What kind of Da Hong Pao is it?

Sep 17, 2007 2 Replies

Greetings,



My brother has received some exclusively looking Da Hong Pao as a gift from a business connecition in China. He - and I - would like to know a bit more about this particular DHP - which grade it is, which bushes (I know, probably it is not from the original ones :-)), which tea maker and which locality it comes from. I have uploaded some not very high resolution pictures which I received from my brother. If it would help, I would ask him to send some more close up and high resolution pictures if that could help identifying this tea. Just let me know.



Thanks in advance, Gyorgy



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You can't really tell much from photos like that. Besides that kind of packaging is common in Fujian. Every tea retail store here in Fujian uses packaging like this. It's common practice here for people to buy teas as gifts to bussiness associates or family members. For business associates, it's just a sign of common courtesy. They often gather around the tea table and drink tea at business meetings.

So packaging like that doesn't really mean anything, unless maybe it has an address on it or website. Many stores can buy generic packaging from tea wholesalers, and then package their teas. Other tea retail outlets have their own tea packaging custom printed with company name, logo, address, etc.

The only thing you can do is taste the tea. See how many infusions it holds up to. Some DHP can hold up to many multiple infusions. Just try it. If you like the tea, then that's enough. If you don't like it, then, it's probably not a very good tea.

I agree 100 percent with niisonage on this one. I would like to also add that packaging often becomes more important than the actual tea itself when it's given as a gift. The more ornate the packaging, the more expensive the "tea". I have some absolutely beautiful boxes that were consequently filled with stuff that brewed out flavors that reminded me of the smell of a landfill.

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