how did the session at tea-li go? bought anything?

ndgoh since you and me can only take up 1/2 box, then i won't be able to order. i'm more drinker than investor

maybe you can imagine from below how dented my wallet is today

i'm enjoying Tu Lin Yěshēng qiáomù qīng bǐng:



although young, very nice. not bitter/astringent and has faint sweetness. bought only 2. likely to order 1 toong when i'm back to KL.

This post has been edited by quikstep: May 29 2013, 04:09 PM

as of now, still rmb 45.

tried looking at the tea fair at tropicana now?

sorry can't help u with that as i'm not in KL until saturday.

could u pm me the price and also the name of shop?

i've bought one much like yours (short and fat i call it) but not fully handmade. can't show a pic as it's curing inside tea + water just. need 7 days to see if it really matters. my first time curing a pot. the retailer is from a shop in pearl point. i thought i got a good discount by almost 20%. but then again, most things are set out to be over priced.

the funny thing is, there is a cake of 7542 801 selling for rm 120. imo, it could worth up to rm 200. it is too cheap so i was afraid to buy it. if it's rm 120 in a retail shop (not expo) setting, I would have given it a try.

the xia guan booth also feature a 250gm bing dao tuo for rm 250. not bad price at all but i was really broke as i came straight in after a holiday.

anyone else at the fair?

No picture yet as I started curing the pot yesterday night. My pot is not artist pot so rm 230 (retail at rm 280) was a good deal for me.

What I did was simmer 1/2 hour in clear water in a pot lined with cheese cloth. After that simmer another 1/2 hour with some Dayi 7542 When it's cooled, I put the tea and pot into a sandwich bag and wait 7 days. For me, this is just an experiment to see if the pot really lock in the tea oil.

My other pot for cooked tea (shu) also a yixing looses its smell a day after washing with just plain water. However, this pot is not season or cured. Hence the experimentation.

hello all.

have u all been enjoying tea ?

been a while since i posted and this is the humble pot i bought during the expo at tropicana mall.





i was somehow attracted to a short and wide pot mainly because i find it difficult to dig out tea leaves in smaller pots.

one lesson i learned is that the spout must be correctly sized. in this case, it could have been larger. the pouring takes me almost 12+ secs to empty 200ml. painful wait.

i was at old klang road looking for some hardware when i saw a tea shop (apparently there are 3 in a row). i saw the same tea pot there. i need to id it tonight to make sure it's the same.

apparently, it's zhuni clay by some young budding artist. they are selling for rm 250 and some nice zhisha ones are rm 350. worth checking out. just hope they make it big next time

the chinese lady told me hei cha (black tea) is picking up. going to keep some.

i've not experimented on "fake" clay yet. it has those little booklets of the artist. the pot i have does not look like it's those extremely evenly painted pot. the rm350 ones are what she called 80's clay and made by known artists. she claimed they are reviewed many times and has taobao shops too. unfortunately, i don't read mandarin so i don't exactly got their names. to be fair, the pots are nicely shaped and the lid is very very well made with no awkward out of position feel when turning it around.

but then again, if they can fake an egg, they'll probably be able to fake pots

i suggest you guys to check them out.

Interested! PM me the details and if possible packaging.

Anyone could help to to PinYin this?

BUYYYYYYYY!!!!

Hei Cha (黑茶)



1/2 Price only for today!

ngeh ngeh ngeh

added a dong dao pot. 150 ml.

nokia lumia 920 camera cacat i think. it's not very much more blue that the background here.

kuk pou = kuk fa (chrysanthemum) + bou lei (puer)

the bou lei used is normally those ripe (aka cooked) ones.

hope it helps.

yeah i saw they have loads of this. but i rarely drink ripe puerh. no harm trying as it's rather inexpensive.

if u want old shengs, they have tulin tuo. brew color as dark as shu!

nice link there but do u have links that are not brand devoted? dayi these days are impossibly priced.

What have you been drinking lately?



100g 2011 Ma Hei (RM 40)

250g 2006 Lao Tong Shi Premium Raw Brick (RM 35)

hey, one of you reading this forum must be very naughty. he/she whack the whole batch of 2006 LTZ tea! and maybe the same fella whack the whole 10+kg of "gong ting hei cha"!

anyway, good stuffs must be shared. hoarders are not welcomed.

now, the place i bought is the tea shop in Pearl Point Old Klang Rd. pls leave 1/2 dozen bricks for me.

incidentally, the 100g Ma Hei seller is a relative to this shop owner!

This post has been edited by quikstep: Sep 13 2013, 02:53 PM