Aged, loose, organic?

Choosing a tea is a pleasure. You look at it, smell it, touch it, and taste it. If you slurp when you drink it, then all five of your senses are engaged. However, even when you're in China and speak the local language, finding teas that satisfy all your sensory organs is no easy feat. Admiring, sniffing, caressing, tasting, and hearing the tea is always possible with those found in bulk.

There are some excellent ones. For me, these are the best. The ones in the cellar.

Some rare and precious teas, of both high and lower quality, will need to be purchased without any prior contact, not even visual.
Unless you know exactly what you are looking for and go to the estate, buying tea is like finding the ideal wine.
Just like our grape varieties, teas come in different appearances, at all prices, with subtleties and palates that vary according to terroir, vintages, and expertise.

1 kg Shou Puer Flower, Very old Black tea cake, Sheng/Shou Puer 1990-2020 , €5 to €500,            

1 cake 2020 Shou Puer 357 g, €2500

As a general rule, and especially for Sheng Puer (raw) teas, it is preferable to buy them from the current year and let them age. Aged teas are more expensive and difficult to find. They can also be deceptively similar. Teas that look alike can even have opposing tastes.
A triple rule: know the person, trust them, and taste the teas.

Below are some examples of Shou Puer Cha Zhuan (Cooked tea from Yunnan)

2005 Sweet and pleasant €5                              2005 Uninteresting €13

2002 Meh €17                                                   1992 Fantastic €25

2005-2012 Meh €35-65                                  95-2011 Meh €50-85 Passable

88-95 Good €85-125 Pleasant                           1998 Extraordinary €155

It is essential to know their method and place of production, as well as their aging process. The best, like a good bottle, is not to move it from the cellar.
Mobility is allowed if it is appropriate.
For example, teas aged in Hong Kong are very famous.
Ours also age there, as well as in Shenzhen, where I reside, in Fujian and Yunnan.
That's why I do this; it's my pleasure to clarify the path for you.
Apart from aged bricks and cakes that have fermented, all the teas selected together here come from controlled and responsible agriculture, without pesticides or fertilizers.