The Sixth South East Asia Puer Tea Trade Fair 2010
19 to 28 November 2010
Malaysia International Exhibition & Convention Centre (MECC)



More:-
http://www.teaculturalexpo.com/activities.asp

This post has been edited by auhckw: Nov 9 2010, 10:38 AM

My lunch...



2007 Menghai "Chen Yun" 701 Raw Pu-erh tea cake * 400g
x 9 pieces

sure, after I take the photo of course. Nothing great like you all

I see you all buy alot of tea. One of my fav area to go for tea is Klang Parade. One shop there selling tea sometimes got good offer check it out. Since its Klang, you might want to samples some food that is good matching with tea

Yes. They have. Not sure if all has been pre booked by its customer cause I already got 1 box

Lucky you

How much did you buy your 0622 (601)? And when did you buy it?

Got myself some puerh boxes and rearranged my cabinet. In the picture are my Unopened stocks. Opened stocks are kept separately in the living room and some in office.

Though my cabinet has got raw and ripe, but it is separated in the shelf and there is no smell in it. So raw and ripe shouldn’t influence each other.



1st shelf:
->2009 – 7542 – Menghai Taetea Raw Pu-erh – 357g Beeng x 9 pieces
->2008 – 7532 – Menghai Taetea Raw Pu-erh – 357g Beeng x 9 pieces
->2007 – 8582 – Menghai Taetea Raw Pu-erh – 357g Beeng x 9 pieces
->2007 – 0712 – Menghai Taetea Raw Pu-erh – 357g Beeng x 9 pieces
->2010 – Year of Tiger – Menghai Taetea Raw Pu-erh – 357g Beeng x 9 pieces
->2006 – Lao Ban Zhang Raw Pu-erh – 400g Beeng x 1 piece
->2010 – Mi Di Raw Pu-erh – 357g Beeng x 1 piece
->2008 – Meng Ku High Mountain Raw Pu-erh – 250g Brick x 1 piece
->2010 – Meng Ku High Mountain Raw Pu-erh – 250g Brick x 1 piece

2nd shelf:
->2007 – Chen Yun – Menghai Taetea Raw Pu-erh – 400g Beeng x 9 pieces
->2009 – Gong Tuo – Menghai Taetea Raw Pu-erh – 100g Tuo x 24 pieces
->2010 – Golden Ribbon XY – Xia Guan Raw Pu-erh – 357g Beeng x 9 pieces
->Hojo’s Vintage 30 years Oolong
->Hojo’s Ali Shan Cha Oolong
->Empty toong box 1
->Empty toong box 2

3rd shelf:
->2009 – 7572 – Menghai Taetea Ripe Pu-erh – 357g Beeng x 10 pieces
->2010 – Royal Court Gong Ting – Menghai Taetea Ripe Pu-erh – 200g Beeng x 8 pieces
->2010 – Gong Tuo – Menghai Taetea Ripe Pu-erh – 100g Tuo x 2 pieces
->90s (Early) – Gong Ting Ripe Pu-erh – 1kg Loose x 1 box
->2007 – Yunnan Chi Tse Beeng Cha Yellow Stamp – Guoyan Ripe Pu-erh – 357g Beeng x 15 pieces
->2006 – 7581 – Kunming Ripe Pu-erh – 250g Brick x 2 pieces
->Empty toong box 1

4th shelf:
->2009 – Dragon Pole – Menghai Taetea Ripe Pu-erh – 357g Beeng x 15 pieces
->2009 – Taetea Golden Brick – Menghai Taetea Ripe Pu-erh – 1kg Brick x 1 box
->Hojo’s Shi Feng Long Jing
->Empty beeng boxes (many)

This post has been edited by auhckw: Nov 9 2010, 10:43 PM

last time i used fruit wrapper to wrap each tea but now I have less selection of tea, mostly puer, shuixian, 6pow, mushroom tea, and few raw and ripe puer

sometimes great tea moment is drank among good friend

Coca-Cola to introduce new tea flavors
http://www.ajc.com/business/coca-cola-to-i...uce-733666.html

Atlanta Business News 6:13 p.m. Monday, November 8, 2010

Coca-Cola Co. is rolling out four new varieties of Fuze and Gold Peak teas to accentuate flavors that have grown in popularity in recent years. Fuze raspberry and unsweetened green tea should be available for restaurant operators by December, with green tea and tropical versions of Gold Peak available early next year.

Raspberry and tropical flavors are among the top 10 demanded flavors in restaurants, according to research group Mintel, while green tea's popularity has grown because of perceived health benefits.

"As the fresh-brewed tea market continues to grow, [restaurant] operators are seeking new options to satisfy health-conscious customers with a variety of taste preferences," said Scott Young, Coca-Cola's senior vice president of foodservice strategy and marketing.

Just recently purchase only. RM40++ per piece since buy 1 box.. The tea vendor will put out the rest for sale at the tea expo..I hope this coming expo got good quality tea at reasonable prices for sale.

Wow... your price is even cheaper than 901. I hope I can get your price in the expo. Current market price about RM100+

Too bad, my living place is far away from Mines, and I probably won't have much time this month, so I'll have to skip this one

Green tea and pimples
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails...es/Default.aspx

Updated on: 11/11/2010

Green tea has proved to be anti-bacterial that reduces inflammation, decreases hormone activity, capable of killing the potentially deadly Staphylococcus Aureus and the bacteria that cause Bacterium acne.
Green tea’s antioxidants have been shown to be highly beneficial to acne prevention. These antioxidants help your body to fight against free radicals that cause damage to cells and tissues in your body. Green tea therapy is less toxic and has fewer or no side effects as compare to other drug based products. Simply putting green tea bags on the face can work quite rapidly.

---

Added on November 11, 2010, 8:50 am

This post has been edited by auhckw: Nov 11 2010, 08:50 AM

Tea output shortfall widens on weather woes
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Tea-o...er-woes/708859/

Posted: Wednesday, Nov 10, 2010 at 0047 hrs IST

Kolkata: As the October production of tea is likely to come down owing to fluctuating weather, shortage in the pipeline stock of Indian tea seems to be around 70-80 million kg (mkgs) this year. A good crop in September lifted spirits of the industry but it seems to be far from compensating losses made earlier this year.

The Indian tea industry started the year with a shortage of about 50 mkgs, a shortage in production for the third consecutive year.

All India production during September this year crossed 108 mkgs against 101.4 mkgs during September 2009. Assam production touched almost 63 mkgs against 55.6 mkgs during September last year while production in West Bengal was 24.2 mkgs against 20.8 mkgs for the corresponding period in 2009.

While North Indian production was up by almost 11 mkgs during September, South Indian production was down by 4.2 mkgs and came down to 18.3 mkgs from last year’s level of 22.6 mkgs.

S Patra, joint secretary of Indian Tea Association, said production during October is likely to be down due to erratic weather conditions. Apart from that plucking has been less in October due to the festive season. “All put together we are expecting a pipeline shortage of around 80 mkgs this year,” said an industry expert.

According to CS Bedi, managing director of Rossell Tea, pipeline shortage could touch the 80-mkgs mark. “Production in October was heavy last year. That won’t be equalled this year. Moreover, we barely have 20-25 days of production left this year.” During the first two flush north Indian crop suffered pest attacks this year which hit production hard and is still in a weak condition.

But such a shortage is likely to help tea prices in coming months. “Tea prices have already firmed up by Rs 10 in the last four weeks. We expect the market to hold the price by end of the year,” Bedi said. While average auction price for north India increased by Rs 4.29 per kg during January-September period this year, average south Indian tea prices were down by around Rs 15 per kg.

Chinese jasmine tea battles with Britain to be tops
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90...60/7193670.html

17:05, November 09, 2010

China is one of the world's largest producers and consumers of tea, but on the international market, 80 percent of profits from tea production are scooped up by Britain. However, this is likely to change — at least in some certain sub-sectors such as the jasmine tea.

Lipton, the world famous British brand, boasts nearly 3 billion U.S. dollars in annual sales, while Chinese tea exports are priced at even less than 1 U.S. dollar per 500 kilogram, much lower than that of Lipton.

Several problems have kept Chinese tea off the coffee tables off foreign consumers. On one hand, China’s tea export has low added-value and exporters are not successful in brand-building on the international market. On the other hand, tea importing markets are increasing their health standards, such as the pesticide residue standards, which makes it even more difficult for Chinese tea to compete with British tea.

Jasmine tea used to be a luxury product and an important export in and from China. The jasmine tea business was very prosperous in Fuzhou, the capital city of Fujian Province in the southeast costal areas, during the 19th century until the 1980s. For example, 35 percent of China's tea exports in the late 19th century came from Fuzhou. But now jasmine tea has become regarded by most consumers as a low-end, cheap tea, and its production has been scaled down a lot due to its low quality and distorted market.

Local enterprises and governments are trying to change that and have made some progress. Fuzhou jasmine tea has become the world's only jasmine tea with the three qualifications, including a geographic indication trade mark, a recognition and protection in place of origin and a geographic indication for agro-products. The annual output value reached 1.5 billion yuan. With the support of the government, an industrial alliance has been launched to combine the resources from experts, growers and enterprises to push forward a healthy, booming market and brand-building.

The alliance is led by Fu Tianlong, chairman of Chunlun Group, the leading jasmine producer in Fuzhou. Its environmentally-friendly tea plantation creates more than 1.5 million kilogram for sale each year. Roughly 20 percent of it goes to the overseas market, mainly covering Russia, Europe, the United States and Southeast Asia.

"We dominate the world market of jasmine tea," said Fu.

Chen Qi, vice mayor of Fuzhou, disclosed that the government is supporting the application of the Fuzhou jasmine tea for recognition as an U.N. intangible cultural heritage. Chen Wenhui, an official with the local agricultural administration, said farmers who grow jasmine would see their subsidies double next year. He added that the government was also helping local producers with brand promotion by sponsoring some market promotion activities.

The business benefits farmers. By joining Chunlun's production base, a household can increase their income by 20,000 yuan a year, Fu said.

And jasmine tea is also catching up with foreign tea producers in terms of prices. The high-end Chunlun tea costs 2,000 yuan for every 500 grams on the Beijing retail market. And one of its products even was auctioned at a price of 52,000 yuan for 450 grams.

Whether Chinese jasmine tea will be able to challenge the dominance of British Lipton needs time to prove, however, it is good that customers have more choices on the international market.

<updated-with addition 3rd zhuni>

Just got these 3 this week, modern Zhuni teapot made in this year. Clay was from 90s. The seller claimed that the clay is pure zhuni and not mixed.

According to the seller (if I interpret her mandarin properly), this is semi hand made from a factory which produces mass teapots. The design is custom made for them and clay is selected by one of their contacts who is well known for making pots. She told me the name of the person, but I couldn't remember the name.

These 3 pots are marked with the shops signature and the year it is made on the outer bottom. The person (unknown person) who did the pot has a signature below the cap. All the pots are made by 3 diff person.

Outer Bottom Signature


Tacha Zhuni Teapot – Chuo Qiu Hu
Dedicated for Ripe Pu-erh
Size: 140ml


Tacha Zhuni Teapot – Chuo Zhi Hu
Dedicated for Young Raw Pu-erh (1 to 10 years)
Size: 120ml


Tacha Zhuni Teapot – Shui Ping Hu
Dedicated for Aged Raw Pu-erh (Above 10 years)
Size: 160ml


All 3 passed the:-
1) Tilt 90 degrees and cap won't fall off
2) While pouring, cover the hole on the cap and the water would stopped instantly
3) While holding the hole on the spout, turn the pot upside down and the cap would not fall off
4) Pouring the water out in less than 10 seconds (without leaves)

This post has been edited by auhckw: Nov 13 2010, 12:00 PM

auhckw, you like traditional look teapot? I usually like the one with writing when its wet it look different then when its dry.

Pouring hot water on the teapot is a very enjoying moment. of course must follow with the smell of tea

Actually I don't have much choice. The shop only have the 3 design for Zhuni. Loving it

I have not rear a yixing before, hope it will turn out well

~Lesson from TC~

There are many ways to brew a good tea with teapot or gaiwan. Every tea drinker has its own technique. Diff teapot clay is used for diff types of tea. For example, Zhuni, it is more suitable for shuixian rather than puer. You just have to test them out whether it is suitable or not.

When I sample tea, I usually ask the seller for samples and I bring it home and taste it in my place with my equipment. Very seldom I taste at tea shop and make decision to buy on the spot.

Most probably my last toong 7+2 for this year...


0732 (701) - 2007 Guangdong Tea Exposition gold award product