I was in LA last week, and made a point to stop in to Wing Hop Fung in
Chinatown on Jason's recommendation. A wonderful experience - they must
have at least 40-50 different teas, mostly Chinese. I got a Dancong oolong
and a nice jade TGY. Best part: they have (in my case) a lovely young lady
who makes a small pot of any tea to taste! I could have spent all afternoon
there, but my family keeps me on a fairly short leash when it comes to tea
shops <g>. She also let me taste a shu puerh: wet cardboard and dirt - I
don't think I'll EVER develop a taste for this stuff.

Jason, a big "thanks" for mentioning this place!

Dean

Like all tea, you can get bad shu.

There are some lovely shu pu'er out there! I'm sure many of the
readers here have some recommendations.

My immediate favourite of the last few weeks is the 2002 Yunnan Tea
Institute - raisins and currants, rather than dirt and ashes.

Don't give up on the shu!


Toodlepip,

Hobbes

>
> My immediate favourite of the last few weeks is the 2002 Yunnan Tea
> Institute - raisins and currants, rather than dirt and ashes.
>

Where did you get this tea? Is it something that is still available? I'm
always on the look out for good pu-erh these days

Kathy

>"DPM" > wrote...
>I was in LA last week, and made a point to stop in to Wing Hop Fung in
> Chinatown on Jason's recommendation. A wonderful experience - they must
> have at least 40-50 different teas, mostly Chinese. I got a Dancong oolong
> and a nice jade TGY. Best part: they have (in my case) a lovely young lady
> who makes a small pot of any tea to taste! I could have spent all afternoon
> there, but my family keeps me on a fairly short leash when it comes to tea
> shops <g>. She also let me taste a shu puerh: wet cardboard and dirt - I
> don't think I'll EVER develop a taste for this stuff.
>
> Jason, a big "thanks" for mentioning this place!
>
> Dean

Wing Hop Fung will have a wine tasting on 13 Aug 2006, from 2pm to 5pm, with 16
Miss Asia finalists to greet you.

"enid" > wrote in message
news:MkqDg.1346$_q4.982@dukeread09...
> >"DPM" > wrote...
> >I was in LA last week, and made a point to stop in to Wing Hop Fung in
> > Chinatown on Jason's recommendation. A wonderful experience - they must
> > have at least 40-50 different teas, mostly Chinese. I got a Dancong
oolong
> > and a nice jade TGY. Best part: they have (in my case) a lovely young
lady
> > who makes a small pot of any tea to taste! I could have spent all
afternoon
> > there, but my family keeps me on a fairly short leash when it comes to
tea
> > shops <g>. She also let me taste a shu puerh: wet cardboard and dirt -
I
> > don't think I'll EVER develop a taste for this stuff.
> >
> > Jason, a big "thanks" for mentioning this place!
> >
> > Dean
>
> Wing Hop Fung will have a wine tasting on 13 Aug 2006, from 2pm to 5pm,
with 16
> Miss Asia finalists to greet you.
>
Alas, I'm back in Pennsylvania. I shudder to think of how short the leash
would be with 16 lovelies!

Thanks for thinking of me, though.

Dean