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Default Which kind of Pu'erh tea to get?

On Apr 15, 4:40*pm, wrote:
> >www.pu-erh.netis a good place 2 start...I think there is a glossary
> > page. Lew's Babelcarp also has a glossary page for great reference.

>
> I ended up going to an Asian supermarket and
> getting a disk ("cake") made by Yunnan Tea Co Ltd,
> 12 oz (340g) for US $7.
>
> It's very good. The tea is dark red. Its flavor is
> somewhat better (to my palate) than other teas that
> I've tried, being slightly earthy, and with a slight
> hay-like scent.


You got "shu pu-erh" - an artificially aged tea. Sometimes it's called
"ripened pu-erh"
More info here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu-erh#Ripened_pu-erh