Tacha is more targeted for season drinker cause their tea is of high premium quality which also means more expensive. For newbie, I would suggest go to Tea-Li cause they got more variety of tea and they are selling wholesale price for the famous brand.

Tea in general got no expiry date. The best tea for natural fermentation is Puer tea. If you got a chance to taste a 50 year old puer tea, then you will know why it is worth storing young puer tea for future consumption.

For teapot, in general, zisha is used for puer and zhuni is for oolong tea. However, there is no fixed usage. If you got only 1 teapot, then use it for all types of tea. Sometimes, I used porcelain gaiwan to brew as well.

They (as in after listening from few people) say Raw puerh can be divided into 3 category of age.
1 to 10 - young
11 to 30 - old
30 and above - vintage

How fast the tea age really depends on the way you store it. If by proper storage in Malaysia, they say big change is every 5 years. There will be some charge in between, but mostly Ups and Downs of the tea. Some say during raining season, it is usually not so nice to drink... Unfortunately, there is no exact pattern of the is Ups and Downs...

If you have limited budget, then I advised you not to buy 1 toong. Save the money and buy 2 or 3 pieces. Drink/Sample it slowly. Then buy other types of tea and Drink/Sample it too. By doing this, you get to learn more and it can take a long time to finish it. 1 piece can even last you many years. Even just Raw Puerh itself, there are many types of taste profile. Don't dump all your money into 1 toong (if you have limited budget).

Dong Dao Ru Kiln ah... didn't use them these days... more of a display item now... that is because I found out clay based teapots are nicer to brew and taste better. Previously us the dong dao mostly for Ripe puerh. Quite good and smooth.

Which type of clay is suitable for puerh and what is the outcome, I did a summary of my experiment at Tacha. We brewed same tea in different pots to test the result:-
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f...post&p=37873927

Btw, I'm planning to go Tacha again tomorrow noon. PM me, if you wan to meet up there

i just thinking to buy only, still undecide yet. i just worry if i buy 2/3 piece, later find it good then hard to buy it again

right now i almost everyday also drink tea, one time can consume ~5gram, one piece 357g 3month also gone jor if fast drink.

i also drink others ripe pu er, oolong (mostly shui xian, da hong pao). raw pu er meant for keeping long, if i keeping when i young, so next time when i old jor, no need drink expensive tea. 

the article i read liao also blur blur    still learning on the taste of good/bad tea. tools i wont touch it unless i think when im ready.

all my tool cheap pa lang one.. from qiu xiang, purple cane.... 

sure. but tomorrow i dunno what time i free yet. lets depand on "yuen fan" , if we can meet then is good.

i will go complex selangor tomorrow also..regularly i visit there to drink oolong tea.

Tacha is more targeted for season drinker cause their tea is of high premium quality which also means more expensive. For newbie, I would suggest go to Tea-Li cause they got more variety of tea and they are selling wholesale price for the famous brand.

Tea in general got no expiry date. The best tea for natural fermentation is Puer tea. If you got a chance to taste a 50 year old puer tea, then you will know why it is worth storing young puer tea for future consumption.

For teapot, in general, zisha is used for puer and zhuni is for oolong tea. However, there is no fixed usage. If you got only 1 teapot, then use it for all types of tea. Sometimes, I used porcelain gaiwan to brew as well.

Tea-Li i been there before (serdang branch).

basically i found they are selling things cheaper then others. that day i bought one KamJove heater, compare other place charge 20-30% more. 

i only have one zhi sa teapot, all oolong tea still using gaiwan    .

Don't worry. There is always something better. Moreover, that piece you mention is good but not great    So there are more choices... Anyway, up2u 

I also buy puerh with the intention to keep for retirement in 20 years time. Then get to drink old tea without spending 

If you see a guy at early 30s, with long hair... then that is probably me 

Tea-Li i been there before (serdang branch).

basically i found they are selling things cheaper then others. that day i bought one KamJove heater, compare other place charge 20-30% more. 

i only have one zhi sa teapot, all oolong tea still using gaiwan    .

If you from USJ, you can go to Summit groundfloor. There is a tea shop there and the uncle is quite accommodating.

If you from USJ, you can go to Summit groundfloor. There is a tea shop there and the uncle is quite accommodating.

i'm looking forward to get a nice tray for my pot. what kind of tray should i get? i see there are various design etc.  any advice ..

I advise u all to go

Jian Dea Tea House
50, Tengkat Tong Shin
Bukit Bintang

Most of the sifu there are committe of the  tea club in Malaysia.
Small & friendly advise.

Not like others tea house in shopping mall. too commercialise & they mark up too much.

Can just walk in & u will smell the tea that i never experience in other place before.

wow sound like limited edition

Thanks for the address. Any landmark near the place? Will try to make a visit after CNY...

Tea-Li Serdang = Chris Chua... My office near Serdang, so sometimes lunch time go there for quickie Ya lo... Tea-Li price quite good that some other tea shops bad mouth them... haha... I have heard few shops talk bad about them to me, and Tea-Li knows about it too (not i say). Wat to do... they in a way spoil tea market price for their competitors. Good for us though 

I bought my bamboo tea tray from that uncle, but didn't have the chance to taste his tea. Maybe next time, see what is nice there 

2007 - Dayi 0772 (701) - 400g x 9 beeng



Not a drink now tea...

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Added on January 22, 2011, 9:00 pmI learned something new about Dayi's product from a friend today. According to him, from the year 2006 onwards Dayi has sticker behind the back of the beeng to distinguish whether the beeng is genuine or not.

Beside that, it has another meaning. If you see the sticker is Green, it means that it is a repeat product (eg, 7542, 7532, etc etc). But if the sticker is Purple, it means that it is 1 time product (eg, 0772 above) which will not be released again

It is behind Jln Alor. It is located besides a hotel I think called Radius. The boss is known as queen of shui xian cause she got lots of aged shui xian at her stall. Very nice lady cause she will brew anything that you wanted to try and will answer anything that you asked..Of course, you go there drink the aged shui xian

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Added on January 23, 2011, 11:15 am

Ya. I also know about it. I heard that some shops says that their tea is the pirated version but I have checked and it is not. So good for us since their wholesale price is one of the cheapest.

USJ uncle got many teas that he sometimes did not display cause he do not want to sell at low prices. If you know him better, he might sell them to you. He got quite a few 4-5 years Dayi that I think still cheap to get now.

sorry bro~ yesterday stuck with something so i din manage to go tacha. next week you free? else we can meet up chinese new year.

for the Dayi sticker, i did some research. lets share it here.
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according to internet, since 2006, Menghai start using national standard secure sticker. The protection line should be in red color.

mind to share yours? so we can learn how to identify the real product sticker.