2012 Yunnan Sourcing "Qiu Yun" Wild Arbor Pu'erh of Yi Wu

sounds good…i’ll put that on my YS list…yeah,25g samples are great…

Terri, do you order from US site or Chinese? i would love to try so many things, but shipping is outrageous.

I order from their Chinese site, but in bulk, if you want to order I can add your list to mine next time. I’m also looking to go in on a combined purchase of raw pu erh with other tea lovers. The website has a lot of good stuff.

I originally ordered from the US site, but have subsequently ordered a couple of times from the China site, mainly because they listed some black teas I wanted to try out that weren’t listed on the US site.

Bigdaddy, it’s a great idea. Following you

I haven’t ordered from the U.S. site just due to the fact that they don’t have near the selection…shipping really isn’t that bad,especially if you’re making large orders…

Well, I guess I’m spoiled with free shipping when I order from ebay or Dragon tea house. At least if it could be fixed amount. I placed 4 teas like 50 g each, couple samples and glass teapot and shipping is like $18. Do you happen to know when raising of shipping costs stops? How big the order should be? Sorry for all the ??

i’ not sure…my cart is up to $400 and shipping is $27 and its going to be a heavy box…

The main downside of ordering from their China office is that if you’re like me, and you go with the cheap shipping, it takes 4 – 6 weeks to get your order. However, by then I almost forget I ordered, so then it’s like a surprise present :)

That’s exactly what I do. It’s like a new tea adventure. I actually wondered once, did I really order that. Yet all is good.

I may have to add one of these to the “stash”!

I’m thinking the same thing :)
I still haven’t ordered anything from Yunnan Sourcing. I’m afraid that if I do, it’s really gonna cost me.

Terri: I already tucked away a sample of this cake for the teabox for you to try!

Yay!!!

Terri try the us site for Yunnan Sourcing. I am not sure if they carry it on the US site but the shipping is much less.

I will…when I’m allowed to order again! LOL!

> Four years of Florida storage

Where in FL?

> I have to say I think it was better fresh

I have heard a theory that young sheng that is tasty goes stale after a few years and gets boring, because the fresh flowery stuff is gone but the mature tastes haven’t started to appear. This seems plausible to me: maybe that’s what’s going on with your tea?

Clearwater, near Tampa

That sounds plausible, it’s lost some of the desirable “fresh” traits but not yet gained much of an aged taste

Do you store your tea under A/C?

I have about convinced myself that my garage should be about perfect.

I store in A/C, but I take my tea boxes outside every once in a while. Are you in Florida too? I’m afraid that my garage would be too hot and humid

I’m over on the right coast, about halfway between Boca and West Palm. I was afraid the garage would bee too hot but have convinced myself otherwise. I’ve got it stacked on a shelf against a wall opposite the big door… it’s cooler there.

Tea hoarders….. ;P

I try Mr. M :P

You have had a good er, maybe not so good teacher….

Such modesty! I think you’re a silent force behind the North American pu revolution! We may be few, but we’re growing. :)

We are growing for sure, as well as our stash/ collections…

I thought the Qiu Yun was 2013, did Scott make this more than one year?

I think it was just 2012 but I’m not sure

sold out;(((

oh really? boo!

it was cheap, only $17

:/

Nice to see ya Dr. Roughage :-)

Steepster has been down for DAYS!!! So it might not be your browser!!

The tea sounds great!!

Sold out:(. Few days before I tried . Stupid me, I had the sample for some time but didn’t try. Lesson learned

I am still having some issues using Chrome, but I refuse to return to IE and I found Firefox too clunky. Still, it is good to know that it is not solely my browser that is at fault, TF.

Boychik, I seem to recall reading on a blog (possibly Hobbes?) that a sample was a single beeng. Perhaps that is the lesson needing to be learnt. :) I usually get a single beeng of each puerh, and only get smaller samples if the tea is monstrously expensive.

this sample i got from one extremely generous Steepsterite. i need to sample thing as soon as i get them. I do the same as you are, but recently i wasnt happy with my picking ;) so when a person offered me super generous samples i could not refuse. another problem i dont have a space to store any more (Im sure im not alone, haha)All the tops of my bookshelves are occupied with boxes.

Welcome back Roughage!
YUM!
FWIW:
- http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365692,00.asp
- http://www.consumersearch.com/web-browser-reviews

Thanks looseTman. Interesting links. I’d love to know why IE will load Steepster just fine but Chrome won’t. Meh, maybe I just need to use IE solely for Steepster. That way Google will know less about my tea drinking habits, but Bill Gates might get a tip-off on a good beeng to buy. :)

You’re welcome!
IE 11 and DuckDuckGo! – “The search engine that doesn’t track you.”

sounds like a lovely tea :)

Too bad it sold out preventing you from buying a cake. This one is worth owning IMHO.

Ooooooh

I have this and paid a lot more for it than what Scott was charging. A tea shop in my state gave me a sample with their store label on the tea. Ordered a cake and was shocked it turned out to be YS label. Told the tea shop it was shady selling, won’t go back there.