Cowboy: was the one on the picture cooked? I thought it was sheng.
Foo: These two chars are grade.

Sasha.


"Falky foo" > wrote in message
m...
> actually let me qualify my previous statement. While the box is the same
> for my pu, mine has a crane rather than the tea symbol and has two
> characters in green on the left and the right. Otherwise it's the same.
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> "Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>> Is cooked tuocha supposed to be graded? Usually there is a grading
>> slip. I still have a 20 year old box. Interesting it has the Zhong
>> emblem like this one. My recent purchase doesn't. I have a commercial
>> Liuan basket from HongKong I bought in Chinatown for $6. I have a
>> basket from a dealer in China which was more expensive. If there is a
>> difference it isn't worth it. The commercial basket came with the
>> Zhong emblem. The mainland basket came asis in a box so probably was
>> lost. The leaf in the commercial box is sort of sticky but not
>> compressed and the mainland completely loose.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> Alex Chaihorsky wrote:
>> > 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
>> > oups.com...
>> > > Let me guess, this is it:
>> > >
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> 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!!!
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