Puerh Tea Information needed

[WWWent]

Greeting to all,

This is my first post on this forum. I'm hoping you can help provide more information of this teacake I brought back from China. It was given to my cousin and I took it back to Canada with me. Its looks like it has been aged for a while. The tea leave were coming off very easily without much prying. On the cover, it reads in Chinese Limited Edition 9999 Qty, and it has a collector's serial #. I have not tried yet. I am waiting for a relaxing weekend where I can fully enjoy the tea without any interruption. Thanks in advance for any comments and advice.

 

[ouch]

I've never seen that one, but it looks cooked, which makes it harder to guess the age.

Someone will probably chime in soon.

 

[dubl007]

Hi

Would you just need someone to translate the chinese on the cake ?

It looks very loose and light to be the fermented type pu erh .

 

[WWWent]

I don't need the translation. What I would like to know is if anybody recognizes the brand and when it was produce. It appears this is an export product since it’s written in traditional Chinese. I picked up in Guangzhou. I used to have a pu erh cake from Vancouver that was twenty years old. It’s also flicky like this one. The twenty yr old tea was not the best of quality but still very good. I like to know if I should seal it to prevent from further fermentation.

 

[Erik]

My best guess:

2003 Songpin Imperial, stone mold with manual pressing, from the Yiwu area.

Use very short seeps with this cake as the leaves are tiny and it will get bitter quickly.

 

[netsurfr]

Wow, Erik. I am seriously impressed!

 

[WWWent]

Thanks Erik. I'll post another one to see how good you guys are.

 

[ouch]

The nefertiti seems right to me.
http://multipleinfusions.com/?p=967