Mystery Puerhs...

Puerh and other heicha
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Bok
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Sun Apr 29, 2018 3:24 am

Dear all,

Someone gave me two Puerh, one can with broken up bits and another mushroom.

I know next to nothing about Puerh, so am counting on the knowledge of the cloud...

Anyone can tell from the label what those might be?

Thanks!
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Sun Apr 29, 2018 10:23 am

ok, first one seems to be something like this: https://generationtea.com/collections/p ... o-cha-250g
No idea about age and storage location... at least a decade in Taiwan from what the previous owner told me.
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Sat May 19, 2018 12:28 am

It looks similar to these guys here

Ji Xin Pai if I remember correctly is a production of Kunming Tea Factory.

Your tea here is a gongting grade production. Gongting (宮廷) leaf grade indicates a bud heavy blend of tender small leaves with lots of golden hairy tips ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). I don't think this is a raw (sheng/生茶) pu'er. I am inclined to believe it's shou (熟茶). There are gongting productions of raw pu'er, but in general it seems to be more heavily associated with ripe teas. Based on the searches for teas with wrappers similar to yours, most the teas that look like yours here are ripes. The Jingua (金瓜) refers to the shape of pressing. It likely looks like a cheeky little pumpkin if not already broken up.

The one from the site you linked looks like a different wrapper and says it is a raw tea. It probably went through traditional storage for a period of its life if stored in HK during the 90's. It would certainly explain the broth appearing so dark if it is in fact a raw production.

Hope this helped, and if you find any more info on the packaging it may be of use for identification. Have a good one!
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Sat May 19, 2018 1:21 am

Cheers for that! Did not yet get to brew them, guess that will further point to what kind of tea that is, although I severely lack in Puerh knowledge...
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Tue Dec 11, 2018 11:13 am

Hope Bok doesn't mind if I use his thread for advice as well.

Christmas came early this year, and with it came this cake. A gift from a friend, who bought it from a local shop. Whilst I'm more than happy with the present, I'm also a bit confused by the description: I thought Lao Ba Zhang teas were almost exclusively raw? Can anybody make out anything from the label?
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Tue Dec 11, 2018 11:40 am

The Chinese says no more that what you can already read: Banzhangshan Shu puerh tea.
I can’t give more information about that but I can tell that I have had a discussion once with William Osmont from Farmer Leaf who spoke about a friend of him who was making Shu from Banzhang maocha. I invite you to write him for more info, he will be happy to answer you no doubt.
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Fri Dec 14, 2018 11:18 am

Thank you, Elise! I'll be sure to write him.
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Sun Dec 16, 2018 8:34 am

Here’s another mystery puerh I’m having tonight. This tea came “naked” without any wrappings. The only thing known is it’s a 1980s Malaysian Dry Stored CNNP raw puerh.

Still packs a strong punch and very calming to drink. Keeps the tummy and soul warm.

Cheers!
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