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angor posted:Question: I have a brick of pu erh sitting at home. I bought it about 4 years ago and haven't touched it yet. Can I assume this is still ok to drink? As long as it's been kept dry and is free of mold, then yes definitely, if it was not cooked pu erh then it could even be better now than it was. Speaking of pu erh I reccomend http://www.puerhshop.com/ they have a remarkable selection of pretty much every grower, though I kind of wish they wouldn't mention the aging potential as an investment since like wines you're rather unlikely to strike gold sitting on a batch, especially since the recent bubble burst killing quite a few producers.
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aldantefax posted:Failing that, we should hang some time. I have a Yellow Mark shou bing cha pu-erh that I've yet to bust open and start drinking! CNNP Yellow mark is an example of Sheng bing cha pu-erh, which is green/raw as opposed to shou bing cha which is cooked/ripened. Shou pu-erh tea is force ripened to simulate aged sheng pu-erh in less time for economic reasons. The ripening process is controllable but is more likely to create teas with unappealing barnyard-like flavors. As I mentioned before http://www.puerhshop.com/ is a great place to try different types of pu-erh since most sites do not specialize in this specific variety of tea.
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aldantefax posted:This is actually the one I was referring to, which was noted as a finished (dark) puerh! https://www.imperialtea.com/Yellow-Mark-Dark-Puerh-Cake-P308.htmlp You're right, seems they do make ripened yellow mark. http://www.puerhshop.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_29&products_id=1036 (note the slight price difference)
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Finagle posted:A friend gave me this red box (my camera is broken or I would take a picture) of some old tea. Does anyone know anything about this? It's called "Brooke Bond Red Label". It confuses me a little, just because the tea are these very tiny little balls, very very small. That form of tea is loosely called gunpowder in the west, more commonly it's Chinese green tea but a check on google shows that brand is an average commercial Indian black tea.
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