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Has anybody noticed a Puer price drop at the online sites like Yunnan
Sourcing or Dragon Tea House? I can't access TaoBao anymore with my
crappy internet connection.

Jim

Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Space Cowboy > wrote:
> >It's been nearly a year since I've looked at Puer prices. I hear the
> >horror stories about the prices. My local Asian stores unstocked
> >about six months ago even on the CNNP XiaGuan shu and sheng. I saw
> >some yesterday, the 100g sheng and 250g shu was $7 which was always
> >previously around a buck and loose change.

>
> Wait until next spring when the next new thing is in and the masses will
> have forgotten about Pu-Ehr. You'll see some desperate selling, and you
> will see some of those "investment grade" old teas coming out of the closets
> for good prices too.
> --scott
>
>
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."