"Alex Chaihorsky" > writes:

> Ordinary cafe (let alone Dim Sum restaurants) in HK expects you to spend at
> least $10 with average probably closer to $15.
> Cheap black puerh costs about $5/cake (say, $7/lb)

That strikes me as a bit high, based on the fact that cheap shu is
cheaper in New York's Chinatown ($3-$4/cake.)

> Average "dose" would be 5-10 grams, ie. a quarter.

$7 divided by 454g = $.0154/g.

5g would cost 7.7 cents, and 10g would run you .15.

But, if my experience with shu pu'er in New York's Chinese restaurants
is any guide, and Rick indicates it is, even this would be much too
high, because they brew the tea amazingly weak.

/Lew
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