Oddly enough, I just purchased one of these ($3.70 Australian) in my local Chinese
Supermarket (Sussex St, Sydney CBD, Australia) just the other day.

Despite much searching, I failed to discover any civet-cat parts.

The only other pu-erh I've had (so far) is from Tao of Tea (mass-market commercialised
product).

(to my inexperienced buds) The Yunnan tasted more like a 'normal' good black than the Tao
(earthy flavors significantly more subtle)

Phil P

In article >,
says...
> I also found one tuocha from "China national native produce &
> animal by-products import & export corporation, Yunnan tea branch." $1.39
> for a bird's-nest about 2" in diameter, even twiggier than the canned
> product. Haven't tried it yet. Hope it doesn't contain civet-cat innards.
>