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Tea Shopping in Xi'an, Tea Shopping in Chengdu (so far)

Oct 23, 2006 13:47

So...a little message from the beyond. I know that marshaln has been giving you guys our updates from Beijing, but I thought I'd let you know how my tea adventures have been going since then. Before I get into where I went in Xi'an and Chengdu, some observations ( Read more... )

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studio271 October 23 2006, 17:29:05 UTC

Very interesting read, bearsX3! I look forward to reading more of your exciting tea-journey in the coming months! :-D

marshaln October 23 2006, 17:50:56 UTC

Cute. I think any aged puerh should be taken with massive grains of salt. I have yet to see any claimed "10 years" puerh to be actually 10 years old in Beijing, whereas, funny enough, the brick I bought recently is not highly recommended as aged, but nevertheless is quite aged. Re-pressed loose sheng puerh, apparently (from research on Sanzui)

"One thing that I really like about the purple bud cake is that drinking water some 3-4 hours later and after eating a meal, I still taste it at the back of my mouth and down my throat." That's a good thing!!! Is that the one that you took a picture of (with the nasty looking orange/red wrapper)? That's a purple tips.

bearsbearsbears October 24 2006, 01:06:34 UTC

That's the one! It is a hideously ugly wrapper.

What made an impression on me was the striking red color of the buds in the cake, so I say bud in the post where I should say tips. Purple bud = all purple. Purple tips = varietal that tends to be purple on the tip of the leaf, but not always, right?

phyll_sheng October 23 2006, 19:16:15 UTC

It's not easy being a tea-buying foreigner in China...I know. Thanks for sharing, my friend! Mmmm, I miss eating REAL Sichuan and Hunan food. Every sichuan and hunan food I've had here (in the US) is, well, crap!

Take care and stay out of trouble. I look forward to reading your next posts.

xcasperx October 23 2006, 20:16:08 UTC

This was exactly what I needed to make me stray from homework. Thanks!

stevendodd October 23 2006, 22:59:33 UTC

Yes, this was a very nice read as I sit in class not paying attention to the lecture.

Off on a tangent... sjschen October 24 2006, 03:22:26 UTC

I'm going to apoplogize in advance since I'm going to go completely off topic...

I was looking for a review you did ofTong Qing 2004 100 Year Old Tree Raw Beeng but I could not find it (an http 404). Do you remember if it was good and whether it was worth buying? I'm trying to expand my pu-erh horizons, and would like to hear what you thought about it.

Re: Off on a tangent... bearsbearsbears October 24 2006, 06:02:14 UTC

Sorry about that. I moved it to Jiu Wan (which is the factory that produces the Tong Qing label now. Though I've heard claims that other producers use the Tong Qing label, I haven't seen any in China yet.)

http://community.livejournal.com/puerh_tea/7449.html