You guys are paying way too much for your shu at a dim sum restaurant.
I can buy Foojoy Bonay 5lb/2.27kg bags for $5 or $6 for the bag with
the transliteration Pu'er. The oolong and jasmine bags are the same
weight and price. Now if I could only find cheap dim sum.

Jim

Lewis Perin wrote:
> "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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