On Nov 6, 10:28 am, "MarshalN" > wrote:
> Alex wrote:
> > The price of the Best Tea House stuff makes me think that I have
> > probably never had real DHP. You are referring towww.besttea.com.hk,
> > right? This is the first time I've ever heard of this vendor.They are by no means cheap. They do, however, have a good variety of
> stuff.
>
> You can find stuff that is somewhat comparable in different aspects
> here in Beijing for less, although Da Hong Pao...... really run the
> gamut and there's a huge range in terms of taste and prices. Higher
> priced is not always better. It really depends on what you want out of
> the tea. These days I'm drinking stuff that are about $40 USD for
> 500g. It's just fine.
>
> MarshalNhttp://www.xanga.com/MarshalN

I wasn't into Wuyi tea at all when I lived in China, so I don't really
know what's available everywhere else, but if it's anything like Anxi
oolongs or pu'er, I'm sure you can buy crap for a fortune or gold for a
pittance depending on where you go and how stupid you look. As for
internet dealers, I've had what I consider to be decent DHP from Jing's
and Hou De, and some really superb Shuixian from Jing and Stephane
Erler - definitely enough to keep me going. Stephane's aged SX is
particularly good. It would be interesting to try some absolutely
top-grade DHP though.

What I am really dying for is good tieguanyin. There appears to be a
real gap in the English-language market there.