Liu Bao Tea?

I have wanted to write about Liu Bo for sometime but have not been able to find worthy quality of it to make it interesting for me to do the task. A lot of the producers have switched to making other teas and old brands are not performing as they should. I am not giving up the search though.

Basically it is a dark tea from Guangxi. Most available in the market is full of pesticides and other flaws. The worst is the compressed ones. There is a picture of it in page two of the below article. The one with sand and soil in place of tea in the inside of the basket:

What are Compressed Teas?

• This reply was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by Leo.
• This reply was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by Leo.

liu bao cha exist before qing dynasty. long history. first popular in guangdong and hong kong before export. my grandfather time other people use vietnam tea to make fake liu bao for export southeast asia and sell hong kong. my grandfather no like that.