The “Chinatown” puerhs…

These are the two puerhs that I mentioned I picked up in Chicago’s Chinatown:

So, does anyone have an info for me? I know they’re both shu, and not of very good quality, but what can I expect? Are they going to be *truly* toxic and wretched? Where are they from? What sort of production period am I looking at?

So many questions. What I do know is this–these puerh came complete with…bugs! Yup. Little bitty greyish bugs, about the size of commas, living in the boxes with the tea.

This would deter most people from consuming this tea. Not me, though…I’ll definitely report back on these when I try ‘em, bugs and all…(all right, not really. I de-bugged them as completely as possible and removed them from their boxes altogether. And am keeping them rather far away from the puerh I got from Jing Teashop!)

Also coming in the near future–my first order from Jing Teashop, my current teaware collection, and a review of the shu puerh from the aforementioned order.