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Puerh Cha - Sharing our knowledge on Pu-erh tea
On Feb 12, 11:43 am, Mike Petro > wrote:
> > wrote:
> >2) Selling older cakes in small bits? That seems awfully strange.
> >It's also much, much more difficult to tell the authenticity of any
> >particular old tea when it's only coming in pieces. In fact, you
> >can't even tell if they're all from the same batch sometimes.
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> >MarshalN
> >http://www.xanga.com/MarshalN
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> The thing is, in my neck of the woods, I have no teashops that I can
> go try a pot of ancient tea from a reputable source. Consequently I
> actually appreciate the opportunity to get smaller bits. I fully agree
> that authenticity is extremely difficult if not impossible, however I
> personally cant afford very many whole cakes of 60s and 70s era teas,
> particularly site unseen.
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> I wish more vendors would sell aged tea by the gram. For example Guang
> at Hou De often sells small bits and I fully appreciate that fact. As
> a result I bought a full cake of 60s GYG from him because I tasted the
> tea and really liked it. Was it authentic, I think so, but I am no
> expert on aged puerh since I cant afford very much of it. All I know
> is that I liked it and that's all that counts. I would never buy a
> whole cake of 60s era puerh from *anyone* unless I really knew the
> vendor, or I tasted it first. Hence the small bits I can taster are
> really appreciated.
>
> GrandTea is another vendor who occasionally offers small bits of
> predominantly authentic old tea. Teahub does as well, but like I
> admonished in another thread, they seldom post a price list.
>
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> Mike Petrohttp://www.pu-erh.net
amen!
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