It is said in the 1930s one canister with seven cakes of top grade Pu'er would go for 50 silver dollars in Hong Kong, an average worker's salary for about a year and a half. Comparatively speaking, the current price in Taiwan is nothing special.
此外，根據香港茶商的說法，民國廿年代，一桶七片裝的上等普洱就叫價五十大洋，幾乎是普通工人一年半的薪水；相較之下，台灣目前的普洱價格，並不特殊。