Hychen has a few 60s and 70s pots in the middle range there. 6-700$. Now ROC and qing, I think over 1000$, often significantly over, is expected.
The (Western) Yixing market
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One never knows.
Last year i found in a pile of trash and bought in a flea market here in Germany a 1970's F1 Shui Ping for the astonishing amount of 2 Euros, after bargaing it down from the initial 3 Euro price tag
I always let my eyes wander in flea markets...
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theredbaron wrote: ↑Mon Dec 31, 2018 8:50 amafter bargaing it down from the initial 3 Euro price tag
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That’s definitely a true bargain. I’m always on high alert for deals like this. I’ve found a few nice unused f1 pots for $5-15, an early 80’s black star zini jade orchid 6 sided pot and early 70’s xian piao w/ wax. The downside is that it becomes harder to pay full price for anything once you find bargain pots.theredbaron wrote: ↑Mon Dec 31, 2018 8:50 am
One never knows.
Last year i found in a pile of trash and bought in a flea market here in Germany a 1970's F1 Shui Ping for the astonishing amount of 2 Euros, after bargaing it down from the initial 3 Euro price tag
I always let my eyes wander in flea markets...
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You are most welcomed!!Chadrinkincat wrote: ↑Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:38 pmI’d sacrifice these kinda deals to live in east Asia.
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@OCTO , what have you noticed about the quality of the tea you can buy in Asia vs what we get in the west? Any difference?
The best never really makes it out of Asia... the market demand is huge for premium teas and Western tea enthusiasts are but a small niche. You can still get good tea, but it is difficult.swordofmytriumph wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:21 amOCTO , what have you noticed about the quality of the tea you can buy in Asia vs what we get in the west? Any difference?
But I’d say the premium teas are not accessible to the West(for Chinese teas), upper medium level ok, but higher I doubt it.
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Chadrinkincat wrote: ↑Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:35 pm
That’s definitely a true bargain. I’m always on high alert for deals like this. I’ve found a few nice unused f1 pots for $5-15, an early 80’s black star zini jade orchid 6 sided pot and early 70’s xian piao w/ wax. The downside is that it becomes harder to pay full price for anything once you find bargain pots.
Not just that makes it hard paying today's prices. Most of my pots i bought in the 90's and early 2000's, and can only dream of what i paid for then...
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Bok wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 2:49 amThe best never really makes it out of Asia... the market demand is huge for premium teas and Western tea enthusiasts are but a small niche. You can still get good tea, but it is difficult.swordofmytriumph wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:21 amOCTO , what have you noticed about the quality of the tea you can buy in Asia vs what we get in the west? Any difference?
But I’d say the premium teas are not accessible to the West(for Chinese teas), upper medium level ok, but higher I doubt it.
Even in Asia getting the best qualities is more than difficult, mostly not possible without good contacts, and also very costly. Especially outside the tea centers such as KL, SIngapore or Taiwan getting really good quality teas is very hard. In China itself it can be even harder. What is generally avaible in the west is not very good. While the situation has now improved significantly with the many web based shops, the quality still lags behind. Previous to Chinese tea making it to the web, in the 90's and before, however, high quality chinese tea was simply unobtainable in the west. Nobody knew about it even.
I remember how i slowly and tediously began acquiring knowledge on tea through books such as Bloefeld's "The Chinese Art of Tea".
Fortunately i have enough aged Pu Erh to last me a lifetime, and also by now solved my Yancha problem.
To get good quality high grade tea, it really boils down to having good relations with the farmer or middleman dealers. Though not as difficult as before, prices are often sky high.theredbaron wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 5:37 am
Even in Asia getting the best qualities is more than difficult, mostly not possible without good contacts, and also very costly. Especially outside the tea centers such as KL, SIngapore or Taiwan getting really good quality teas is very hard. In China itself it can be even harder.
But high grade tea can be extremely addictive!
Cheers!
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Interesting. So what about companies like Yunnan Sourcing, Taiwan Teacrafts, Leafy Green, or Hojo? Places that have direct relationships with the growers/source their product directly, actually go to the place and work with the people who are making the tea? For those of you who have had the enviable opporunity to compare the stuff available in Asia to the stuff you can find on sites like that compares with the stuff available on sites like that? For example, Taiwan teacrafts sources directly and processes a good amount of their stuff themselves.
I can’t comment on the above except for Hojo as I haven’t bought tea from any online stores before. Hojo has a retail outlet in Kuala Lumpur.swordofmytriumph wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 7:13 amInteresting. So what about companies like Yunnan Sourcing, Taiwan Teacrafts, Leafy Green, or Hojo?
There are a selected range of teas from Hojo that never makes it to the online store. They are often snapped up by local regulars who are on their SpeedDial ....