Hi Mal,
OK shan't talk about the compressed brick... :")
You will find a much larger Yu Hwa on Central (or is it Queens...I need to
go back there for shopping soon before I forget the streets and locations!)
on Hongkong island.
7542 can range from the very cheap to the ridiculously expensive, depending
on what you are looking for. A late 80s 7542 would be in the range of
HK$2000-3000, while the later productions, especially in the last 5 years,
can be between HK$100 - 400...but do try the tea before you plonk down the
cash!
Danny
"Draconus" > wrote in message
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> 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
> ...
>> 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
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