Michael Plant > wrote in message >...
> 3/27/04
>
>
> > Has anyone seen these guys before?
> >
> > http://www.teahub.com/puerhtea.htm
> >
> > Seems to be a tea company out of Yunnan. They posted something on
> > teamail the other day, indicating that they "now" take retail orders
> > from North America. Inquiring about a price list, they responded
> > promptly (overnight), and the prices on their tea seem somewhat high
> > ($50 for young green cake to $1000 for top 1952 bingcha, some grades
> > of loose pu-erh are more reasonable). Oh, yes, and shipping is high:
> > $10 per kilo, and you pay shipping for at least 2 kilos.
> >
> > Has anyone out there had any experience with these folks?
> >
> > ZBL
>
> I got the same response you did. Otherwise, I have no further information.
> Were you able to determine the *quantity* on sale for the thousand
> smackaroos, etc?
>
> Michael

As far as I can tell, compressed teas are priced per unit (so $50 is
one young green cake, $1000 is one 1952 cake), and the really
expensive one seems to be a standard-sized bingcha (375g). Loose stuff
seems

Z