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Anyone ever have a shipment stuck in “Pre-Shipment” for over 2 weeks? Kunming EMS “7-15 Days” but still says Pre-Shipment when tracked with no activity, this is to the US by the way.

@Victoria thanks for the tip I’ll give it some time to air out.

I brewed a Gyoruko for 15 minutes in room temp water and it was awesome!

Hachachacha I noticed it tastes nothing like the Sheng from similar ages I’ve tried...but more like the ripes I’ve had. It looks more like a shou too. I think it’s a mix of Sheng and shou but I guess extremely wet humid storage would also make it look and taste like a shou? I will say it has a very...

I'm looking at their site pictures. Interesting how the leafs are preserved for almost 40 years of storage. Anything older than 10y I was lucky to come across in lose form , was broken leafs ( small parts ) because naturally they brake under it's weight in stored box. Not mentioning the fact that t...

Mid 1980s loose raw puerh from Menghai Factory. I ordered from teamasters.

Very inoffensive and pleasant. I was hoping for stronger flavors but it was obviously very clean and well stored, so not much dankness to it.

@gatmcm what’s it taste like? Can you describe it? Looks good!

I just bought a young Sheng from them. Here is the description: These little cakes are from a small grove of 1,000- to 2,000-year-old trees in Lincang. Each tree is numbered and requires scaffolding to pick. They use bamboo scaffolding that resembles what workers in the West use to paint the outside...

Wow Kingteamall carries some great quality clean tasting Sheng. I haven’t tried the shou from them yet but the 4 or 5 shengs are awesome. I am still waiting to finish seasoning the pot before I use it but it is a very nice little pot. High pitch ring to it so must be high fired. I’ll definitely be o...

Can't comment on the aroma without trying the cake, but that green string is extremely common in pu from around 2000. That cake also looks like it was pressed by Xiaguan between iron plates...wonder if it's a T8653? It’s not just the aroma. The tea literally tastes exactly like an old musty attic. ...

I had read a number of similar reviews, and reviews like this are exactly what led me to blind order a cake. While I haven't had hundreds of aged shengs, I've had probably a dozen or more from the 98 to 2000 range. I'm familiar with the old book, antique store, library, earthy, leaf pile kinds of a...

@Hachachacha and I’m not saying that’s a bad thing btw. It’s not my favorite but I will say it has a strong physical effect of relaxation after a few cups. First time I’ve experienced that.

This is the Blue Mark from Global Tea Hut. Would you consider this a low quality puerh? Guy, I also bought the blue mark tribute cake from GTH. I'm curious, can you describe how your blue mark smells? I did not find any plastic in mine, but I sent some samples of my cake to a friend to try and labe...

If you dislike astringency you may want to stay clear of dry stored pu. I have some dry aged sheng from the 80s that’s still too astringent for me. On the other hand, I’ve had unaged gushu maocha that was marvelously delicious— sweet and with very little astringency. I guess it depends on the pick,...

Noonie I’m new to puerh as well and have only tried 3 puerhs...only one was a young Sheng. The 20 year aged Sheng was sort of an attic flavor. Like antique wooden chair or something, musty, medium wet, old. There was no astringency at all. I am looking for something similar to the young Sheng I tri...