I think I broke up a set of 12 animals of the zodiac. I got the
Monkey and the Ox. Next time Ill be prepared to pack and ship the
rest back on the plane if they are still around. Interesting the puer
wont slip out of the wood casing. I dont know how you are suppose to
get it out besides breaking.

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The last item is the hanging plaque with matching wrapper. Ill put
that on a wall. Hopefully it will give off a puer scent. I found
that one in a gongfu shoppe. We spent about an hour tasting a tuocha
that was thrown in to sweeten the deal which also included a one kilo
calabash also shown. I made quite an impression when I asked for a
gaiwan tasting instead of gongfu. Apparently only in the know Chinese
puer drinkers do that. The tuocha ended up in the hands of my nephew.

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Jim

PS It remains to be seen if artisan casings of puer can be drank.
The gongfu dealer said yes because you also can enjoy watching it
age. If they werent so expensive Id crack one now and give my
opinion. All the plaques were 500g.