14 Tasting Notes
This was my first puerh way back when and it still has a special place in my har and tea cabinet. It can be brewed to produe many different flavors. the surface of the brick is covered with golden buds and the center is filled with large leaf. a very nice aged shu at an awesome price I believe I payed under fifteen dollars a brick but that was a few years ago.
This is a very good example of an aged liu an. It starts off with a little wierd taste from storage (not bad just different). But when most teas are starting to fade this tea is just waking up. Becoming quite tasty. The durability of this tea is impressive. I have had pots of this tea last almost a week with extended brewing. there are very few aged liu an teas available online this is a good one.
Verdant tea is ripping people off selling this ten dollar bottom shelf Puerh for well over a hundred dollars trying to pass it off as a boutique production. This is a great tea for ten dollars. Which it what it cost from other vendors. The fact that verdant tea is selling this tea for a hundred some odd dollars means they either are dishonest or know nothing about Puerh.
And in case you think I am ignorant as to how a business works, I’ve been in a family owned small business for nearly 20 years, managing it for the last 10. When you sell a product that cost you, lets say $.80 to make for $1.60, you are not making 100% profit. With taxes, payroll, and other overhead you are making somewhere between 20-30% profit. So you must factor in payroll, shipping, website and whatever other costs are involved in Verdant’s products. This is the cost that must be compared. Have you ever been to Teavana? The Dancong they sell is around $24 for 2oz, it’s $18 on Verdant’s site. And if you ever have had a Dancong, the two aren’t even remotely comparable, the Teavana version doesn’t even taste like a Dancong. But I am not on their steepster post rating that tea a 20, nor am I calling them price gougers, or accusing them of “shady business dealings.” They also do not produce Laoshan Black, my favorite black tea, as no other company but Verdant does. It’s like saying that Acura is gouging customers because its TL is just a Honda Accord. Or that Audi gouges because the A3 is a Volkswagen Golf
This tea was for sale at the time of my original posting as I checked the price of a cake on there site. Wow I think your a little to “attached” to verdant tea .
I have never shopped at Teavana. But I can tell you comparing to Pinot noir’s based on price alone . Actually it is worse because there are many different varietals of dancong. And There factors to consider when comparing two teas such as season year, hand processed or machine, hand harvested or machine, Not to mention the quality of the actual tea aroma appearance. These are all factors that go into pricing a tea. But I do appreciate your business advice. I’m sure your helping my profit margin. I can’t believe I never thought to include shipping into my business expenses (said with heavy sarcasm). Yes I do run my own business?
