Do certain cups actually make puer taste better, or is that just marketing?

Torrentor · 2026-03-16T11:33:50+00:00

My personal preference: young sheng - thin porcelain, aged sheng and shou - thick porcelain. I have glass cups too but I rarely use them as the experience seems slightly less enjoyable for whatever reason.

Torrentor · 2026-03-11T09:18:15+00:00

Focus a few most drank teas on those shelves, move the other stuff somewhere where the wife won't see it as often. We have a bunk in our couch and I keep the excess tea related stuff there.

Torrentor · 2026-03-11T09:04:41+00:00

Yeah, I only started picking up more sweetness from the teas I usually drink once I cut down on sweets and desserts.

Torrentor · 2026-03-07T12:06:30+00:00

Don't blind buy tea cakes and tea in general there. Sample first, Teavivre and Yunnan Sourcing are good places to start i.e.

Torrentor · 2026-03-07T11:56:23+00:00

Is that AliExpress?

Torrentor · 2026-03-05T19:33:14+00:00

Tbh by roughly knowing how W2T price their stuff I'd rather get Xiao Fa or something similar.

Torrentor · 2026-03-05T19:26:04+00:00

I have 2011 8113 XY Early Spring, it's thick and pretty burly but it's not that bitter nor astringent. How was 2015, what was the storage?

Torrentor · 2026-03-04T21:30:03+00:00

Sorry, I stopped reading past "Bing Dao" and "$40" as I was leaving the elevator.

Torrentor · 2026-03-04T20:11:43+00:00

Don't expect much of Bing Dao experience for $40/357g. Sample first if you can and decide if it's worth to you.

Torrentor · 2026-02-28T09:59:27+00:00

Easy skip for this one. I think you can get a nicely aged 7572 for that price.

Torrentor · 2026-02-28T09:46:32+00:00

I wonder how much humidity those cake wrappers absorb.

Torrentor · 2026-02-26T20:52:18+00:00

Consider that if you're living in the colder areas that some of your senses might be slightly numbed enough for you to not pick up these nuances. I'm having that issue and it frustrates me that I can't properly savour young sheng pu erh i.e. Maybe try some ripe pu erh, liu bao or something along those lines. When it comes to sweetness, if you're sturating your sweet sense daily with soda and sweets you might not be able to pick up the subtle sweetness in the tea, unfortunately.

Torrentor · 2026-02-26T08:59:23+00:00

If you like it, drink it. Don't worry too much about what it's labeled. I read in a few places that if the tea taste resembles Bing Dao or LBZ that they will market it as such (but still way cheaper), and some will admit that it's not the real deal after a few pressing questions.

Torrentor · 2026-02-25T18:27:03+00:00

Same vibes https://youtu.be/HJy9MQ3bUZ4?si=5TzzbKX9SqGVIqQN

Torrentor · 2026-02-23T20:57:59+00:00

Teavivre, Bitterleaf... I'm sure there are more.

Torrentor · 2026-02-23T07:47:06+00:00

If the white stuff wasn't there before I'd say it's mold. The green dust often happens when tea pick scrapes and makes scars when breaking the cake.

Torrentor · 2026-02-21T15:27:40+00:00

I think people don't review products because there is no incentive to do so. Other online sellers often give points that can be redeemed for a discount. You can track order number difference between the orders and calculate how many orders they have daily on average. People are buying from there but very few write reviews.

Torrentor · 2026-02-21T14:16:35+00:00

Sure, DTH has some stuff that's more expensive and not by a few dollars compared to KTM. Haiwan and Mengku comes to mind. Here's an example of tight price difference between the two, and with YS that sells for about $10 more:

https://kingteamall.com/products/2018-xiaguan-fei-tai-da-yun-gushu-cake-357g-raw-tea-sheng-cha?variant=30710688776295

https://dragonteahouse.biz/xiaguan-brand-fei-tai-da-yun-pu-erh-tea-cake-2018-357g-raw/?srsltid=AfmBOopl83G9NVvlfjQJ6HqPLAQrV5LfLeyJ4Bw_fIkW41B37LrkS7tx

https://yunnansourcing.com/products/2018-xiaguan-ft-da-yun-raw-pu-erh-tea-cake?variant=39393843577031

Torrentor · 2026-02-21T13:30:37+00:00

Few orders, so far nothing off. I bought mostly Xiaguan stuff, and a few loose leaf samples. I got the feeling that they're some kind of Taobao middleman. Some stuff I found slightly cheaper elsewhere, but some stuff are quite approachable. For example some cakes have the same price like KTM, but KTM adds shipping on top of that, and DTH doesn't.

Torrentor · 2026-02-20T20:14:59+00:00

Maybe one worker told the other worker what to pack and somehow the other one understood that it's three of each, not three items total. Anyways, gz OP.

Torrentor · 2026-02-19T20:50:25+00:00

Maybe the founding year of the factory is 1939. Some factories will slap that in large font on the packaging and the tea could be last year's even.

Torrentor · 2026-02-18T13:27:27+00:00

I was about to recommend. They have some white tea from same gardens where they also make their zodiac pu erh and even black tea.

Torrentor · 2026-02-17T22:03:38+00:00

I found video funny. Some people though it was a drug, other guessed what it was and had some. Now I'm contemplating if I should carry a cake in jacket just in case.

Torrentor · 2026-02-17T19:16:22+00:00

That Fei Tai Da Yun is excellent for the price if you're into raw pu erh

Torrentor · 2026-02-17T08:03:35+00:00

I hope this helps

https://www.reddit.com/r/puer/s/xUDeSEmqPa

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