At my local little Saigon store the other day and picked up a fist-size
chunk of pu from the "China National Native Produce & Animal By-Products
Import & Export Corporation, Yunnan Tea Branch" for $1.50. $1.50!!!

Sure it wasn't an animal byproduct? Toci

"toci" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Sure it wasn't an animal byproduct? Toci

well now that you mention it.. it does taste a little bit like groin.

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 01:00:05 +0000, Falky foo wrote:

> At my local little Saigon store the other day and picked up a fist-size
> chunk of pu from the "China National Native Produce & Animal By-Products
> Import & Export Corporation, Yunnan Tea Branch" for $1.50. $1.50!!!

Good pooh from the sheep?

Let me guess, this is it:
http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/pu...ver20years.htm
If so, my Chinatown is cheaper than yours.

The next time you might search for the bamboo baskets of
Liuan(Mandarin) or Lukon(Cantonese). They're wrapped by different
brands but look boat shaped and large at 500g. Liuan is called a puerh
but single fermentation not two like puerh. It is also from Anhui
province and not Yunnan. It is loose in the basket and not compressed.
In my Chinatown they're $6. Is it black or is it puerh?
http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/lukon-bamboolukon.htm

Jim

Falky foo wrote:
> At my local little Saigon store the other day and picked up a
fist-size
> chunk of pu from the "China National Native Produce & Animal
By-Products
> Import & Export Corporation, Yunnan Tea Branch" for $1.50. $1.50!!!

"Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Let me guess, this is it:
>
http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/pu...ver20years.htm

How'd you guess!!

(I highly doubt it's "aged for over 20 years" like that web site suggests
though.)

Yours was also better (look closer and yu will see that this one lacks the
two characrters on the side that indicate grade).
How is that Liu An? For $16 its a real bargain.

Alex.


"Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Let me guess, this is it:
> http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/pu...ver20years.htm
> If so, my Chinatown is cheaper than yours.
>
> The next time you might search for the bamboo baskets of
> Liuan(Mandarin) or Lukon(Cantonese). They're wrapped by different
> brands but look boat shaped and large at 500g. Liuan is called a puerh
> but single fermentation not two like puerh. It is also from Anhui
> province and not Yunnan. It is loose in the basket and not compressed.
> In my Chinatown they're $6. Is it black or is it puerh?
> http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/lukon-bamboolukon.htm
>
> Jim
>
> Falky foo wrote:
>> At my local little Saigon store the other day and picked up a
> fist-size
>> chunk of pu from the "China National Native Produce & Animal
> By-Products
>> Import & Export Corporation, Yunnan Tea Branch" for $1.50. $1.50!!!
>

Is cooked tuocha supposed to be graded? Usually there is a grading
slip. I still have a 20 year old box. Interesting it has the Zhong
emblem like this one. My recent purchase doesn't. I have a commercial
Liuan basket from HongKong I bought in Chinatown for $6. I have a
basket from a dealer in China which was more expensive. If there is a
difference it isn't worth it. The commercial basket came with the
Zhong emblem. The mainland basket came asis in a box so probably was
lost. The leaf in the commercial box is sort of sticky but not
compressed and the mainland completely loose.

Jim

Alex Chaihorsky wrote:
> Yours was also better (look closer and yu will see that this one
lacks the
> two characrters on the side that indicate grade).
> How is that Liu An? For $16 its a real bargain.
>
> Alex.
>
>
> "Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > Let me guess, this is it:
> >
http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/pu...ver20years.htm
> > If so, my Chinatown is cheaper than yours.
> >
> > The next time you might search for the bamboo baskets of
> > Liuan(Mandarin) or Lukon(Cantonese). They're wrapped by different
> > brands but look boat shaped and large at 500g. Liuan is called a
puerh
> > but single fermentation not two like puerh. It is also from Anhui
> > province and not Yunnan. It is loose in the basket and not
compressed.
> > In my Chinatown they're $6. Is it black or is it puerh?
> > http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/lukon-bamboolukon.htm
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > Falky foo wrote:
> >> At my local little Saigon store the other day and picked up a
> > fist-size
> >> chunk of pu from the "China National Native Produce & Animal
> > By-Products
> >> Import & Export Corporation, Yunnan Tea Branch" for $1.50.
$1.50!!!

actually let me qualify my previous statement. While the box is the same
for my pu, mine has a crane rather than the tea symbol and has two
characters in green on the left and the right. Otherwise it's the same.



"Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Is cooked tuocha supposed to be graded? Usually there is a grading
> slip. I still have a 20 year old box. Interesting it has the Zhong
> emblem like this one. My recent purchase doesn't. I have a commercial
> Liuan basket from HongKong I bought in Chinatown for $6. I have a
> basket from a dealer in China which was more expensive. If there is a
> difference it isn't worth it. The commercial basket came with the
> Zhong emblem. The mainland basket came asis in a box so probably was
> lost. The leaf in the commercial box is sort of sticky but not
> compressed and the mainland completely loose.
>
> Jim
>
> Alex Chaihorsky wrote:
> > Yours was also better (look closer and yu will see that this one
> lacks the
> > two characrters on the side that indicate grade).
> > How is that Liu An? For $16 its a real bargain.
> >
> > Alex.
> >
> >
> > "Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
> > oups.com...
> > > Let me guess, this is it:
> > >
>
http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/pu...ver20years.htm
> > > If so, my Chinatown is cheaper than yours.
> > >
> > > The next time you might search for the bamboo baskets of
> > > Liuan(Mandarin) or Lukon(Cantonese). They're wrapped by different
> > > brands but look boat shaped and large at 500g. Liuan is called a
> puerh
> > > but single fermentation not two like puerh. It is also from Anhui
> > > province and not Yunnan. It is loose in the basket and not
> compressed.
> > > In my Chinatown they're $6. Is it black or is it puerh?
> > > http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/lukon-bamboolukon.htm
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > Falky foo wrote:
> > >> At my local little Saigon store the other day and picked up a
> > > fist-size
> > >> chunk of pu from the "China National Native Produce & Animal
> > > By-Products
> > >> Import & Export Corporation, Yunnan Tea Branch" for $1.50.
> $1.50!!!
>

Cowboy: was the one on the picture cooked? I thought it was sheng.
Foo: These two chars are grade.

Sasha.


"Falky foo" > wrote in message
m...
> actually let me qualify my previous statement. While the box is the same
> for my pu, mine has a crane rather than the tea symbol and has two
> characters in green on the left and the right. Otherwise it's the same.
>
>
>
> "Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>> Is cooked tuocha supposed to be graded? Usually there is a grading
>> slip. I still have a 20 year old box. Interesting it has the Zhong
>> emblem like this one. My recent purchase doesn't. I have a commercial
>> Liuan basket from HongKong I bought in Chinatown for $6. I have a
>> basket from a dealer in China which was more expensive. If there is a
>> difference it isn't worth it. The commercial basket came with the
>> Zhong emblem. The mainland basket came asis in a box so probably was
>> lost. The leaf in the commercial box is sort of sticky but not
>> compressed and the mainland completely loose.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> Alex Chaihorsky wrote:
>> > Yours was also better (look closer and yu will see that this one
>> lacks the
>> > two characrters on the side that indicate grade).
>> > How is that Liu An? For $16 its a real bargain.
>> >
>> > Alex.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
>> > oups.com...
>> > > Let me guess, this is it:
>> > >
>>
> http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/pu...ver20years.htm
>> > > If so, my Chinatown is cheaper than yours.
>> > >
>> > > The next time you might search for the bamboo baskets of
>> > > Liuan(Mandarin) or Lukon(Cantonese). They're wrapped by different
>> > > brands but look boat shaped and large at 500g. Liuan is called a
>> puerh
>> > > but single fermentation not two like puerh. It is also from Anhui
>> > > province and not Yunnan. It is loose in the basket and not
>> compressed.
>> > > In my Chinatown they're $6. Is it black or is it puerh?
>> > > http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/lukon-bamboolukon.htm
>> > >
>> > > Jim
>> > >
>> > > Falky foo wrote:
>> > >> At my local little Saigon store the other day and picked up a
>> > > fist-size
>> > >> chunk of pu from the "China National Native Produce & Animal
>> > > By-Products
>> > >> Import & Export Corporation, Yunnan Tea Branch" for $1.50.
>> $1.50!!!
>>
>
>

Cowboy: was the one on the picture cooked? I thought it was sheng.
Foo: These two chars are grade.

Sasha.


"Falky foo" > wrote in message
m...
> actually let me qualify my previous statement. While the box is the same
> for my pu, mine has a crane rather than the tea symbol and has two
> characters in green on the left and the right. Otherwise it's the same.
>
>
>
> "Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>> Is cooked tuocha supposed to be graded? Usually there is a grading
>> slip. I still have a 20 year old box. Interesting it has the Zhong
>> emblem like this one. My recent purchase doesn't. I have a commercial
>> Liuan basket from HongKong I bought in Chinatown for $6. I have a
>> basket from a dealer in China which was more expensive. If there is a
>> difference it isn't worth it. The commercial basket came with the
>> Zhong emblem. The mainland basket came asis in a box so probably was
>> lost. The leaf in the commercial box is sort of sticky but not
>> compressed and the mainland completely loose.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> Alex Chaihorsky wrote:
>> > Yours was also better (look closer and yu will see that this one
>> lacks the
>> > two characrters on the side that indicate grade).
>> > How is that Liu An? For $16 its a real bargain.
>> >
>> > Alex.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
>> > oups.com...
>> > > Let me guess, this is it:
>> > >
>>
> http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/pu...ver20years.htm
>> > > If so, my Chinatown is cheaper than yours.
>> > >
>> > > The next time you might search for the bamboo baskets of
>> > > Liuan(Mandarin) or Lukon(Cantonese). They're wrapped by different
>> > > brands but look boat shaped and large at 500g. Liuan is called a
>> puerh
>> > > but single fermentation not two like puerh. It is also from Anhui
>> > > province and not Yunnan. It is loose in the basket and not
>> compressed.
>> > > In my Chinatown they're $6. Is it black or is it puerh?
>> > > http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/lukon-bamboolukon.htm
>> > >
>> > > Jim
>> > >
>> > > Falky foo wrote:
>> > >> At my local little Saigon store the other day and picked up a
>> > > fist-size
>> > >> chunk of pu from the "China National Native Produce & Animal
>> > > By-Products
>> > >> Import & Export Corporation, Yunnan Tea Branch" for $1.50.
>> $1.50!!!
>>
>
>

actually let me qualify my previous statement. While the box is the same
for my pu, mine has a crane rather than the tea symbol and has two
characters in green on the left and the right. Otherwise it's the same.



"Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Is cooked tuocha supposed to be graded? Usually there is a grading
> slip. I still have a 20 year old box. Interesting it has the Zhong
> emblem like this one. My recent purchase doesn't. I have a commercial
> Liuan basket from HongKong I bought in Chinatown for $6. I have a
> basket from a dealer in China which was more expensive. If there is a
> difference it isn't worth it. The commercial basket came with the
> Zhong emblem. The mainland basket came asis in a box so probably was
> lost. The leaf in the commercial box is sort of sticky but not
> compressed and the mainland completely loose.
>
> Jim
>
> Alex Chaihorsky wrote:
> > Yours was also better (look closer and yu will see that this one
> lacks the
> > two characrters on the side that indicate grade).
> > How is that Liu An? For $16 its a real bargain.
> >
> > Alex.
> >
> >
> > "Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
> > oups.com...
> > > Let me guess, this is it:
> > >
>
http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/pu...ver20years.htm
> > > If so, my Chinatown is cheaper than yours.
> > >
> > > The next time you might search for the bamboo baskets of
> > > Liuan(Mandarin) or Lukon(Cantonese). They're wrapped by different
> > > brands but look boat shaped and large at 500g. Liuan is called a
> puerh
> > > but single fermentation not two like puerh. It is also from Anhui
> > > province and not Yunnan. It is loose in the basket and not
> compressed.
> > > In my Chinatown they're $6. Is it black or is it puerh?
> > > http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/lukon-bamboolukon.htm
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > Falky foo wrote:
> > >> At my local little Saigon store the other day and picked up a
> > > fist-size
> > >> chunk of pu from the "China National Native Produce & Animal
> > > By-Products
> > >> Import & Export Corporation, Yunnan Tea Branch" for $1.50.
> $1.50!!!
>

Yours was also better (look closer and yu will see that this one lacks the
two characrters on the side that indicate grade).
How is that Liu An? For $16 its a real bargain.

Alex.


"Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Let me guess, this is it:
> http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/pu...ver20years.htm
> If so, my Chinatown is cheaper than yours.
>
> The next time you might search for the bamboo baskets of
> Liuan(Mandarin) or Lukon(Cantonese). They're wrapped by different
> brands but look boat shaped and large at 500g. Liuan is called a puerh
> but single fermentation not two like puerh. It is also from Anhui
> province and not Yunnan. It is loose in the basket and not compressed.
> In my Chinatown they're $6. Is it black or is it puerh?
> http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/lukon-bamboolukon.htm
>
> Jim
>
> Falky foo wrote:
>> At my local little Saigon store the other day and picked up a
> fist-size
>> chunk of pu from the "China National Native Produce & Animal
> By-Products
>> Import & Export Corporation, Yunnan Tea Branch" for $1.50. $1.50!!!
>

"Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Let me guess, this is it:
>
http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/pu...ver20years.htm

How'd you guess!!

(I highly doubt it's "aged for over 20 years" like that web site suggests
though.)

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 01:00:05 +0000, Falky foo wrote:

> At my local little Saigon store the other day and picked up a fist-size
> chunk of pu from the "China National Native Produce & Animal By-Products
> Import & Export Corporation, Yunnan Tea Branch" for $1.50. $1.50!!!

Good pooh from the sheep?

Let me guess, this is it:
http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/pu...ver20years.htm
If so, my Chinatown is cheaper than yours.

The next time you might search for the bamboo baskets of
Liuan(Mandarin) or Lukon(Cantonese). They're wrapped by different
brands but look boat shaped and large at 500g. Liuan is called a puerh
but single fermentation not two like puerh. It is also from Anhui
province and not Yunnan. It is loose in the basket and not compressed.
In my Chinatown they're $6. Is it black or is it puerh?
http://www.treasuregreen.com/teas/lukon-bamboolukon.htm

Jim

Falky foo wrote:
> At my local little Saigon store the other day and picked up a
fist-size
> chunk of pu from the "China National Native Produce & Animal
By-Products
> Import & Export Corporation, Yunnan Tea Branch" for $1.50. $1.50!!!