Re: Kunming DRY storage
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2022 1:34 am
@aet: I suppose that flavour and smoothness can be faked, but the thing that people haven't been able to fake yet (so far as I'm aware) is the feeling that old tea can give me.
Some of the 2000s / 90s / 80s descriptions for puer (especially for loose leaf puer) can be treated like generic quality descriptions (ie, 80s should be 'better' than 90s, etc), but if they provide a nice, strong, calming, energetic feeling, then they're worth it to me (subject to price, of course), and ff not, then they're not worth it, regardless of whether or not they're actually that old.
I've had a few 90s cakes that I have to accept were good quality and well-stored tea, but they were just too green for me, whereas some loose leaf tea was actually more to my liking.
But I suppose people need to try genuine examples before they can make decisions based on how a tea should 'feel', if they care about such things at all, which is where fakers come into the pictures, unfortunately...
You've inspired me; I'm going to enjoy some 70s loose leaf puer tonight, while I have the time to do so.
Andrew
Some of the 2000s / 90s / 80s descriptions for puer (especially for loose leaf puer) can be treated like generic quality descriptions (ie, 80s should be 'better' than 90s, etc), but if they provide a nice, strong, calming, energetic feeling, then they're worth it to me (subject to price, of course), and ff not, then they're not worth it, regardless of whether or not they're actually that old.
I've had a few 90s cakes that I have to accept were good quality and well-stored tea, but they were just too green for me, whereas some loose leaf tea was actually more to my liking.
But I suppose people need to try genuine examples before they can make decisions based on how a tea should 'feel', if they care about such things at all, which is where fakers come into the pictures, unfortunately...
You've inspired me; I'm going to enjoy some 70s loose leaf puer tonight, while I have the time to do so.
Andrew