Mei Leaf / Chinalife - 1600 Year old Pu-erh

Do you work for Mei Leaf?

I look forward to the live sessions. It’s very enjoyable.

I created this thread because of Mei Leaf’s impressive YouTube videos and pu-erh. I wanted to know whether anyone had tried their pu-erh and what they thought as there were few reviews at the time.

I like to share some of their upcoming stuff for those who may be interested.

Perhaps start a new topic for fans of Mei Leaf. Just a suggestion. I don’t think this thread has done him any favors, far from it.

Agreed. This is about ancient tree claims and it has gone awfully off topic.

oh, please, would you stop posting these? why not start another thread for advertising?

Thanks Oli I missed tea123’s post.

It was a enjoyable session. I’m going to try that salad after I go shopping.

please start a new thread for these. This one is about : “Mei Leaf / Chinalife – 1600 Year old Pu-erh”, not “Mei Leaf’s live sessions”

I made the salad. Delicious. I recommend.

Very annoying. I’ve asked tea123 to start a new thread if they’d like to advertise for Meileaf….

So he has learned how much Gushu costs this doesn’t mean he is now selling actual gushu just because it now passes the price test does not mean it is real. He has lied or been hoodwinked before why should I think this any difference.

I think id Don wasn’t selling tea he would be selling used cars and lying about them too.

You guys are over the top. Shit talk all day. Pleasant.

The family business was scam-like Chinese medicine practices. There’s no question that kind of dishonesty pays well, but if you actually want good tea for a good price, don’t go to MeiLeaf. It’s that simple

On the plus side the videos get a lot of newbies interested in tea

Agreed…. I’ve created a new thread called “Mei-Leaf Chat.”

It is. It’s always fun to watch the attacks when something positive is posted. Think I’ll go check out the new chat thread. :)

Weasser, nothing really positive has been posted (at least not anything meaningful), just people oddly posting promotional materials in a thread filled with legitimate criticism. It’s like the Mei Leaf online promotional team didn’t read the thread but just thought, “Hey, it’s our name! Let’s post promotional material!”

There’re much more positive things that have been posted than you realize. It’s always bombarded with negative posts about trolls and fake accounts so it gets hidden fairly quickly. The promotional posts you’re referring to are fairly recent. The other kind of positive posts are rare now because it’s not worth trying to say anything positive. Even so, it’s fun to watch the attacks when somebody, including myself, has tried.

Very, very much in poor taste :(

THIS IS DISGUSTING especially coming from a British tea company.

12 pages of this thread, you cannot deny this is foul.

At work currently; 3/4 of my staff members currently working are aboriginal and all were completely disgusted by the usage (as am I/the other staff member). I’m sure the usage was born out of ignorance and not deliberately malicious; but you’re absolutely correct that it’s especially abhorrent given the fact Mei Leaf is British and I would have hoped they’d be especially aware of the negative cultural connotations here.

I’m also disappointed by the people in the reddit thread defending the usage; it doesn’t matter if you personally like the imagery – you have people of the heritage/culture used who are telling you that they ARE offended and that there is a very NEGATIVE racial connotation here historically. To me, that’s as bad as saying “it doesn’t matter if you find black face offensive – I think it’s very artistic and pretty”. NO.

I wish I found this surprising but anyone who would make up ridiculous lies to sell tea is not above a little racism. I am sure Don found it tasteful.

When I first saw email notice of this I thought it must refer to dragging up some insensitive image from a decade ago before political correctness extended to where it is today. I’m shocked that this is current, and exactly what one would expect, cliche stereotypes that were universally rejected over and over through very public debate. What kind of idiot would use a Native American image as marketing support in 2018, sent out in sticker form no less? Telling someone a moderately priced sheng is from 1600 year old trees more than defies belief, for a whole set of reasons, but this is on the next level. I went to a grade school that used a similar Native American / “Indian” image as a mascot—in Seneca, PA, hence the tie-in—and they eliminated that use because it was offensive to some people in the late 1970s, 40 years ago.

Very well stated, @john-in-siam.

where is tea123 now? :-P

It seems that Don has found something his defenders won’t defend.

I and a few others emailed MeiLeaf our complaint and we got a copy and paste of an apology and that they removed the stickers. This is good.

What still continues is on the Mei Leaf Discord is their fans are continuing to laugh at the whole situation and defend it, saying how we should feel, which is TLDR, be happy MeiLeaf made a beautiful headdress to remember our culture, as if First Nations sacred symbols are dead or some tourist attraction.

I’ve pressed them to make a public response instead of saying sorry to the people who called them directly on it. But damn, those MeiLeaf fans saying that stuff is disgustingly racist in their own space.