I asked Yat of grandtea.com more info on some of his puer cakes, like
the link between the names and the recipe numbers; he told me the 90's
Grand Red Label is 8892 (looks like he updated it on his website too
btw), does someone has more information about that beeng cha ?

"Kevin" > wrote in message
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>I asked Yat of grandtea.com more info on some of his puer cakes, like
> the link between the names and the recipe numbers; he told me the 90's
> Grand Red Label is 8892 (looks like he updated it on his website too
> btw), does someone has more information about that beeng cha ?
>
01. It is often referred to as the Latter Red Label, but that has more
to
do with the red label wrapper than the tea itself.

02. I have tried the late period Red Label, but not this 8892, so I
can't
really tell how well or poorly it matches up to the originals, but La
Red
Label is THE La Red Label, and no other can come close to it, IMHO.

03. As Yat has specified on his web, it is produced in the 90s, and
has
nothing to do with 1988, though the '88' on the serial seems to
indicate so.

04. It was in fact produced in the later period of 1990s, and
generally
agreed not a product from the Menghai Tea Factory. It was a private
consignment, made from old stored raw ingredients. This would help
explain
why some vendors considered it a cooked pu'er, others think it is a
green
pu'er, and still others think it is half and half.

05. From that period on, there are many other versions of this tea in
the
market, all not from the Menghai Tea factory, and the price variance is

astoundingly wide.

06. Have you tried this tea? Do you like it? Do you find great joy
and
satisfaction in this tea? If you do, then enjoy it, ignore what others
will
have to say...

07. ...& it doesn't really matter where the tea ingredients were
from...

Danny

Thanks for your answers Danny,

No I haven't tried that tea, no way I'm going to spend 100+$ on a 90's
pu-erh I don't know anything about just to try it. and given your
description of this tea I think I'll pass, their [grandtea's] 90's 7542
sounds more interesting to me.