More pu-erhs

I can't speak for the Jing Mai Ye Sheng cake, but I have the Bajiaoting, Dai Ethnic Minority, and Yiwu Zhengshan cake from Teaspring. I haven't broken open the first two yet, but the Zhengshan is sweet, smokey, mild and goes down easy. It's a good won't-scare-anyone-away introduction to puerhs based on all the young green puerhs I've been sampling lately.

~J

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is my full review if you're interested.

-------DPM wrote: Following on to Dominic's post, Teaspring has some interesting pu-erhs

They even have one claimed to be from the '60s! Mike, Lew, Michael, what's your take?

I'm also an egg when it comes to pu, but the experiences I have had with low-end cooked were not encouraging. Any of these green pu's look good to you? The Jing Mai Ye Sheng sounds good, and the price seems reasonable. Too reasonable, perhaps?

Regards, Dean

Uh, I'm ahead of you: I'd already asked Mike!

/Lew

I am confused, where is the 60s tea on their site. All I see is a 70s GYG but nothing from the 60s. Can you give me a link?

Here is the review I gave them on my site: "This site is based in Delaware but really ships their tea directly from China.

Good pictures, factories, and vintages, but no leaf grades. They do offer some Antique puer online and more upon special request.

Prices range from good to OK but it is hard to tell for sure because they imbed their shipping cost in the price of the tea itself. I prefer site that sell the tea at the true price and then charge actual shipping. Most people who buy tea directly from China know enough to expect high shipping costs. All of that being said this is a good source for authentic puerh."

They are a trustworthy source of authentic puerhs. Jing Teahouse, and Yunnan Sourcing are also good sources.

Mike

Yes:

/Lew

Mike,

Here is a link. The tea was featured in their latest e-mail newsletter.

They also mentioned a Long Jing Huang Pao that look unusual and interesting.

Blues

Ah yes, now I remember Lew speaking of it. I am not familiar with this one. I am somewhat surprised to see the recent availability of so many aged loose leaf sheng puerhs that just a year ago were seldom seen. I am drinking one right now from another source. I am told by those in the know that the loose leaf aged puerhs don't demonstrate nearly as much "Qi" as the compressed variety, but they can be tasty.

-- Mike Petro

Mike,

Others have provided the link, so I won't repeat it.

Thanks for your input. I have had good experiences with this vendor, so I may take a pu plunge with them.

Regards, Dean

This raises a question I have about TeaSpring. On the website, the picture they have of the 70's Guang Yun shows a beeng with a round neifei:

Yet, on the HouDe website, it is mentioned that Guang Yun beengs did not have a round neifei until the 1980's:

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Has anyone checked into this? Has anyone tried the Guang Yun from TeaSpring? I tasted a sample of the cake from Houde and its quite amazing. A very powerful tea that left a smile on my face (and sweat on my brow.) Unfortunately, at $379, it's a little out of my price range. However, at $230...

By the way, hello. This is my first posting on RFDT. I have talked to a few of you via email, but this is my first public outing on this group. Hello to all that I haven't exchanged with before.

-David Lesseps

[David]

Hi David,

Your first posting and you are about to draw blood. Haha!

May I reply you on the above privately? The question has been raised to me before, and I replied them off the group...

Danny

Can someone post the chinese characters for "neifei". If possible Danny send it by email and I'll post back. I can match nei but nothing for fei.

Thanks, Jim

...delete > On the website, the

Having tasted them both the Hou De tea is MUCH better. I also believe that Guang got his information straight out of the various Pu-erh anthologies. These anthologies often contradict each other but in this case I suspect that Teasprings GYG may indeed be a little younger than a 70s vintage. As they say "the tea doesn't lie" and the taste of these two samples clearly shows Houde as being older and better.

-- Mike Petro

but can you compare if the materials and storage methods were different?

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Danny

I have not drank them side by side yet, I still have some of each left so I may do that.

The Houde sample was clearly stored well, the tea attested to that. I suspect the Teaspring sample may not have been. There was distinct bite to the Teaspring sample, I am not sure if that is attributed to the maocha, storage, or age, my suspicion is storage.

I do not know the GYGs well enough to definitively recognize the source of the maocha yet. I do know they changed the source of the maocha over the decades, and I also know I like the 60s Yunnan maocha recipe the best. I have had a few really good ones, and a few really bad ones, when you throw storage conditions into the mix it is hard for me to draw a good baseline. even if we know that the leaf source and the age are linked in this genre.

-- Mike Petro

Yup. GYG after the late 70s used a primarily maocha from Guangdong region, inlcuding those from Guangxi. The distinctive bite from Teaspring might be due to this. The 70s in itself had broadly 2 different blends as well, those in the mid 70s and before tasted different from the later

70s...looking at the cake my guess on Houde is that from the later 70s, but I can't tell for sure till I try a sample *hint*hint*...

Danny

You could look it up on Babelcarp.

/Lew