Hong Kong Stored Pu-erh Tea
Really good Hong Kong Stored Pu-erh Tea is difficult to find today and often becomes diminish and misunderstand as wet stored Pu-erh. Just watched tv program about making cheese in Paris, small shop with a small basement, ferment their own special cheese type. It is exactly like that to make a good piece of Pu-erh, you need to nurture it, take care of it. Develop a good tasting Hong Kong stored pu-erh tea is more then just let it grow moldy…
Not many tea I see is advertised as Hon Kong stored? Are there any good companies selling Hong Kong stored teas out of Hong Kong?
Not many, http://www.generationtea.com is one of the few still around with old Hong Kong stored Pu-erh.
We did sell a lot Hong Kong stored Pu-erh when we started, the hype of Pu-erh with the new style Green Pu-erhs disrupt us. From our stand point, call me old fashion if you like, most of new fashion Green Pu-erhs are not meant to drink old. By the way, Is there still interest out there for Hong Kong Stored Pu-erh?
Many of the new green tea cakes available in the west that people buy here on Steepster contain northern Yunnan tea, such as Lincang area rather than more bitter southern teas like Menghai. Or they are a Menghai blended with northern tea to make them drinkable. In part, northern tea is what is accessible to western vendors and less pricey. However, the vendors also found that the new buyers today are drinking the tea new. So they adapted to consumer behavior to offer teas that can be consumed now.
These new teas may not have the longevity for aging. But aging is not necessarily of interest to many buyers, they don’t want to invest in a set up for aging nor take the time to learn about it. And they like to buy more tea every year, so the vendor benefits from selling northern tea fresh each year. Here in the drier climates, a worthy consideration is buying tea with the bulk of the fermentation and aging completed in Asia, and then the buyer either finishes the process or just airs out the warehouse storage.
My understanding is that GenerationTea uses the same Taiwan-based wholesaler as Tea Classico. I often compare the prices of GT offerings elsewhere, and GT prices are often on the high end. However, given the shipping may be lower from GT’s US location to buyers in the US, this might somewhat mitigate the higher price tag.
Assume they are well aged pu-erh, Generation Tea’s and teaclassico prices are reasonable, if we start to offering more Hong Kong stored Pu-erh it would be at the similar price tag.
Good to hear that. I know the owner of GT, since I started my business in 2004. But not affiliated with Generation tea. In a sense we are competitor:).
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