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.



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.

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Added on January 23, 2011, 11:42 am

nice share    i also like shui xian alot. have to visit after CNY liao~~

i get to know Tea-Li from internet search. they selling low/mid range tea. btw, i  though selling expensive pirated tea only make money? low grade no need to fake gua.

one of my friend told me that what they doing is to speed up the fermented process. they put the tea on the high building which have very good air flow.

from time to time they pour water on the tea. and then selling you at higher prices as old tea.

looks like USJ uncle selling good staff also.. what is the the cheapest thing in his shop? wakaka..so i go in buy cheap thing and cheat tea to drink. 

Just sharing. For genuine Dayi tea, this is how the sticker should look like under UV light:

 
But again, u probably won't carry a UV light wif u nor will the shop provide it, right?

Anyway, I think it's trickier to identify those produced before 2006.

thanks for sharing    i will sure go to USJ uncle when i free.

2 weeks ago I was at a teashop where he showed me a pumpkin puerh sized of a kancil car tire. Quite big. It was sawed into few pieces and sold.

The inner of the Pu is so tough. Looks and feels like wood. Year 2001 pu, but the colour brew like 2008 cause too compress.

I am going to KL tomorrow, around pasar seni to get some cups

Free Liu Bao!!

i got a liu bao tea from a shop owner.  The tea was passed down from his father seal in bamboo.  At least 50 years 

the cup were bundle together with other cups... i think around rm20-30... i think its a deal... according to the online reference its around 1912

Teal-Li Kepong closing down middle of May. Their Serdang and Kepong branch remains.

Typo on my previous post.

Kepong branch close.

Serdang and Klang branch remains.

Gossip: JDX plans to sell off his biz. RM10m including his 2 warehouse full of tea. 1 of the warehouse is owned, and 1 rent. Besides that, inclusive of his Tea Van (BKT) biz and transfer of knowledge on China market.

According to Tea-li, they say bulk order has become very much less compared to the past few years. They have to downsize and start looking into supplying tea to restaurants.

I think it is logical. Past years buyers have been buying a lot. Now is their waiting time for their stock to age. Storage of theirs could have become limited.

Therefore, less buying = less sale = cannot sustain

Some has said that JDX itself couldn't really sustain on sale of their puerh tea (in the shop) alone. They have good sale on the tea van biz and also their hamper wrapping festive season.
Hello. I'm going in a short while more. Will get back with some updates.