Here is some translated Chinese information:
http://tinyurl.com/yfb5d8n
At best a green Shui Xian. What next a green Darjeeling brick.
Interesting Photo and Video links.
Jim

On Nov 12, 1:08 pm, "Dominic T." > wrote:
....Someone needs to protect Shui Xian with a logo...
>
> I've had it and I do like it, but what I was saying is that the
> "brick" format doesn't do anything special for the tea... it's not
> like Puer where fermentation is part of the game or overly long
> storage (although I'd imagine a very old Shui Xian stored as such
> would be very good). I prefer the really heavily charcoal roasted Shui
> Xian which is almost charcoal itself, long storage would just softent
> he bamboo charcoal notes and it would never compress into brick form,
> it would just be debris. I've had some Shui Xian which was quite old
> and taken out of storage to be re-roasted and stored again repeatedly
> (I believe it was 16 years old), it was amazing. But again in brick
> form it wouldn't have worked.
>
> I'd say if it is the only option and Upton's is the only option, then
> go for the brick option in this case. I'd still say picking up a good
> middle-of-the-road shui xian from almost anywhere else would be an
> upgrade though.
>
> - Dominic