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  • Pu-erh counterfeiting caught on vid

    From Dario Niedermann@dnied@tiscali.it to rec.food.drink.tea on Wed Apr 8 10:58:21 2015
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    Check this video out: https://instagram.com/p/1LQgpuHjLd/

    Description: Caught this guy rubbing a puer brick on the street in the
    Kunming market to make the wrapper look "old."

    Not my own video, found it on Reddit.
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  • From Oregonian Haruspex@bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com to rec.food.drink.tea on Thu Apr 9 18:47:54 2015
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    On 2015-04-08 08:58:21 +0000, Dario Niedermann said:

    Check this video out: https://instagram.com/p/1LQgpuHjLd/

    Description: Caught this guy rubbing a puer brick on the street in the Kunming market to make the wrapper look "old."

    Not my own video, found it on Reddit.

    It seems like this is likely to be pretty pervasive. I also suspect
    that puerh teas are upgraded by the substitution of a new wrapper as
    well.

    Popular puerh manufacturers have been taking steps against this such as placing the tea in a sealed plastic bag with tiny air holes, and also
    boxing the teas and affixing holographic sticker seals. These may be effective to some degree but as time goes on, I think it's probable
    that the situation will get much worse.

    Stock up now - pherh improves with age, will never get any cheaper, and
    is likely to be a better long-term investment than stocks and bonds.

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  • From Lewis Perin@perin@panix.com to rec.food.drink.tea on Fri Apr 10 09:43:59 2015
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    Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> writes:

    On 2015-04-08 08:58:21 +0000, Dario Niedermann said:

    Check this video out: https://instagram.com/p/1LQgpuHjLd/

    Description: Caught this guy rubbing a puer brick on the street in the
    Kunming market to make the wrapper look "old."

    Not my own video, found it on Reddit.

    It seems like this is likely to be pretty pervasive. I also suspect
    that puerh teas are upgraded by the substitution of a new wrapper as
    well.

    Popular puerh manufacturers have been taking steps against this such
    as placing the tea in a sealed plastic bag with tiny air holes, and
    also boxing the teas and affixing holographic sticker seals. These
    may be effective to some degree but as time goes on, I think it's
    probable that the situation will get much worse.

    Stock up now - pherh improves with age, will never get any cheaper,
    and is likely to be a better long-term investment than stocks and
    bonds.

    But it isnrCOt that simple. A lot of people in China acted on that theory
    in the early 2000s. There was a speculative frenzy now known as the
    PurCOer Bubble. It ended just about 8 years ago, wiping out a large
    number of people. A good place to read about this is rCLPuer Tea:
    Ancient Caravans and Urban ChicrCY by Jinghong Zhang.

    /Lew
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