Jim,
There is - it's semi-entombed in tea at the moment. Plan to brew some of
this on the weekend - I'll try to pry it free and post on my blog.

--
Cheers
Mal
Oz
http://maloz.bigblog.com.au/index.do
"Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
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> 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
>>
>> 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
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