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Pu-erh Factory Mystery

Hello pu-erh detectives! I recently bought a new offering from my Chinatown. It's a 250g zhuancha brick. On either side of a large "cha" logo, it says "smiles greet the world" and "friend tea" in chinese. At the top of the label are two abstract dragons that face each other that look like they're made of smoke or lightning. The production date is stamped in blue as April 2005. The factory info is listed as: 云南临沧勐库茶叶制品有限公司, or Lincang Mengku Tea Product Company.

Does anyone know about this factory? I don't think it's the same factory as Mengku Rongshi, as their logos are very different.

It looks to be of better quality than the generic zhuancha they've had before.

Other info: it was packaged into gift boxes by Keng Vai Agencia Co in Macau.

I'll probably post a link to a picture of the cake soon.

Reply to
Jason F in Los Angeles
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Having not tooted this horn recently, let me mention that Babelcarp has small entries on both Lincang and Mengku.

/Lew

Reply to
Lewis Perin

Lincang Mengku is Shuangjiang Mengku which produces Rong Shi Qi Ai:

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5317930004):

You can find Shuangjiang Mengku on TaoBao. I don't have any logos in my culled Shuangjian collection that you describe. If you can post a picture I might find it on TaoBao with some particulars. There is a separate Lincang tea factory.

Jim

Jas> Hello pu-erh detectives! I recently bought a new offering from my

Reply to
Space Cowboy

Two different companies.

Danny

Reply to
samarkand

Jim, your info is wrong.

Jason F.,

Yunnan Lincang Mengku Tea Products Co., Ltd is located at BANGZHANG VILLAGE, MENGKU TOWN, SHUANGJIANG, LICANG, YUNNAN. It is a big company.

The Rongshi you talked about is a small holding run by a local farmer and his family members:

Shuangjiang Mengku Tea making Factory, located at CHENGZI VILLAGE, MENGKU TOWN, SHUANGJIANG, LINCANG, YUNNAN. It is managed by Mr Rong Jiasheng.

Danny

5317930004):

You can find Shuangjiang Mengku on TaoBao. I don't have any logos in my culled Shuangjian collection that you describe. If you can post a picture I might find it on TaoBao with some particulars. There is a separate Lincang tea factory.

Jim

Jas> Hello pu-erh detectives! I recently bought a new offering from my

Reply to
samarkand

Thanks, Danny. Nothing slips by you. I couldn't find ANY Lincang Mengku on TaoBao but lots of Shuangjiang Menku. I put two and two together and came up with five with a little help from the Internet. I do have a picture of a Shuangjiang Menku Rong Shi Qi Ai Bing.

Jim

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Reply to
Space Cowboy

But is their (Lincang Mengku) puerh good by your tastes and/or standards? I haven't broken into it yet, but I'll post a review when I do, with a picture of the tea.

(BTW, it took me hours on Zhongwen, Babelfish, and Google figuring out what all the characters meant on my tea! I was so relieved when I saw that I got it right.)

So...yeah...Lincang Mengku Tea Products Co tea any good, y'all?

Reply to
Jason F in Los Angeles

I can't comment on this, as the only tea I tried from them is the Dian Hong, which is not arguable the best I have tried.

Danny

Reply to
samarkand

I posted the picture at the Puerh_Tea livejournal community,

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Reply to
Jason F in Los Angeles

I hope to find what I buy on TaoBao and learn more information. I cull the information on the wrapper with year,weight,price and save any unique information such as factory in Unicode. I'm getting better at starting from scratch with the characters but pinyin is easier but no gimme especially since you don't see the tonals. My approach to cooked puer is to buy recent crops from different factories. I don't think ranking each taste perse has much meaning. I've learned that the rancid undesired wet warehouse taste also can appear in the dry warehouse method. That taste is designed to disappear with age. I've got qizis and qizis of 2003 Xiaguan that needs some disappearing. I think the bottom line you are still working with a given crop of tea with it's own taste subject to mysterious factory formulas. I'm almost to the point of liking cooked puer simply for what it is. It's like drinking beer. It's an all over the place taste you get use too.

Jim

Jas> But is their (Lincang Mengku) puerh good by your tastes and/or

Reply to
Space Cowboy

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