Issue No. 5, 2008

The Art Of Tea Magazine

The Aged Liu-an Sun Yishun

Appreciating Another Masterpiece Vintage - The Aged Liu-an Sun Yishun

• Simple History of Liu-an
• Production Of Liu-an
• The Counterfeit Liu-an Basket
• The 1980's Liu-an Basket Without Any Trademark Ticket
• Te Liu-an  Basket With Eight-zhong Trademark Ticket
• The Sun Yishun Aged Liu-an With 3 Trademark Tickets 

Appreciating Another Masterpiece Vintage - The Aged Liu-an Sun Yishun

• The  macau-made imitated "Sun Yishun Liu-an" basket tea.
• Beginners have to be alert to counterfeit Liu-an baskets.
• By comparing with the imitated "Sun Yishun Liu-an" basket tea, the re-produced Liu-an basket tea from Anhui province in the 1990's has lighter color which indicated one is older.
• The 1980's Liu-an basket without any trademark ticket has higher height than other kinds of aged Liu-an basket.
• The Liu-an with Eight-zhong Trademark Ticket were blended with very fine Liu-an tea leaves. The specialty is that the Eight-zhong Trademark Ticket is the same as that of the Guangyun Tribute Tea Cake 

Keeping and storing aged Liu-an tea is not difficult. What they need is an aging space with ventilation and no direct sun-light. Besides the storing place must be kept clear, dry and no unpleasant odor. ...