I have a feeling that the y99 I bought is actually y00, and the shop owner labelled it wrongly.

Source 1:-

Tea Art Magazine - No 19.



Source 2:-

Book: 五行圖書出版社 -1998－2003年新生普洱年鑑第２１９頁
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/jw!VQDL1UaU...t=669&l=f&fid=5



The confused v99 and v00



So what is the confused y00 version in the shop?

With a little bit more digging, I think the wrongly labelled y00 is actually y02. But I'm not sure also how trusty is the source...

Source:
http://goods.ruten.com.tw/item/show?21103035696961

Based on what I checked just now, I don't think a yr99 batch or this tea exists. The first batch was released in 2000, the batch without the stroke that is. Those wif the stroke are later ones. Just as u said, he may have confused the year of the one without the stroke. The one wif the stroke should be from later batches, can be up until 2004.


It's a custom ordered tea from what I gathered so I think the number is okay...

The small text in the first image describes the details of the person in the picture. For the next image the text before the "G" are review of the tea from different persons, while those after the "G" are irrelevant.

This is getting confusing... did I just made a wrong purchase

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Added on June 3, 2011, 12:50 amDayi 2011 Yiwu is out, and the wrapper looks cool



This post has been edited by auhckw: Jun 3 2011, 12:50 AM

If wrong purchase, just return back to tea vendor. I did that sometimes.

Tea-Li serdang is now fully pack with tea. The shelf are full. Tea boxes on the floor. I did a quick browse through and noticed a lot are wet stored cause got the white / blur layer.

Anyways, the stock for Sea Dyke Lao Chung Shui Xian Yellow Tin 2011 is there. RM15. 3 boxes left.

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Added on June 3, 2011, 3:14 pmAlso Tea-li is taking preorders for this tea.

Xiaguan Mushroom FT 2011 Raw







This post has been edited by auhckw: Jun 3 2011, 03:14 PM

didnt know we got such hobby in the forum xD interesting. I wanna learn how to drink tea too~ anyone know where and how to start?

which reminds me anyone know where to buy Vietnamese lotus tea as well as White Tea?

sorry if my question is not specific =X newbie in tea

Today had these,
2010 Dayi Bada Raw
2005 Dayi Jia Ji Tuo Raw
1999 Menghai 7542 Raw
2003 Dayi Silver Raw
1980s Pa Chong Huang Yin (yellow mark) Raw - RM3k / beeng


Free Samples Takeaway,
1997 Zhang Xiang Raw (small factory) - RM800 / beeng
2001 Menghai Xiao Huang Yin (small yellow mark) Raw - RM400 / beeng

This post has been edited by auhckw: Jun 4 2011, 10:23 PM

Back to the 8668 been research...

Went and spoke to the owner, he admits the y99 I bought is the right version which is being referred in the book and won award.

The y00 is not the same as the book which is why he never says it was 8668. He didn't label it 8668 either.

Actually there is more story about this, but not convenient to write online...

Hi there, welcome to this topic. Feel free to explore the past pages. I started from zero and have posted my learning process. It may be of some reference, though I may be wrong in some of my older posting... haha

If you treat tea as a hobby/collection, there is a lot of exploring to do. It can be fun but it may not come cheap... same goes for any hobby if you get serious. The difference, this tea hobby appreciate in price a lot and you will not loose money (if you kept them well).

8668 y99 (or the y00 based on the book) Nei Fei

The Art of Tea No. 1

There's another official name for this tea called "Kunming Millennium Red Brand Iron Cake 8668" (direct translation from Chinese), that's y I think that the owner labeled it y99 purposely instead of by mistake.

Normally the raw material of a tea is harvested 1 year in advance or more b4 the tea is released from factory. I've encountered some tea merchants who use this kind of method to sell their tea, leading their customers into thinking that the tea is actually older that it's stated. For me, it's the date when the tea is released from the factory that counts.

There is more stories to why he labelled it y99 instead of y00. He admits/told me, so not nice for me to publish it openly

There are reasons for tea merchants to label the date differently but they should be honest with buyers when comes to year of production. For example, 88 ching bing is not from year 88. It is just a label.

Today,

Q-xiang 2004 raw


Yi Tiao Loong 2004 (leaves 1998) raw


Ban Zhang 2010 raw


Chiao Mu 2005 raw


Unknown 1999 ripe
*No photo

Q-xiang 2003 raw


All not nice to drink now. Have to keep. Felt dizzy after today's session. Mostly strong kick tea.

This post has been edited by auhckw: Jun 6 2011, 09:35 PM

tea time this evening


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Very nice mini gaiwan, transparent cup, nice holder... and DANBOOOOOOOOOOO

thanks you bro....

Today's menu

Menghai 2001 7542 (Small Yellow Mark)







Dry Aftertaste