Yours was also better (look closer and yu will see that this one lacks the
two characrters on the side that indicate grade).
How is that Liu An? For $16 its a real bargain.

Alex.


"Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
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> Let me guess, this is it:
> http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/pu...ver20years.htm
> If so, my Chinatown is cheaper than yours.
>
> The next time you might search for the bamboo baskets of
> Liuan(Mandarin) or Lukon(Cantonese). They're wrapped by different
> brands but look boat shaped and large at 500g. Liuan is called a puerh
> but single fermentation not two like puerh. It is also from Anhui
> province and not Yunnan. It is loose in the basket and not compressed.
> In my Chinatown they're $6. Is it black or is it puerh?
> http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/lukon-bamboolukon.htm
>
> Jim
>
> Falky foo wrote:
>> At my local little Saigon store the other day and picked up a
> fist-size
>> chunk of pu from the "China National Native Produce & Animal
> By-Products
>> Import & Export Corporation, Yunnan Tea Branch" for $1.50. $1.50!!!
>