raw puer is good only when vv fresh and vv good quality. i like it for aid digestion.
gold needle puer only different in rolling shaping. to make it look nice. also different tea tree from gong ting puer. their tea tree mix with fujian tea tree for softer taste. so softer and sweeter, but not as deep taste in gong ting.
some real ancient tree, some only the yunnan large leaf type of later picking. so tea leaves not so young. yunnan large leaf is tougher leaves so more difficult to roll. many from mountain areas. ppl there are not so skilled and not so equipment for correct processing tea nicely. raw puer (mao cha) comes like that.
