Finally the missing postmark 5/6 shipment from China arrived with the
postmark 5/27 shipment last Friday 6/24. I think the 5/6 package was
inspected and set aside for whatever reason. Curious someone had
attached an UPC sticker specifying the shipping zipcode to the 5/27
package. I don't know if it is good or bad but maybe someone entered
my shipping address in a database and indicated any shipment is good to
go since this the fifth time around. The first shipment was a bag of
Xiaguan special grade tuocha and a bag of green Tibetan mushrooms. The
second shipment were two log rolls of loosely compressed green wild
tree pu'rh minus the green bamboo leaf shell used for packaging which
would have been nice. I've got the representative forms of
cakes,bricks,mushrooms,tuochas(small,medium,large) ,bamboo(basket,tube,log)
which is my approach to the madness. I still need the pomelo and a
tong. Is there any other shape or form I'm missing. So far I don't
know if the Tibetan mushroom is all that green because it infuses like
a Yunnan red. It leaves a dry spot in the back of the tongue which
lingers for hours. The green wild tree log peels easily and easily
could become one of my favorite green pu'rhs. However it is only good
for one infusion. The Xiaguan special grade almost looks like silver
bud without the price. It doesn't taste like the Grade A.

Jim