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Default Insects in Pu-erh?

wow, food bonus with your pu-erh; I'm jealous, all I ever get is nails
or straw

Kevin


wrote:
> I bought some pu-erh, and, just out of curiosity, decided to crack the
> cheapest cake in two halves. To my surprise, a little beetle-like
> insect emerged and then retreated back to the cake.
>
> Before contacting the vendor, I was wondering if this ever happened
> with any of you, and if it is likely that the insect somehow got into
> the cake in my house, since the steaming (it is a Shu cake) should have
> killed anything like this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --k