Guys,

I bought several puerhs from Silk Road. One of them was Gold Bud. But then I
read the wrapper and there were no mentioning of anything even remotely
resemblin "gold" or "bud". So I asked Dave. Dave told me that sometime the
wrappers have no connection with puerhs because a small factory buys
wrappers from somebody else, etc. I asked him is there any connection
between the tea and the name and his answer was not very categorical. So, I
guess we have to understand that buying the puerh with the name "X" in one
catalog may not be teh one with teh same name "X" that we liked from another
catalog.
I also looked an the wrapper of " Mini Menhai Beengcha 1999" that was
discussed many time here. Surprise, surprise - I did not find the "Menghai"
on the wrapper (Menghai actually is a county in Yunnan). What it does have
is "Yunnan 7-stack beencha" and words like "Old trees, famous name, large
leaf, arbor tree" I have not identified the manifacturer but there is a
name of Yunnan tealeaf export-import company. But no mention of Menghai.
I am a bit lost here. Shouldn't a tea called "Menghai" in a catalog have at
least the word "Menghai" on its wrapper? Why dave named it Menghai? Thius
is an excellent tea, I love it, no complaints, but should't there be a
system in naming teas?

Sasha.