Taiwan makes some very high quality green puerhs and also aged oolongs
compressed into bing cha cakes.
I can post some pics if you tell me where.

Sasha.


"Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
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>I can across my first commercial packages of BiLouChun and DaHongPao.
> Both comes in the glass jars from the couple of Chinese companies
> making hard to find Chinese teas more available and affordable. The
> DHP was still expensive at 2oz/$10 and BLC at 5oz/$10 which is
> ballpark. I also got my first two commercial packages of TenRen
> locally available in Taiwan and not export. One was a TungTing at
> $6/150g with tart taste and my first green tea from Taiwan. TenRen
> called it "non fermented". It wasn't pouchong. It was reasonable at
> $6/200g. The local site is MyTenRen. You'll also see some of their
> puer. Does anyone know if Taiwan can make puer? I see it availabe
> from other Taiwan vendors but I would think it must be imported. I
> asked one Chinese owner why she didn't stock more compressed puer. She
> said the past year local DimSum restaurants buy her out and charge
> outrageous prices to serve. She said everybody gives her phone numbers
> to call when she gets some in. I could tell she didn't want another
> one.
>
> PS: I came across some more pouchong packaging with the Qing character
> previously suggested by Lew. It must be the meaning in Taiwan.
>
> Jim
>