I thought the price of the brick reasonable but I couldn't afford the
shipping. If language and payment wasn't a problem with me I'd be
ordering everyday from TaoBao and Ebay. Hundreds and hundreds of items
you never see in the West for less than $10 each. I keep tabs and hope
to see it someday in Chinatown like the recent Xiaguan Iron Cake which
I first saw on TaoBao. While I'm here why does most puerh seem to have
some English somewhere in the packaging? Why isn't everything in pure
Chinese? I don't think it is just items for export or I'd see other
items on TaoBao or Ebay in other languages or Chinese only which seems
to be rare.

Jim

Mike Petro wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 20:07:08 +0800, "samarkand" >
> wrote:
>
> >This thread should be named Fools Rushed In...
> >:")
> >
> >...because this is not a pu'er brick, it is a red tea brick!
> >
> >Lara, you still want to fork out a $100 for red tea dust?
> >
> >Danny
>
> I concur Danny, this is a $15 decorative brick here in the US
> (http://shopstashtea.com/111999.html) that they hang on teahouse
> walls. Hehe, for $15k you don't even get the whole brick!
>
> Hence my repeated warnings about NOT buying Puerh from TaoBoa or eBay
> UNLESS you really know what you are doing. I would not even consider
> buying aged tea this way unless I had a personal relationship with the
> vendor.
>
> Mike Petro