vuanguyen wrote: ↑Mon Oct 05, 2020 3:17 am
StoneLadle wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 2:32 am
OCTO wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:18 pm
vuanguyen
Comparing the two, personal preference, I'm more inclined to lean towards TWL's stock of 7581. The colour of the dry leaves and the entire brick as a whole suggests a better storage condition that is not overly humid / wet.
Cheers!
I would like to echo OCTO on this one...
The TWL cake picture if accurate looks fluffy and chewy, like a brownie, pretty much like my own cakes of this stuff from a similar time period...
The other cake worries me as that "quality" sticker on the top right didn't start appearing in its various guises till the 2000s... Funny...
This statement may not be true. I found another 7581 with the "quality" sticker and the vendor claimed that it was produced in 1998 (before 2000s)...unless of course the vendor (Yee On Tea in HK) is untrustworthy. I don't know anything about them although they have good Google reviews (16 only) and have been in business since 1973 according to their website.
https://yeeonteaco.com/products/1998-75 ... -tea-brick
Hi All!
First of all, it’s a great pleasure to stumble across this forum for tea lovers!
Just brief note on our history. We are now 2nd/3rd generation owners of Yee On Tea Co. (義安茶莊) a retail and wholesale company that my grandfather had started in the 70s in HK. We might look like a small retail store compared to other famous tea houses in HK but we’ve been selling and distributing our large selection of aged pu-erh tea to our local market, including these larger tea houses, collectors, and auction houses in Asia, and we’ve been known to have one of the largest stock of aged pu-erh tea in HK today.
In March of 2019, we’ve decided we wanted to share our knowledge and expertise in Pu-erh to the world. So that’s when we started our online store to cater to aged pu-erh lovers all around the world. To our surprise, we’ve since connected with many of our loyal customers who have migrated to Japan, Taiwan, Korea, the US, Canada, UK, France, Australia, New Zealand just to name a few!
Going back to talking about tea
The "laser label" as it is known in the industry, certainly started before the 2000s, and the 1997 version of the 7581 took on the name "1st Generation Laser". Although 7581 denotes the recipe was conceived in 1975, the first batch available to the public didn’t come until 1979 and We've sold various versions of the 7581 since.
If everyone is interested we can also show you the various versions of this famous 7581 which was produced in the early years. There are small nuances in there which might not seem much to most people but they are a very important point to difference to note in terms of it’s true age.
Happy Drinking!