@mark Speaking of the wrapper on that puer brick, someone should make a website preserving the delightful commercial art from the old China tea monopoly. I especially love the watercolors (?) on the Xiamen branch’s oolongs that went for a penny a gram in NYC’s Chinatown 20 years ago.
@babelcarp @mark I saw some for I think 3€ a while ago. Next time I'm at a Chinese grocery I'll check the tea section again.
@tfb @mark I almost forgot, the magic phrase is “Sea Dyke”: https://www.teaforum.org/download/file.php?id=7446&mode=view
Commercial art-wise, things went downhill when they switched from cardboard boxes to tins.