"samarkand" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Mal,
>
> OK shan't talk about the compressed brick... :")
>
No, we won't will we ! But i did learn what really crap pu-erh tastes like
so it wasn't a total waste of money ;-)

> 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.
>

yeah there is a large one in Central and another one up Nathan Road in
Jordon.
(mind you the wife gets a bit queezy at that one with the snake wine in the
window!) But IIRC, I think the Central one had more tea to offer

> 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!
>
Ooh yeah, i'm prepared to go for somewhere in the middle, but I have to like
it before I plonk down any sort of cash. If I come home with some nasty tea
and the missus misses out on her Gucci handband , my name will be mud.

Anyway must go, wife is eager to start packing ! ..we don't leave till
Monday :-((
Cheers
Mal
Oz



> Danny
>
> "Draconus" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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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