Hi Jason,

There are a few vendors that sell samples of their aged sheng cakes,
among them Tea Hub and Hou De. Hou De has the advantage of being in
Houston and thus offering free and short shipping (assuming you're in
North America, that is). Hou De also has smaller samples, where as Tea
Hub, to my knowledge, only offers 100g at a time.

Nico


wrote:
> I'm trying to focus my attention on new Sheng Pu cakes because at least
> that way I can verify their age because they're brand new and I'm the
> first or second retail sale.
>
> But I would like to try some more older aged Sheng Pu to get an idea of
> what to expect or work towards. I'm always surprised that tea vendors
> don't sell more samples of their aged cakes, because they could
> probably pull off more profit that way: for example, one could sell
> whole 350 gram cakes for $200 each OR sell 10g samples at $6-$10 per
> sample and make as much or more, and I could spend less up front as a
> consumer for as much tea as I like. Seems like a win-win situation for
> everyone if there's enough of the aged stuff to go around. I can spend
> $200 and get samples of several cakes instead of just one, they make a
> little more money off their investment...
>
> good idea? bad idea? impractical?