It's called Xiao Tuo Cha, small(mini) bowl tea. Puerh can come loose,
or compressed as Tuo ('birdsnest') or beeng('pancakes'). The mini
tuocha is about 10g, tuocha 100g, and beeng 300g+. The Xiao is good
for a pot. The other two you have to crumble.

Jim

Patrick Heinze wrote:
> Ater I read so much about Pu Erh in this NG I decided to give it a
2nd
> try. I just stumbled over it, not in a teashop though, but in a local

> imported goods shop. I got a kind of pressed 'teaball', about 1,5 cm
in
> diameter...well...not really a ball, but pressed and small, though
^-^
> Anyone knows what this is? Is that one of the 'cakes' read aout?