Feb 12th, '16, 10:53
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by Scancell » Feb 12th, '16, 10:53
Hi
This cake (375g) are for sale here in Norway, the price is 35$.
Can anyone tell me more about this cake, is the price good, or the tea not so good?
Please help me, i am new...and trying to find puèrh tea around 40$ pr. cake.
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Feb 12th, '16, 13:41
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by shah82 » Feb 12th, '16, 13:41
no.
Feb 12th, '16, 14:02
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by Scancell » Feb 12th, '16, 14:02
What do you mean...you dont know?
Anyone can hjelp pls?
Feb 12th, '16, 14:55
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by Scancell » Feb 12th, '16, 14:55
Maybe i need to say a bit more...looking for good quality raw/ripe puerh, around 40-50 dollars a cake (375g)
Feb 12th, '16, 15:22
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by .m. » Feb 12th, '16, 15:22
hi,
i know nothing about the cake you've posted. but given the price and the fact that somebody had to buy it (perhaps through some middlemen), import it to norway (which is not that cheap country) and is trying to make profit from it, it means that is most likely made from an extremely cheap material.
if it is ripe (shu) then with some luck it might be drinkable, if its raw (sheng) then...
anyways, if you have the possibility to try it, then you should see for yourself if its worth or not. else i'd just stay away from it.
there are several topics here on teachat with some recomandations where and what to buy, if you search a bit. here is one very recent and still active:
http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=21277
here's another older
http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=21022
and one for shu
http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=21161
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Feb 12th, '16, 15:32
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by apache » Feb 12th, '16, 15:32
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by Drax » Feb 12th, '16, 15:59
Scancell wrote:What do you mean...you dont know?
Anyone can hjelp pls?
shah was answering the question of the post title "Is this puerh worth buying?"
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by Drax » Feb 12th, '16, 16:05
According to the lohas site that apache linked, it's a cooked puerh (陳年熟茶). (those prices are also in HKD, I think, so that's actually roughly $40).
You might want to understand whether you first want to try raw or ripe puerh. It would be rather like saying that you want to try a "raw/cooked hamburger." Hmmmmm.
Feb 12th, '16, 16:14
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by Scancell » Feb 12th, '16, 16:14
Getting some samples from teavivre.com seems like they have good prices, free shipping and a very good service ...
Never tried puerh...
Anyone tried puerh from teavivre.com?
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by mr mopu » Feb 12th, '16, 17:18
Pu erh is a whole new world. Once you go in the rabbit hole.....
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by Bef » Feb 14th, '16, 13:49
You should buy from a website that is specialized in puerh...
For instance, Yunnan Sourcing, white2tea, chawangshop, Tea Urchin, Essence of Tea.
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by BioHorn » Feb 14th, '16, 13:58
Drax wrote:Scancell wrote:What do you mean...you dont know?
Anyone can hjelp pls?
shah was answering the question of the post title "Is this puerh worth buying?"
No seemed pretty clear...
Feb 14th, '16, 14:20
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by Scancell » Feb 14th, '16, 14:20
Bef wrote:You should buy from a website that is specialized in puerh...
For instance, Yunnan Sourcing, white2tea, chawangshop, Tea Urchin, Essence of Tea.
I understand that, teavivre.com has free shipping witch is very good for me.
May anyone check their puerh pls...does it look good for the price?
They have quite a few different cakes...pls help as i am all new...
Feb 14th, '16, 15:29
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by honza » Feb 14th, '16, 15:29
"Free shipping" is never free, they just add the shipping price to the tea price... I dont know why this trick working so well
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by PurplePotato » Feb 15th, '16, 04:11
honza wrote:"Free shipping" is never free, they just add the shipping price to the tea price... I dont know why this trick working so well
I agree with your sentiment. There was an interesting day when I realized that I actually didn't like free shipping, as I would rather know the real price of the tea. I understand why ebay stores do it though. A $24 tea shipped may sound barely plausible, but a $12 tea with $12 shipping might make someone think twice about how cheap the tea is. I guess it also feels like your getting something extra when you get to that 'free shipping' mark and you see that shipping cost disappear. *shrug*
