have it set up like a Web Page.
Every time I buy tea on the web. I save that web page and link it to a thumb nail picture in my pu-erh web page.

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[nada]

in a couple of weeks I hope. They're in the post at the moment. My wife came back yesterday with one of each cake in her luggage, so I hope to take some photos and write up some tasting notes soon.

We did make some of the Bulang again, from the same trees. Unfortunately the price of the maocha increased there quite a bit, so we didn't make a lot of it, but there should be a couple of cases of it on the way

[Maitre_Tea]

how much of a price increase did you notice from last year to this year, and who has it affected more: large factory productions or smaller outfits? I ask because I've seen both super-cheap and super-expensive 2010 tea, so I'm not quite sure if the drought has affected prices that much.

[nonc_ron]

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Ha Ha Ha My mistake.
Thanks.Your the first one to notice.

[nada]

how much of a price increase did you notice from last year to this year, and who has it affected more: large factory productions or smaller outfits? I ask because I've seen both super-cheap and super-expensive 2010 tea, so I'm not quite sure if the drought has affected prices that much.

it varied from place to place. For the old tree maocha it ranged from more than double in some places down to ~20% increase in others.

[nickE]

Ok, resurrecting an old thread for its original purpose.

Here is my modest collection, although more is always on the way!

2009 Menghai 7542
2009 Menghai 8582
2008 Menghai 7532
2008 Menghai 0622
2007 Mengku "Muyechun 002"
2009 American Hao 0903
2009 YS "Wuliang Lanxiang"
2005 Mingyuan Hao "Yiwu"
2004 Changtai "Ji Feng Yuan"
2007 Xiaguan FT #4


2009 YS "Yi Dian Hong" Tong
2008 Xiaguan FT Baoyan "Mushroom Tuo"
2008 Mengku Bingdao Brick
2008 Xiaguan FT "Xizi" Tuo
2008 Menghai "08 Qing" Tuo
2007 Golden Melon Tribute Tuo
2009 Menghai v93 Tuo
2009 Menghai "Hong Yun"
2009 Douji "Dadou" Mini-brick
2009 Douji "Shangdou" Mini-brick

There is also a drawer full of samples.

[shogun89]

Nice collection going there Nick, good to see the thread brought back. I'll be sure to get some pics up of mine soon as well.

[TwoPynts]

Very nice Nick. Perhaps it seems modest to you, but I think it is looks quite extensive. Just selective.

[Drax]

Ah, great pictures, I love this thread!

I recognize that "Yi Dian Hong" (the mini-tong of ripe pu). I just ordered some of that from YS. How'd you like it? Seemed decent, but also faded on me pretty fast. Although, I usually brew my shu on the long side... mmmmmm.

[nickE]

I recognize that "Yi Dian Hong" (the mini-tong of ripe pu). I just ordered some of that from YS. How'd you like it? Seemed decent, but also faded on me pretty fast.

Scott sent one of these for free along with an order a while ago. I liked it a lot, especially the price, which is why I bought the tong.

It's thick & creamy like shu should be, nice leaves as well. You are right about it fading fast though, sometimes I only get 5 infusions out of it. However, if you keep the steep time very short in the beginning (<10sec) I find that it'll last a solid 8+ infusions and still taste just as good.

[shogun89]

hmm, that sounds like a good shu to me. Might have to try some out. Its just a pain with the shipping costs...

[shogun89]

So my TaoBao order finally came in today so I took a pic of what I got and then a picture of the current collection.

[AdamMY]

Congratulations Shogun, it looks like your collection reached the 5 year sustainability mark, as in you probably could use only those teas for the next 5 years!

[shogun89]

Thank you Adam, I am fairly happy with it overall. I definitely have a ways to go though!