There should a little slip of paper embedded in the Bing that
identifies the factory. That is my experience with the ubiquitous
CNNP Zhongcha wrapper. There is some new CNNP on the shelves but the
Bings are $10. I'm not even curious. Everytime Danny says something
about Puer it hasn't been said before.

Jim

On Apr 5, 3:48 am, "Mal from Oz" > wrote:
> > wrote in message
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> s.com...
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> > On Apr 4, 10:52 pm, "Mal from Oz" > wrote:
> >> Still new to this... 90's ZhongCha Yellow Stamp 7571, if I read this
> >> correctly the tea came from the Kunming factory (ie factory code '1').
>
> >> However another source says that the Zhongcha brand is owned by Tea
> >> Import &
> >> Export Co since 2004. But was registered to Menghai from 1951 to 2004
>
> >> Can someone please clarify?
>
> >> --
> >> Cheers
> >> Mal
> >> Ozhttp://maloz.bigblog.com.au/index.do
>
> > Which part of the 90s?
>
> > "...as Kunming was not a main tea producing region in Yunnan, Kunming
> > Tea Factory had to purchase its maocha from other regions in Yunnan.
> > These days there are many small factories in Yunnan have their own
> > production machines to produced their own pu'er teas, as such it was
> > not necessary any longer for the maocha to be sent to Kunming Tea
> > Factory for cake-pressing - in fact there are privately owned small
> > factories in Kunming which are buying maocha from Kunming Tea
> > Factory. With this and other economic reasons, Kunming Tea Factory
> > was rented out from 1994 onwards to other small factories' use, and
> > its former employees left to begin their own little tea businesses.
> > The factory still stands today in Kunming, but it has nothing to do
> > with tea production anymore..." Mr Di Jianxing, Introduction to Tea
> > Regions & the factories, Chapter 7.
>
> > The above is a rough translation of the article, but it gives you an
> > idea what happened to Kunming Tea Factory.
>
> > I have also always thought the coloured labels a thing more associated
> > with Menghai Tea Factory and between the periods, the CNNP, not sure
> > that it has anything to do with Kunming Tea Factory.
>
> > Danny
>
> Danny,
> The only clue I have is 'late' 1990's - so I guess '97 thu '99. So does
> that help anybody identify where this tea originated ?
>
> --
> Cheers
> Mal
> Ozhttp://maloz.bigblog.com.au/index.do