I am a fan of traditional/"hong-kong" storage puerh tea. I can't get enough of the stuff!
It seems that cakes pop up every now and then at various vendors, but often are in limited supply. Most recent examples are the 2001 Dingxing and 90s Songpin from Puerh Shop.
Are there any other Western-oriented vendors that have a larger stock of traditionally stored puerh teas?
I've also found that drinking more of the traditionally-stored teas has further whetted my appetite for cooked puerh as well. Deeper and deeper down this rabbit hole I go...
Anyone else share a fondness for this "cellar tea"?
Jul 1st, '11, 19:29
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Re: Traditional Storage
The chinese tea shop (in Vancouver) probably has the most of what you want. You will have to ask first. Nada also tends to have wetter, but clean stuff on hand.
Jul 1st, '11, 20:16
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Re: Traditional Storage
Where did you experience a proper traditinal Hong Kong storage and how old were they?
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I too am fond of tea that has spent time around humidity so +1 for 90's stuff from The chinese tea shop. The ones i've tried from them all taste a bit older than the song pin from PS. Another good option would be the 90's grand yellow label from EOT, resonably priced at $75 or per/gm.
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Reasonable ????????????????????????????????????G-off-re wrote:Another good option would be the 90's grand yellow label from EOT, resonably priced at $75 or per/gm.
That's like over $25,000 for a cake of 90's tea. It better come with a half kilo gold bar at that price.
Jul 2nd, '11, 09:23
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I don't believe I have. How do I go about rectifying this travesty?TIM wrote:Where did you experience a proper traditinal Hong Kong storage and how old were they?
The 90s Songpin and Dingxing are my only two points of reference, sadly.
Jul 3rd, '11, 12:14
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If you have a chance, do try the best teahouse hong kong for a sample of their early 90s sheung sample. Or Sunsing samples. I think others online vendor do not really represent what traditional Hong Kong storage is about... Far from it imowhatsinaname wrote:I don't believe I have. How do I go about rectifying this travesty?TIM wrote:Where did you experience a proper traditinal Hong Kong storage and how old were they?
The 90s Songpin and Dingxing are my only two points of reference, sadly.
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Since this* is a blend, I've heard it varies quite a bit from batch to batch. But it will also set you back a lot less than just about any single cake stored by Best tea house... My batch is very good and a cheap intro to real Hong Kong storage. I've tried most of the others listed on this page so far, and I think their storage is kind of iffy - sorry.
http://bestteaonline.com/store/catalog/ ... ucts_id=44
http://bestteaonline.com/store/catalog/ ... ucts_id=44