Celadon Ru Kiln Tiger Teapot

According to the seller, this is Tiger (Chinese Zodiac) year Teapot. Limited to 2,000 units only.

Wife complains not liking to see my tea all over the place. So I got this cupboard yesterday.

Someone told me (not to quote him), but the problem with Guoyan, you pay them X amount, they will do X quality even with same wrapping.

95 Spring Xia Guan (Limited Edition)


Though this puerh is from 1995, it does not show any aged taste/colour at all but It has a strong fragrance. First taste was bitterness follows by sweetness and aftertaste.

The owner told me that the reason of why it hardly aged was it is stored in China in a wooden box unopened. And in every small box the loose tea is stored in plastic. This according to him maybe the reason of the slow aging.

More info and photos of the unboxing of the big wooden box:-
http://tea-li.com/goods.php?id=221

http://www.ynpuretea.com.cn/bbs/viewthread...page%3D1&page=1

RM48. Yes, this classic is easy to drink even it is young raw.

Lol, Dayi tea is good for speculation purpose   RM120 may sound expensive right now, but one year from now when u look at the price again, u'll ask urself why didn't buy more back then, if you enjoy the tea that is  Look at the price movement of yiwuzhengshan 2009 and u'll see what I mean.

my favourite tea - osmanthus fragrance... "Kwai Fa" ... wondering where gt sell? how much ?

How lucky you are

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

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

Lucky you 

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

The Sixth South East Asia Puer Tea Trade Fair 2010

Took me 1 hour to enter the building. There are 2 other fair running same place and time. Chinese Book Fair and Retirement Fair (if i see correctly). I think this is my first time in a hall full of chinese books. Quite impressive and crowded.

I probably should have not put so high hope for this puer fair. The puer fair is at the corridor outside the book fair hall. I walked 3 rounds didn't find anything that interest me. There are some yixing artist (unknown faces to me) promoting their pots at expensive price tag. The crowd were most likely from the book fair.

Did I get anything? Nope.
Will I purposely go to the fair again? Nope.

I think those people are busy to be able to teach much. I think I would prefer to be spending time with them at their shops than the booth. No luck drinking any super expensive tea

Pu'er may help diabetics: Research
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/inde.../c_13608763.htm

(Source: Shanghai Daily)

Hi there. From what I've learned, it's not good to expose the tea with too much air. While it may age faster, this type of aging is not what we desire. The tea will lose its flavor more quickly as oxidation is ongoing instead of fermentation.

For me I just store my teas in the cardbox that came along when I bought them and open the box once every few weeks to "swap" out the air inside.

Thanks for sharing your method of storing Pu-Er. 

Previously I stored my Pu-Er at ground floor (next to staircase) in paperback until I read some articles and advise from teashop (during my recent visit to Tea exhibition) saying the Pu-Er should be stored in open, well ventilated, away from direct sunlight best to store at 1st floor to prevent moisture at ground floor (my house is quite cooling at ground floor even though during hot day).

The teacakes are still wrapped in original paper. For those opened teacake, I store them in a clay (ZhiSha) pot as most of you do

There are many ways of storing depends on your method and room conditions; most crucial is stay away from wet area, odor area, hazardous area.

Cheers.

So, got this... look at all the extra space I have to fill up