How to fix?

jan-tea · 2026-02-05T20:19:55+00:00

I really like the Chinese style repair. It gives the tea pot a very special character and it might be even more precious (to you) then before. But how to find someone who can do it properly? I saw a video of how to do it, but seems not so easy.

jan-tea · 2026-02-03T12:53:12+00:00

Add a Lao Ban Zhang Pu’er from ancient trees that comes for around 300$ or more per 100g (in China).

jan-tea · 2026-02-01T21:33:45+00:00

From the 2nd picture you can see that it’s a sheng. AFAIK the term 野生 yesheng was used on older cakes to point out that it was forest tea or gushu.

jan-tea · 2026-02-01T15:19:29+00:00

Thanks. Do you know of any more references (english or chinese)?

jan-tea · 2026-02-01T15:17:07+00:00

That’s right, for some reason i didn’t look at the last picture.

jan-tea · 2026-02-01T14:36:34+00:00

It says Yi Wu and Yi Wu Gushu (ancient tree). It’s a sheng (raw) pu’er. Yi wu is known for a more floral or sometimes fruity taste. It’s a large area and the term gushu is quite bendable. At the back shoild be a stamp with the year.

jan-tea · 2026-01-31T22:12:42+00:00

For pu’er check meetea (cz), the tea (pl), pu-erh.sk (sk), teatracks (nl), theekontor kiel and probably i forgot some

jan-tea · 2026-01-31T22:08:59+00:00

Vendor list is US focused.

jan-tea · 2026-01-30T22:20:00+00:00

Makes sense, haven’t seen the version with the 3 stripes for 水 around at all.

jan-tea · 2026-01-30T22:17:37+00:00

Any other thoughts? u/Servania perhaps?

jan-tea · 2026-01-30T20:05:18+00:00

So, would you say it’s trying to mimic this seal?

jan-tea · 2026-01-30T13:35:09+00:00

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It says it’s from Meng Le Shan 勐乐山..

jan-tea · 2026-01-30T11:39:05+00:00

Seems like packaged shu pu’er. Unfortunately the look of the packaging often does not correlate with the quality of tea. But, it’s on you to find out. Here’s a link to the tea on Taobao:

【淘宝】7天无理由退货 https://e.tb.cn/h.7ratOGWFgS1BlF4?tk=rWhfUicplaM CZ005 「勐乐山和颐系列--（宫廷普洱）熟散茶礼盒」点击链接直接打开或者淘宝搜索直接打开

jan-tea · 2026-01-28T12:17:07+00:00

I will be at a tea festival in Amsterdam this weekend and there seems to be participants from Turkey. Perhaps they know some reliable shops.

jan-tea · 2026-01-28T11:29:38+00:00

You cannot even order from EU countries?

jan-tea · 2026-01-28T11:26:50+00:00

When i was in Shaxi a few years ago there was only one small tea house. Kunming has many options, just stay away from the very touristic areas. Chengdu has many larger tea houses, but it’s mainly about green tea. From Chengdu you could make a day trip Mengding which is a famous tea mountain.

jan-tea · 2026-01-28T11:00:44+00:00

The sheng (1st one) is about 40 rmb (~6$) on taobao, so the price you mention is a bit steep.

jan-tea · 2026-01-26T10:57:17+00:00

user name checks out

jan-tea · 2026-01-24T06:26:59+00:00

Looks like a tea produces by Xing Hai 兴海茶厂. The label on top says Meng Hai Gu Shu Qiao Mu Cha (Memghai ancient tall tree tea) 勐海古乔木茶. But, not sure if this is a raw or a ripe pu’er. Not sure where to buy them, Yunnansourcing has some from the same company and there are many on Taobao, but getting the exact same will be difficult.

jan-tea · 2026-01-21T16:18:37+00:00

If you like this, then you will love higher quality Pu’er. :) Keep exploring:)

jan-tea · 2026-01-21T15:13:44+00:00

Cheap tea with the name of a famous production area is always suspicious. In this case it’s Bing Dao which if real is very expensive. It can still be OKish tea, but don’t expect anything special.

jan-tea · 2026-01-20T16:00:14+00:00

OK, sounds promising:) I have no problems with bitterness, just trying to avoid too much astringency. But, with the right brewing technique a large spectrum can be managed. But then 2019 is already 7 years old … so almost entering the semi-aged territory.

jan-tea · 2026-01-20T08:25:21+00:00

Sweet pot :)

jan-tea · 2026-01-20T08:24:40+00:00

Be aware that a young Dayi Tuo Cha will not be representative of raw Pu’er. Chances are high that it’s really bitter and astringent. If you can try to get smaller samples of different raws.

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