Lewis Perin wrote:
> "Space Cowboy" > writes:
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > 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.
>
> Tuochas are bowl-shaped, not ball-shaped. Can the original poster
> clarify this?

The Puerh that I tried at Teavana was loose, and very black looking.
They said that it was aged for 15 years.

Cathy Weeks