Mydnight wrote:
snip
> "It's produced in Guangxi, Cangwu Liu Bao county...this type of tea
has
> a 200 year history...it has a scent of binglang (a kind of
> fruit...translates to 'betel nut'?)...the older the better...it's
> features: the color of the tea is red, strong, pure, old...liu bao
tea
> is used to curing some kinds of diseases (liji which means
Dysentery),
> helps improve eyesight, and helps your body get rid of impurities in
> your blood...in the market, there isn't much of this tea...the tea
was
> made in the 1980s...it is from Wuzhou Tea Factory."
>
> Valuable? Common? Rubbish? What do you think?

Strange, I thought I replied to this from home.

Anyway I too have some of this, see
http://www.pu-erh.net/graphics/Stash/DSCN0578.JPG

It is quite tasty but not exactly a puer. My cakes are shaped like a
hockey puck rather than the traditional tuocha birds nest shape. They
are very good. The only thing I dont like about them is that they are
made from chopped leaf rather than whole leaves, the only reason I dont
like it is because it is too easy to hide things in chopped leaf. They
are well worth having but I would not pay a premium for them.

As for 1980s well you know how that goes.....

Mike