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.



"Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
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> 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:
> > >
>
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!!!
>