Oh now I get it. The bamboo leaf that wraps the puer adds it own scent
as the leaf dries out. I haven't done a core bore yet to see how far
the scent permeates as I've been using leaf from the surface. Still
the leaf infuses to a dark green unlike cooked and uncooked puers.
There are still things you can discover about tea without reading about
it first. I got a heads up when I read that puer packed in Pomelo is
the same idea.

Jim

Space Cowboy wrote:
....I delete me...
> I'm the only one recently to ask a question
> about a Cantonese packaged puerh in a bamboo basket and not receive
an
> answer. Too bad because it doesn't taste like a green or black but
> something I like better. I suspect it is a rare black LiuAn at
$6/500g
> but won't know till an expensive black LiuAn arrives from China from
a
> contact through my local tea shoppe. If they're the same I'll
> panhandle on Ebay all I can find in my Chinatown and finally retire.
>
> Jim