Pu-erh in Beijing

I will be visiting Beijing for 12 days in March.

I searched through the archives of this group and saw that others had
posted similar requests for tea shop recommendations in Beijing, and
most replies were admonitions.

So, aside from "You can't find reputable tea shops selling pu-erh in
Beijing!", does anyone have any recommendations? <g>

There are several good tea shops in Beijing, forgive those who admonished,
they know not what they say.

I'll email you off the group next week for some places you can visit while
you are there...

Danny

"Jason F in Los Angeles" <jason.fasi@> wrote in message
news:1137555381.360409.78420@g44g2000cwa. ...
>I will be visiting Beijing for 12 days in March.
>
> I searched through the archives of this group and saw that others had
> posted similar requests for tea shop recommendations in Beijing, and
> most replies were admonitions.
>
> So, aside from "You can't find reputable tea shops selling pu-erh in
> Beijing!", does anyone have any recommendations? <g>
>

hi how are you?
a friend of mine makes the business of pu-erh tea, the tea
originally from Yuan with real good quality. drop me a
mail when you arrive in Beijing.
..

I looked it up on wikipedia, and at 320km south of Beijing it's
definitely a possibility. THe train ride would then be about 3 hours or
so? Would I leave from the Bejing West Train Station? Please post here
or email me off the list with more information!

RE: Puerh in Beijing...

I just stumbled across references to Maliandao, the tea-selling
district in Xuanwu, Beijing. One site in particular mentions that a few
stores specialize in pu-erh. As several sites attest to there being
upwards of 150 tea stores large & small--and a four-story tea mall--I'm
going to check it out. Any recommendations within this area?

Jason,
just from my experiences with tea shopping in China, the average
chinese you'll meet on those markets doesn't speak a single word of
english. Make sure you bring a nice dictionary with chinese script. It
shall be worth it's weight in 100 year old Pu-Erh.
PS: the more english any of those tea vendors speak IMO the higher the
chances of getting ripped off.

Just my 2ct, enjoy your trip !!!
Karsten / Darjeeling