sun sing brand cakes

[gasninja]

So I have been thinking about ordering a sample of some antique or maybe blue mark tea (their out of the red mark) from sunsing. I noticed that they have quite a few of their own brand of cakes(including a 99 yi wu).I am curious if any of the elders here have tried or have any knowledge of the quality of these cakes.

[TIM]

So I have been thinking about ordering a sample of some antique or maybe blue mark tea (their out of the red mark) from sunsing. I noticed that they have quite a few of their own brand of cakes(including a 99 yi wu).I am curious if any of the elders here have tried or have any knowledge of the quality of these cakes.

Highly recommend it. The Yiwu is a good example of what pure single estate old tree is. Let us know ~ Toki

[apache]

So I have been thinking about ordering a sample of some antique or maybe blue mark tea (their out of the red mark) from sunsing. I noticed that they have quite a few of their own brand of cakes(including a 99 yi wu).I am curious if any of the elders here have tried or have any knowledge of the quality of these cakes.

If you have any success, please let me know if they do any international sale.

I have ordered from Lau Yu Fat before, and they would do oversea sale.
http://www.teahouse.com.hk/main.htm

apache

[tieguanyin]

If you have any success, please let me know if they do any international sale.

apache

I believe one can place international orders through their website. Have not tried it myself. Let us know how it goes gasninja !

[the_skua]

Holy crap. I'm starting to learn where the teas that I absolutely cannot afford can be purchased. Good lord.

[apache]

Holy crap. I'm starting to learn where the teas that I absolutely cannot afford can be purchased. Good lord.

More of this, I have posted this somewhere before:

http://www.cguardian.com/special.php?se ... 322&Page=1

You can sell your house and every thing to buy tea!

[gasninja]

by apache
I have ordered from Lau Yu Fat before, and they would do oversea sale.
http://www.teahouse.com.hk/main.htm

I have checked out their site but could not figure out how to order they do not have prices listed on most of the that I saw cakes listed.

[gasninja]

I have had several email corespondence with Derek and they will do international shipping but it seems a little more complicated than just sending a paypal

[apache]

by apache
I have ordered from Lau Yu Fat before, and they would do oversea sale.
http://www.teahouse.com.hk/main.htm

I have checked out their site but could not figure out how to order they do not have prices listed on most of the that I saw cakes listed.

You have to ask them by email, but they might not be very responsive. Or you could ask them on the phone, and I think it depends on who answering the phone, they might be able to communicate in English / American. I was told the shop owner's son deals with most international sales.

[TokyoB]

I have had several email corespondence with Derek and they will do international shipping but it seems a little more complicated than just sending a paypal

I recently ordered from them and it was pretty easy. I had to use a credit card. They don't take Paypal.
I have a sample of the '99 Yiwu. Of course it is good!

[wyardley]

As far as ordering the really old stuff, Hou De is one other option - they do still have some 10g samples of the 50s hong yin from the Pasadena event for around $355 US. Sunsing's may be from a better batch or better stored (I've never tried Sunsing's, so I can't say), but if memory serves, I don't think their price will be lower.

Sunsing, despite being quite expensive, has a good reputation for their old tea, so I think what you get should be reliable, and should be what it's said to be. Plus, they've got a selection few (if any) other places can boast of. If you're spending that much, you might also see how the prices for the turn of the century stuff compares. I kind of regret not trying something old at their teahouse while I was in HK, even though it would have been an extravagance.

If you do buy any of this stuff, my recommendation is to buy as many grams as you can afford, and brew it with a heavy hand, compared to how you'd brew younger teas -- avoid the temptation to stretch the tea out by doing less leaf and longer infusions (for example, for 10g of a 1970s or before tea, I'd try to stay around 100 or 120 ml at most). Don't skimp on either water temperature or water quality.

Also, while there is something to be said for remembering the tea when it's at its peak, this is not the kind of tea to brew 10 times and then toss out - you can not only keep brewing the same leaves for >1 day, but you can boil it, once long infusions no longer work, or infuse it in an insulated thermos.

Let me know if you need any help drinking your blue label. :>

[zzenster]

I was just wondering.. that sun sing prices are not hk dollars? is that US dollars? it seems way too high..

[TuoChaTea]

I was just wondering.. that sun sing prices are not hk dollars? is that US dollars? it seems way too high..

This is exactly what I was thinking... these prices dollars, I hope they are not US dollars

[gasninja]

the prices are in honk kong dollars aprox. usd 1 to hkd .128.
but they are still expensive although they do have a few deals if you look.

by wyardley » Jun 26th, '11, 01:34
If you do buy any of this stuff, my recommendation is to buy as many grams as you can afford, and brew it with a heavy hand, compared to how you'd brew younger teas -- avoid the temptation to stretch the tea out by doing less leaf and longer infusions (for example, for 10g of a 1970s or before tea, I'd try to stay around 100 or 120 ml at most). Don't skimp on either water temperature or water quality.

Also, while there is something to be said for remembering the tea when it's at its peak, this is not the kind of tea to brew 10 times and then toss out - you can not only keep brewing the same leaves for >1 day, but you can boil it, once long infusions no longer work, or infuse it in an insulated thermos.
Let me know if you need any help drinking your blue label. :>

Thank youfor the helpful advice and yeah if you feel like comin to the east
coast I could use all the help I can get.

[the_skua]

Ooops. Hong Kong dollars...