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i know some ppl sell very bad cakes to usa and see them in internet shops. sheng or shu. different prices. i hope u customers in usa good luck not buy those.
here is a picture of same puer cake, half mouldy original, half treated with chemical to look black and clean:
i think this will be a big news soon. a big scam by many collaborators. this is link to chinese news about this in mainland china:
some people say puerh is puerh, a different category as puerh, not anything else. i think this is not correct, because new sheng puerh is absolutely not the kind of dark tea people think when the name of puerh is said. leo’s idea of sheng puerh is lightly oxidised and shu puerh is dark is good idea, but this sofie1212 question makes very good point. i sell sheng puerh over 3 yrs as puerh and newer than 2 yrs as sheng cha. but i cannot really say 3 yrs is a good enough point for the tea to become dark. need many more yrs. how many yrs? i cannot say. some dark faster, others not so fast.
in black tea category only tip buds used in some kind of dianhong, and wuyi jing jun mei. some people make only tip black tea for buyers to blend tea. too many green tea use only tip to make.
some tip green tea are very good, like jade green from jiangxi, purple shoot from zhejiang, bamboo leaf green from sichuan etc. but i don’t like much black tea made only from tip. i think not enough taste.different people different fate. some very good business small farmers, some bankrupt. in yunnan too many big companies controlling prices. more difficult for small farmers and companies. many small farms in other provinces very good improvement.
make green tea in yixing pot not easy. need good pot. high pitch sound hi density, low pitch sound low density. careful not to break teapot when mking sound. shop owner no like you hitting pot.
