Thread: Teaser for Group Buy on B&B extended to SRP

Hello all,
Previous buys have been a great success with everyone getting a great deal on tea. So I have decided to continue the trend and have launched the fifth Group Buy of this type on B&B.

The previous group buy is located here: B&B Group Buy #4 - Badger & Blade

If you don't want to be teased, don't read on because I have the tea shipped by slow boat to give us the best prices. It takes about two months for the products to arrive.

Here is the next haul for the group:

2006 Menghai v93 Raw Pu-erh tea tuo cha
2005 Menghai Tea Factory Raw Premium Pu-erh Brick
2007 Menghai Tea Factory 8582 Recipe Raw Pu-erh 357g
2007 Menghai Tea Factory * 7532 * Raw Pu-erh Tea cake
2007 Menghai Tea Factory * 7542 Recipe Raw Pu-erh 357g
2007 Menghai * 0772 * Raw Pu-erh tea cake * 400 grams
2006 Menghai Factory * 7582 * Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2007 Menghai Tea Factory * 7262 * Ripe Pu-erh Tea cake
2007 Menghai Tea Factory * Secret Aroma Raw Pu-erh 400 grams
2007 Menghai 7452 Ripe Pu-erh tea cake * 357 grams
2007 Menghai Tea Factory 7572 * Ripe Pu-erh Tea cake
2007 Menghai Silver Dayi Premium Raw Pu-erh tea cake - 357 grams
2008 Menghai V93 Premium Ripe Pu-erh tea * 500 grams
2007 Menghai Tea Factory Adorned in Red * Ripe Pu-erh - Adorned in Red
2007 Menghai Golden Needle & White Lotus 357 grams
2007 Menghai 7672 Ripe Pu-erh tea 357 grams
2008 Menghai "0532" Premium Ripe Pu-erh tea cake 357 grams
2008 Menghai Tea Factory Early Spring Bu Lang Maiden's Tea Cake
2008 Menghai "Da Yi Hong" Premium Raw tea cake 357 grams 801
2008 Menghai "Classic" Premium Raw tea cake 357g
2008 Menghai "Classic" Premium Ripe tea cake * 357g
2008 Menghai Tea Factory * 8562 * Ripe Pu-erh Tea cake
2007 Menghai Tea Factory * 8592 Recipe Ripe Pu-erh 357 grams
2008 Menghai "Hong Yun" Ripe Pu-erh Mini tea cake 100 grams
2008 Menghai Tea Factory * 7632 * Ripe Pu-erh Tea cake
2008 Menghai "0622" Premium Raw Pu-erh tea cake * 400g
2008 Menghai 7562 Classic Ripe Pu-erh Brick tea * 250 grams
2008 Menghai Tea Factory * 8582 * Raw Pu-erh Tea cake
2008 Menghai Tea Factory * 7542 * Raw Pu-erh Tea cake
2008 Menghai Tea Factory * 7532 * Raw Pu-erh Tea cake
2008 Menghai Tea Factory * 7542 802 * Raw Pu-erh Tea
2008 Menghai "Five Colored Pea****" Raw Pu-erh tea set

2005 Xiaguan "Crane Label" Ripe Pu-erh tea tuo * 250 grams
2006 Xiaguan Baoyan Premium Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick * 250 grams
2007 Xiaguan "Gold Ribbon" Pu-erh tea tuo in box * 100g
2007 Xiaguan "T8633" Raw Pu-erh tea Iron Cake * 357g
2007 Xiaguan "Holy Flame" Raw Pu-erh tea tuo * 125g
2005 Xiaguan "Cang Er Tuo Cha" Raw Pu-erh tea tuo 250g
2008 Xiaguan FT "For Taiwan #6 Cake" Raw Pu-erh * 400g
2008 Xiaguan XY "8853" Recipe Raw Pu-erh tea cake 357g
2008 Xiaguan "Te Zhi" Premium Raw Pu-erh tea cake 357g
2008 Xiaguan FT "Jia Ji" Raw Pu-erh tea bagged tuo 500g
2008 Xiaguan "Dali Tuo" Raw Pu-erh tea tuo in box 100g
2008 Xiaguan "Dream of the Red Chamber" Raw Pu-erh tuo
2008 Xiaguan FT "Nan Zhao Tuo Cha" Pu-erh Tea
2004 Xiaguan "Crane Label" Te Ji Raw Pu-erh tea in box
2008 Xiaguan FT "Instant Sensation" Raw Pu-erh tea 357g
2005 Xiaguan Ancient Wild Tree Raw Pu-erh tea
2008 Xiaguan FT "Happy Tuo" Raw Pu-erh tea in box 100g
2008 Xiaguan FT "Nan Zhao Yu" Raw Pu-erh tea cake 400g
2008 Xiaguan XY "Yi Wu Big Green Tree" Pu-erh tea 357g
2008 Xiaguan FT "Nan Zhao Round Cake" Pu-erh Tea * 454g
2008 Xiaguan FT "Exquisite Elegance" Pu-erh Tea * 454g
2008 Xiaguan FT "Yun Mei" Raw Pu-erh tea iron cake 500g
2008 Xiaguan FT "Mushroom Tuo" Raw Pu-erh tea - 250 grams
2008 Xiaguan FT "Imperial Tribute" Raw Pu-erh tea cake
2008 Xiaguan "7653 Round Cake" Raw Pu-erh tea cake 357g

2009 Mu Ye Chun "Early Spring" Raw Pu-erh tea * 400g
2009 Mengku "Spirit of Tea" Premium Raw Pu-erh tea 500g
2009 Mengku "1974" Premium Raw Pu-eh tea cake * 500g
2009 Mengku "Highest Essence" Raw Pu-erh tea cake 400g
2008 Mengku Mu Ye Chun "Old Tree Green Cake" Raw Pu-erh
2007 Mengku * Mu Ye Chun * 001 * Raw Tea Cake of Yongde
2007 Mengku * Mu Ye Chun * 002 * Raw Tea Cake of Yongde
2008 Mu Ye Chun "99801" Premium Ripe Pu-erh tea * 400 grams
2008 Mengku * Wild Arbor King * Raw Pu-erh tea 500 gram
2007 Mengku * Wild Arbor King * Raw Pu-erh tea 500 gram
2009 Mengku "Certified Organic" Raw Pu-erh tea * 500g
2007 Xi-Zhi Hao * Dragon Phoenix * Raw Pu-erh Cake 400g
2007 Xi-Zhi Hao * Classic 8582 * Raw Pu-erh Cake * 400g
2007 Xi-Zhi Hao * Classic 7542 * Raw Pu-erh Cake * 400g
2007 Xi-Zhi Hao * Yuan Shi Lin Wild Arbor Pu-erh * 400g
2007 Xi-Zhi Hao * Huang Shan Lin Wild Arbor Pu-erh 400g
1998 Guang Yun Gong Bing * Raw Pu-erh tea cake * 400 grams
2000 Yong Pin Hao "Yi Wu Zheng Shan" Stone-Pressed Raw tea cake
2003 Yong Pin Hao "Yi Wu Zheng Shan" Pu-erh tea cake
2006 Haiwan * Certified Organic * Pasha Mountain Pu-erh Tea
2007 Haiwan Tea Factory * 7038 Blend Premium Raw Pu-erh
2006 Haiwan "Bu Lang Wild Arbor" Raw Pu-erh tuos * 500g
2006 Haiwan * Pure Purple Bud Raw Pu-erh Tea * 357 g
2006 Haiwan Remote Mountain Ancient Tree Pu-erh Tea
2006 Haiwan * Pea**** Quest * Raw Pu-erh tea cake 357g
2006 Haiwan * Pea**** Quest * Ripe Pu-erh tea cake 357g
2007 Haiwan Tea Factory * 7578 Blended Premium Ripe Pu-erh
2007 Haiwan * Lao Tong Zhi "7968" * Raw Pu-erh Tea cake
2005 Hai Lang Hao "Lincang Impression" Raw Pu-erh tea
2004 Hai Lang Hao "Big Snow Mountain" Raw Pu-erh tea
2005 Hai Lang Hao "Ba Ma Gong Chun" Raw Pu-erh tea 357g
2008 Hai Lang Hao "Star of Bu Lang" Raw tea cake * 357g
Hai Lang Hao * Lao Ban Zhang & Man'E Ancient Arbor cake
2007 Hai Lang Hao * Bu Lang Mountain Wild Arbor Pu-erh
2002 Hai Lang Hao * Mengku Wild Arbor cake * 400 grams
2007 Hai Lang Hao * Jing Mai Mountain Wild Arbor Pu-erh

Green, White, Red, Black teas
Certified Organic Jasmine Pearl Green Tea
Early Spring Yunnan Silver Needles White Tea 2009 spring
Yunnan Pure Small Bud Black Tea Gold Tips
2009 Bai Mu Dan * Supreme Yunnan White Tea
"Snow Dragon" Supreme Yunnan Pure Bud Green Tea
2009 "Yunnan Pure Bud Bi Luo Chun" Green tea
Imperial Golden Pu-erh of Menghai - Loose Ripe tea
Spring 2008 Phoenix Dan Cong * Orchid Nectar Aroma
Yunnan Black Gold * 1 leaf / 1 bud Simao Black Tea
Big Red Robe * Wu Yi Rock Tea Fujian Oolong
2002 Liu Bao tea in Bamboo Basket * Wuzhou Guangxi
1999 Aged Liu An Basket of Anhui * 450 grams Black tea

Teawares
Bao Lan Zhu Ni "Fang Gu" Yixing teapot by Zhu Xin Nan
Bao Lan Zhu Ni "Pear Shape" Yixing teapot Zhu Xin Nan
Ben Shan Green Clay "Dragon Egg" Yixing teapot 150ml
Ben Shan Green Clay "Fang Gu" Yixing teapot 120ml
Ben Shan Green Clay "Rong Tian" Yixing teapot 170ml
Ben Shan Green Clay "Xi Shi" Yixing teapot 200ml
Ben Shan Green Clay "Dragon Egg" Yixing teapot 150ml
Pea Green Clay "Silk Tree" Teapot of Yixing * 220ml
Da Hong Pao Clay "Gu Shi Shui Ping" Yixing teapot 130ml
Da Hong Pao Clay "Pomelo" Wen Dan Yixing teapot * 160ml
Da Hong Pao Clay "Duo Qiu" Yixing teapot * 150ml
Da Hong Pao Clay "Ru Yi Shi Piao" Yixing teapot * 250ml
Da Hong Pao Clay Cups * Set of 2 cups by Wang Jian Ying
Da Hong Pao Clay "Dragon Egg" Yixing teapot * 110ml
Yixing Teapot Stand * Carved Wood Burl * 10cm diameter
Bamboo Tray for Chiseling Away at your Pu-erh tea cake
Electronic Scale * 0.1 gram to 500 grams * SF-700
High Compression Bamboo Tea Table "Groove" 70cm * 43cm
"Goldfish" * Tea Table with Plastic Catchment tray
Portable Tea Table w/ cover * Gong Fu Tea Brewing HTP-B
Yin and Yang * Bamboo Tea Table * 31 x 31 x 6 cm
Ceramic Water Buffalo Strainer and Stand * Gong Fu Tea
Jingdezhen Porcelain Gaiwan "Mudan" Blue on White 125m
Hand-Painted Lotus on White Celadon Gaiwan * 200ml
Hand-Painted Gaiwan * 125ml * Blue Goldfish * Gai Wan
Jingdezhen Porcelain Gaiwan "Red and Blue Koi" 120ml
"Ge Yao" Celadon * 70ml Ceramic Tea Cup * Set of 2 cups
Celadon Ceramic Drinking Cups * Set of 6 * 40ml each
Red Zisha Cups w/ White Glazed Interior * 4 cups * 40ml
DB Zisha Cups w/ White Glazed Interior * 4 cups * 40ml
"Rust Gradient Ceramic Tea Cup * Large tea cup 125ml
"Alabaster and Bamboo" Large Ceramic tea cup * 125ml
Pu-erh tea cake or brick prying pick / needle * Stand!
Knife for Prying Away at your Pu-erh Tea Brick or Cake
Porcelain Gaiwan * White Elegance * 100 ml * Gai Wan

If you are interested in cooked pu, then please let me know what to reserve for you since I ordered it in limited quantities. If you are interested in tong quantities, you may also want to reserve that since I do not have unlimited quantites. Finally, teawares are only being purchased in limited quantities so if you see something you want, reserve that also.

Enjoy the drooling.

Many thanks to all that contributed to identifying some of the teas for this Group Buy.
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Good Shaving and
Good Tea Drinking,
Steve
(The facilitator for Tea Acquisition Disorder (TAD))

A lot of folks frequently ask me about pu-erh tea brewing parameters so I thought I would address it in this thread.

I don't believe that there is an authoritative source for brewing your tea since the parameters often vary by tea and sometimes you have to play it by ear a bit. That is what makes it a challenge and a bit of an adventure. I am going to largely quote some starting points for green or raw pu-erh provided by Scott of Yunnan Sourcing. However, I will add a bit based on my personal experience:

"Pu-erh tea brewing is not so different from oolong teas. You want the water as hot as possible when you pour it into the pot. If you are going to use yixing, I would dedicate one pot for ripe pu-erh and another for raw. It is up to you, however.

With pu-erhs I typically wash the leaves twice for period of about 20 seconds each time. [Some folks only wash the leaves once]. The third infusion is most often used for drinking. The first two infusions wash the leaves and prime them, use the tea water to wash the cups. The third and fourth infusions don't require long infusions times at all (20 seconds or less). [This time includes the time to pour the tea from the pot or other container. So, if it takes 15 seconds to pour from the pot, then it only takes about 5 seconds to infuse the tea in these early infusions.] Smell your tea and taste your tea. [If you find your tea too bitter or astringent, then you may need to go with zero seconds in the pot before you start pouring it off into the cup. If the tea is too light or has too little depth, then you may need to extend the infusion times.]

Pay attention to the taste and the infused liquor of the tea through succesive infusions, as the leaves "give it up" you will want to extend infusion times to get more out of the leaves. Most Pu-erhs can be infused anywhere between 10 and 20 times.

When prying leaves from a cake or brick, try to remove layer by layer and avoid breaking the tea leaves too much, broken up leaves when brewed will become bitter.

Another factor worth mentioning that will affect the outcome of your brew is how much tea you decide to use. Although many people measure weight (tea) versus volume (water), I prefer an intuitive approach, filling the the tea pot to about a quarter of its volume with leaves. Notice how tightly compressed Pu-erhs will expand more when infused than those that are less tightly compressed. Pay attention to the gradual expansion of the leaves and the flavor that comes out of them. [Another approach to this particular parameter is to use about 5-7 grams of tea per 100 ml of liquid content in your pot. I personally tend to use the lesser tea amounts until I become familiar with the tea.]

Try “tweaking” the different variables I’ve mentioned and pay attention to the result, this is part of the enjoyment of discovering Pu-erh!"

The bracketed comments are my comments. The rest of the information can be found under the tea description on any tea on the YSLLC site.

Cheers,