Danny,
Printed and added to my shopping list.

Thanks.

Somewhere here some wires have got crossed - didn't buy any (drinkable)
pu-er in Singers, just some Butterfly branded Wu-i Yen Cha Oolong - which I
found to be very drinkable for what I paid for it - about $US20 for 150gms.
Was from Yue Hwa in China Town. I also bought my first compressed brick -
cost me $2.50! You can brew the beejezzus out of it and it still comes out
dark red !!

What would you call a ridiculous price for the 7542??- I don't have a
benchmark to compare.

This is my first trip to HK looking for tea so I want to come back with a
few teas that I know to be decent to use as a foundation to compare teas
that I buy online when I get back.

Cheers
Mal
Oz



"samarkand" > wrote in message
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> Mal of Oz,
>
> You can find the pu'er cake mentioned by MarshalN on my blog
> http://teemann.blogspot.com, under the Nov. 2005 archives.
>
> If you are looking for good quality Yan Cha, you might want to follow
> MarshalN's lead and head straight to Best Teahouse instead. I have tried
> oolongs and pu'ers from several shops in Hongkong, and for me, I prefer
the
> Yan Cha offered by The Best Teahouse. If you can tell me where you bought
> your Yan Cha in Singapore, I might be able to provide you a rought
indicator
> which shop to go to in Hongkong to hopefully match your tastebuds.
>
> You mentioned that Lam Kie Yuen has 3 cakes under its name, that would be
> probably be the 2002, 2004 and 2006 'house brand' pu'ers. They are good
> stuff, but a little humid-stored. Ask to try the 1997 cake, that would
give
> you a benchmark of what humid storage Hongkong pu'er is like, then ask to
> try the rest, and settle for what you prefer.
>
> The Best Teahouse also has several good pu'ers, the famous one being the
> (thereabout) 1988 Menghai raw pu'er code 7542. This cake by now would be
> commanding a ridiculous price. The one I also like is the Zhen Chun Ya
Hao -
> pricey as well, but cheaper than the 88 cake. Of the mid-range Yan Cha,
the
> Drunken Concubine, Zui Gui Fei, is my constant favourite.
www.besttea.com.hk
>
>
> Danny
>
>
>