How lucky you are

So from which factory is your yiwuzhengshan. How was the taste? Aged well?

Pu-erh Tea Cultivation in Yunnan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EGOtiTze7U

Pu-erh Tea Cake Pressing Factory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThOL272oEqI

Preliminary Pu-erh Tea Processing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3RyaLTg1mg

Pu-erh Tea Quality & Safety Symbol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU9Q7F6L7d0

Only Menghai factory can command such price. Taste is ok but still need to keep for aging. Hopefully the stock market will tank so that some cash starved collector will sell their tea cheap...

Research rejects green tea for breast cancer prevention
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/201...c-rrg102610.php

Public release date: 27-Oct-2010

Research rejects green tea for breast cancer prevention

Green tea does not protect against breast cancer. A study of data from approximately 54,000 women, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research, found no association between drinking green tea and breast cancer risk.

Motoki Iwasaki, from the National Cancer Center, Tokyo, worked with a team of researchers to carry out the study. He said, "Although in vitro and animal-based studies have suggested that green tea may have beneficial protective effects against breast cancer, results from human studies have been inconclusive. Our large-scale, population-based prospective cohort study is one of the first to include a wide range of tea intakes; women who drank green tea less than 1 cup per week to those who drank 10 or more cups per day. It found no overall association between green tea intake and the risk of breast cancer".

Tea intake was assessed by questionnaire, once at the beginning of the study and then again five years later. Cancer incidence was assessed by notification from major local hospitals in the study area and data linkage with population-based cancer registries. Approximately 12% of women drank green tea less than 1 cup per week while 27% drank 5 or more cups per day. Speaking about the survey, Iwasaki said, "The other major strength of the present study was its prospective design, in which information was collected before the subsequent diagnosis of breast cancer, thereby avoiding the exposure recall bias inherent to case-control studies. Drinking green tea as a beverage is unlikely to reduce the risk of breast cancer regardless of green tea type and number of cups".

Yet another classic...

Dayi 7572 (901) - 7+3 (the last 10 pieces of the shop)

7572. One of my favourite shou. The other being 7581

Yun Feng (Chinese Green Tea). Price at about 100g @ USD29, it doesn't sound that cheap... but among the other high end tea in the shop, this is considered cheap and a good taste value for money.







There is a touch of bitterness (perhaps is because I accidentally put too much leaves to water ratio), nonetheless after going through the 2nd infusion, I can feel deep sweet aftertaste in my throat and is quite long lasting.

Overall, quite a refreshing green tea to drink on a Sat noon

This post has been edited by auhckw: Oct 30 2010, 04:01 PM

Just had a Puerh Marathon today...

2007 GuoYan Ripe - Yellow Stamp
90s Gong Ting Ripe
2007 GuoYan Raw - 66
2007 GuoYan Raw - 88
2007 GuoYan Raw - 99
2006 Kunming Raw - 6611
2006 Kunming Raw - Di Yi Ping (export)
2006 Kunming Ripe - Di Yi Ping (export)
2007 GuoYan Ripe - Red Stamp
2003 Menghai Raw - 7542
1999 Xia Guan Raw
Winner of course goes to: 70s Raw - USD1700 / beeng

This post has been edited by auhckw: Oct 31 2010, 08:31 PM

I just want to say nice tea stuff here I fav is fermented tea and collecting tea cup which i like of course.

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This post has been edited by auhckw: Nov 12 2010, 11:27 PM

New tray to compliment my 2 new Yixing

Sabah Tea sees robust growth in tea, tourism
http://www.theborneopost.com/?p=73078

by Ronnie Teo. Posted on November 6, 2010, Saturday

KUCHING: Tracing its history back to the 1800s, the trade of tea and tea-related products have been pivotal to the growth of economies of many countries such as China, India, Japan and Tibet for its health benefits and use in traditional remedies.

In fact, it was common knowledge that tea played a crucial role in the development of history of major countries where tea took precedence in traditions and rituals of life.

With this in mind, Sabah Tea Sdn Bhd (Sabah Tea) aimed to uphold the mentality and mechanisms of savouring tea by incorporating it with local elements to serve the market in Malaysia.

“We want to provide consumers and the public with a healthier choice of tea. Our Sabah Tea is 100 per cent pesticide free due to its strategic location, surrounded by the pristine rainforest around Mount Kinabalu,” said Sabah Tea’s director Goh Mung Chwee in an exclusive with The Borneo Post.

With a defining motto – ‘From the Borneo Rainforest’ – the state government of Sabah, under Chief Minister Datuk Harris Salleh, was the visionary for the initiation of this venture.

Goh revealed that the plantation originally began as a socio-economic project by the state government to develop the then-forested Kampung Nalapak area to provide jobs to the local people.

Apart from selling tea and tea-related products, Sabah Tea also offered educational holidays and holiday packages for guests to visit its tea gardens.

“Tourism plays a critical role in educating people about the fact that our teas are grown without pesticides. This segment contributes immensely in establishing a strong Sabah Tea product brand.

“On the company’s revenue distribution, tea provides 80 per cent of sales while tourism contributes 20 per cent on a 4:1 ratio,” Goh revealed.

“All our tourism activities and packages have an educational component with responsible tourism practices such as pesticide-free and organic tea cultivation, role of rainforests in providing food to insects, guided nature walks, tea gift packs using leaves and so forth,” he added.

The tourism aspect also preserved the seven ethnic cultures of Sabah via its longhouses aimed at educating visitors about its history similar to the concept practiced at the Sarawak Cultural Village in Santubong.

“Feedback from local and overseas visitors has been very positive as evidenced by the increasing number of tourists coming in. In 2005, we had 4,000 visitors, in 2009, we had 10,000 visitors, including day trips and overnighters.

“Our focus is on nature lovers, people who want an escape from the hectic city life, travellers who want to learn something useful while on vacation, and group travellers,” he explained.

As Sabah Tea’s plantation plots were one of the few tea plantations in the world certified to produce organic tea, the group’s products faced strategic competition in the market with other drinks such as cordial drinks, coffee products and such.

Goh said, “Our Borneo Rainforest Organic Tea is the only tea grown organically in Malaysia and in Borneo. Sales are growing rapidly as international tourists and as well Malaysia visitors are choosing to buy our organic teas.

“Since our organic production is limited in volume, we rarely advertise our organic teas. We compete very well against heavy sugar-based beverages.”

As proof of the group’s innovative progress for its tea-related products, Sabah Tea was in the process of promoting its unique tea biscuits throughout November called Sabah Tea Bites at its outlet in Sabah as well as tourist gift shops throughout Malaysia.

“We are currently working on several new flavoured teas as well. We already have unique flavours such as pandan, cinnamon, ginger, tongkat ali and geranium, and we plan to add these to our collection of tea gift packs.

Goh wrapped up the interview by confiding his future expectations for the company.

“We are exploring exciting projects which we hope to announce in 2011. Our goal is to make Sabah Tea’s garden a must-stop destination for visitors to the Kinabalu Park- Kundasang area.”

Green Tea May Help Fight Alzheimers Disease
http://www.evliving.com/2010/11/04/green-t...eimers-disease/

November 4, 2010 · Published By Associate Editor

November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Month, bringing attention to the 5.3 million Americans who are affected by this disease. With the baby boomer generation rapidly aging, Alzheimer’s will continue to affect millions more lives. Green Tea has a popular reputation for its health benefits and is known for benefiting conditions such as cancer, high cholesterol and cardiovascular problems.

Green tea has once again proved itself as a ‘super’ tea. An antioxidant in green tea (a flavonoid found in plants) may fight the memory robbing effects seen with plaque deposits in Alzheimer’s.

Practitioner Dr. Martha Howard, MD recommends drinking green tea to help prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s for the following three reasons.

1. The antioxidant known as epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) significantly reduces the formation of beta-amyloid proteins in the brain. An abnormal buildup of beta-amyloid plaque in the brain is implicated in the nerve damage and memory loss seen in Alzheimer’s disease.
2. Tea inhibits the activity of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE) which breaks down the chemical messenger or neurotransmitter, acetylcholine. Alzheimer’s is characterized by a drop in acetylcholine.
3. Green tea hinders the activity of the enzyme butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE). Green tea has Catechins in which half is made up of EGCG, which is 20 times more powerful than vitamin C as an antioxidant.

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Today's purchase...



Left -> Right

7532 - 801 = 9 pieces
0712 - 701 = 9 pieces
8582 - 701 = 9 pieces

auhckw, that is a lot of tea! It probably can take me forever to drink finish it

I'm intending to progressively stock up young puerh of different range for aging and to consume it when retire in 20+ years. By then my collection will be oldies of 20+ years old. That time these babies 'should' be quite nice to drink and worth some money. I don't intend so sell them, and knowing these are kept personally will ensure cleaner stored puerh and cheaper puerh consumption. My hope is that it will aged well... only time will tell (hope that don't come that fast too... haha)

Tea prices are going up every year, due to tea shortage from drought and increased sales volume. 2010 is quite a bad year for china and india. Therefore, tea pesticides & fertilizers are being used. Not too healthy thing. This kind of thing may get worse in years to come. So while I can still afford to buy them now, buy some lo

Ya, i used to think like that too. So I do keep some stock. But I drank finish my 1998 puer.

Now i am drinking other tea while waiting for my brick ferment tea to aged. Hey I forgot to samples my mushroom tea again!!! My buddy said it was drank by the monk. Few sips and you forget everything. Better than alcohol! Joking.

Mind to share what you have in stock?

I think you guys better keep your bullets ready for the tea expo at MINES. I do know of a vendor that going to release Dayi and Xiaguan 2006 batches at cheap prices on behalf of one of their customers. Probably desperately in need of cash

I was planning to get 0622 (901) cause couldn't find the 601. So I hope the vendor you mentioned has got 0622 (601).